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Dr. Eugene Rogers is the newly appointed Director of Choral Activities at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he conducts the Macalester Concert Choir, the Singing Scotsmen of Macalester, and the Hildegard Singers (Women’s Ensemble). Dr. Rogers received his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and his Bachelor of Science in Music Education degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Rogers is a passionate conductor and teacher whose spirited performances frequently include a wide variety of musical styles and genres. He has extensive experience working with choirs of all ages and levels of ability. Some of his past appointments include the Boys Choir of Harlem, the University of Michigan, Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, Illinois, and Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago (formerly the Glen Ellyn Children’s Choir). As a result of his teaching and ground breaking achievements as founder and director of Waubonsie Valley High School’s first multi-cultural ensemble, the Unity Chorus, Dr. Rogers was named “Most Influential Educator” in 2000 and 2001.
Professor Rogers has appeared as guest conductor, adjudicator and lecturer in over ten states as well as Singapore, Portugal and Italy. In December 2008, he will be one of two featured conductors and lecturers for Singapore’s Ministry Branch of Education Inaugural World Youth Choir Festival for Secondary and Junior College students, teachers and directors. His guest appearances in 2008-09 include the Fairfax County Public Schools Men’s Honor Choir, the Salem, Oregon All-City Middle School Honor Choir, the Madrigal Chorale of Southfield, Michigan, the Indian Prairie School District Choral Workshop, the Chicago Children’s Choir High School Men’s Festival, the Grosse Pointe South High School Choirs, and the Virginia Music Educators Association District X SATB High School Festival Chorus. In addition, he will be a Guest Lecturer for the Illinois ACDA Summer Conference and Conducting Fellow for the Westminster Chamber Choir in Florence, Italy.
As a singer, Dr. Rogers has sung under such conductors as Frieder Bernius, Robert Porco, Albert McNeil, Doreen Rao and Jerry Blackstone; and he has studied voice with such teachers as Carol Eikum, Daniel Washington, Randall Reid-Smith and Frances Freeman Crawford.
You may reach Dr.
Rogers by e-mail at <erogers2@macalester.edu> or by phone at (651)
696-6804.
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