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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, 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, is
Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education and serves as conductor of
Bel Canto Women’s Choir at the University of South Florida. She has
earned degrees from Louisiana State University (B. M. Ed) and the
University of Miami (FL) (M.M. and Ph.D.). Previously, Dr. Gackle
served on the faculties of the University of Mississippi and the
University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. Prior teaching experience
includes the public schools of Louisiana and Florida at both the
elementary and secondary levels. She is an active clinician, conductor
and adjudicator for choral clinics, honor choirs, all-state choirs,
workshops and festivals through the United States, Canada, Australia and
Germany.
Dr. Gackle is the Founder/Artistic
Director of the Gulf Coast Youth Choirs, Inc., a community choral arts
organization in Tampa. She has served as the President of the American
Choral Directors Association Southern Division as well as ACDA-Florida
and received the Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award from the
Florida ACDA Chapter for dedicated service, leadership and excellence in
choral music in Florida. Recently, Lynne served as the National R & S
Chair for Children’s Choirs for ACDA and currently is the State R & S
Chairperson for Women’s Choirs. Dr. Gackle is a contributing author to
the MENC publication, Music at the Middle Level: Building Strong
Programs, and has had several articles published in the Choral
Journal. Her research regarding the adolescent female voice is
unique and is frequently cited in choral texts and in other research on
the topic. Additionally, she is the editor of the Lynne Gackle
Choral Series for Colla Voce Music, Inc and of Choral Artistry
for the Singer with Walton Music. |
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