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Choral Music Faculty
USF Choral Studies are led by three
internationally recognized faculty:
Dr. Richard Zielinski, Director of Choral Activities
Dr.
Robert Summer, Coordinator of Graduate Choral Studies
Dr. Lynne Gackle, Coordinator
of Choral Music Education
Dr. Richard Zielinski
Director
of Choral Activities
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Dr. Richard Zielinski
(Dr. Z) is at home in front of choirs and orchestras conducting
both modern day repertoire as well as classical standards. He serves as
the Director of Choral Activities at the University of South Florida
(Tampa) where he conducts the USF Chamber Singers and University
Singers, and administers all choral activities. Richard is the
Music and Artistic Director of
The Master
Chorale of Tampa Bay,
principal chorus of The Florida Orchestra and Music Director and Founder
of the Richard Zielinski Singers; a 40-voice professional chorus. He
has been a guest conductor for
The Florida Orchestra for performances of Handel’s Messiah,
Haydn’s Creation, Bach’s B-Minor Mass,
annual
holiday concerts, and over a dozen
Coffee Concerts, Blue Jeans Classics Concerts, and
educational Youth concerts. Richard
is also the editor of a new Polish Music Series with Roger Dean
Publishing. Internationally,
Richard
serves as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Classical
Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria, and
Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of In Terra Pax (an
international choral academy) and the International Festival of
Choral Song, both in Miedzyzdroje, Poland. From 2003-2005, he
served as Artistic Director and Conductor of The Szczecin
Technical University Choir, one of Poland’s top choral ensembles.
For further information, please visit
www.richardzielinski.com.
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Dr. Robert Summer
Graduate
Choral Studies
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Dr.
Robert Summer, professor of music, holds degrees from Susquehanna
University and Indiana University where he studied with Fiora Contino and
Julius Herford. He teaches conducting on the undergraduate and graduate
levels, as well as Introduction to Music Literature for music majors. Dr.
Summer is founder and former director of The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay,
and has prepared many choruses for conductors including Irwin Hoffman,
Jahja Ling, Julius Rudel, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Neville Marriner, and
Robert Shaw. Dr. Summer was presented with an "Outstanding
Undergraduate Teaching Award" in 1991 by the University of South
Florida, and awarded a "Professor Excellence Award" in 1998. In
1993 he was given the Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award by the
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Dr. Lynne Gackle
Choral Music Education |
Dr. Lynne Gackle, assistant professor, is Coordinator of
Choral Music Education and director of the USF
Bel Canto Women’s Chorus.
Dr. Gackle is an active clinician, conductor, and adjudicator for
various choral clinics, honor choirs, workshops, and festivals throughout
the United States. She has
conducted All-State Choirs in 19 states and has served as conductor for
several Divisional ACDA Honor Choirs and one National Junior High Honor
Choir. Dr. Gackle has taught at all levels, elementary through college in
Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi. She is also the
Founder/Artistic Director of the Gulf Coast Youth Choirs, Inc., a
community choral arts organization in Tampa, Florida where she also serves
as the conductor of the advanced touring ensemble, Le
Petit Choeur. Lynne received the Wayne Hugoboom
Distinguished Service Award from the Florida ACDA Chapter for dedicated
service, leadership, and excellence in choral music in Florida. |
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