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Robert Cowles has been artistic director of the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble since 1996. Under his leadership SVE has garnered a reputation for innovative programming and superb choral artistry. Cowles is a professor of music and the department chair at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, where since 1992 he has directed the Colleges' choral ensembles and taught music theory and conducting. As a past Fulbright Scholar to the Republic of Estonia, Cowles taught choral literature and conducting at the Estonian Academy of Music. He has visited Estonia several times for continued professional work and has on two occasions organized and conducted choral ensembles combining HWS Colleges and Syracuse Vocal Ensemble singers on a concert tour throughout the entire Baltic region, including participation in the famed Estonian Song Festival. Cowles has guest lectured for the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and the Eastman School of Music and has presented conducting master classes at the Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki, Finland. He has served as an adjudicator for music competitions, locally and internationally, including at the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. In addition, he has sung with elite choral ensembles such as the Dale Warland Singers and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Prior to his time in Central New York, Cowles held choral faculty positions at Minnesota State University Moorhead and Wake Forest University. Cowles earned a D.M. from Indiana University School of Music, a M.M. from New England Conservatory of Music and a B.A. from Macalester College. Previous Artistic Directors
G. Roberts Kolb, 1990-1996 |
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