ROBERT LEIGH MORRIS

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Apple Valley, Minnesota

H: 952-***-****) Cell: 952-***-****

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEGREES

DMA Choral Conducting The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA

MM Choral Conducting Indiana University Bloomington, lN

BM Music DePaul University Chicago, IL

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Schools

Macalester College St. Paul, MN

Jackson State University Jackson, MS

Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC

Churches

Minister of Music Dayton Ave. Presbyterian Church St. Paul, MN

Organist: Camphor United Methodist Church St. Paul MN

Director of Music: Central United Methodist Church Jackson, MS

Director of Music: Goler AME Zion Church Winston-Salem, NC

Soloist: First Christian Church Winston-Salem, NC

Director of Music: Zion Memorial Baptist Church Winston-Salem, NC

Choir Master: University Lutheran Church Bloomington, IN

Director of Music: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Chicago, IL

Director of Music: Englewood United Methodist Ch. Chicago, IL

AWARDS, GRANTS, HONORS

$10,000 Jerome Foundation

$6000 Bremer Foundation

$6000 Minnesota State Arts Board

$8000 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council

$8500 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council

$8000 St. Paul Companies

$7500 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council

$2500 DeWitt Wallace Grant:

$5800 State Arts Council Collaborative Grant:

$3000 American Family Insurance Company

Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.

American Family Insurance Company

DeWitt Wallace Grant: Macalester

MEMBERSHIPS, ASSOCIATIONS

PRESENT:

American Choral Directors Association (Life Member)

American Composers Forum

Chorus America (Board Member, 1998-99 )

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

Phi Delta Kappa

PAST:

American Choral Directors Association (Ethnic Minority Affairs Chair

American Choral Directors Association (North Carolina Chapter)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Margaret Hillis, Founder-Director, Chicago, IL

Chicago Children's Choir, Music Advisory Board

Chicago Concert Chorale, Chicago, IL

Chicago Laymen’s' Chorus, Chicago, IL

Hall Johnson Collection, Advisory Board, Glasboro State College, Glasboro, New Jersey

Irving Bunton Singers (Music Arranger, Assistant Conductor), Chicago, IL

Jackson Choral Society, Jackson, MS

John W. Work Chorale of Chicago

Mississippi Camerata, Jackson Music

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)

Music Educators National Conference (MENC)

Mississippi Music Educators Association (MMEA) - Editor for MMEA JOURNAL

Northwest Jackson Optimist Club (Charter Member)

North Carolina Music Educators Association

Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Winston-Salem, NC

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