ROBERT DALE MILLER, Ph. D. ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Director of Choral Activities Professor of Music
CFA Phone: 870/972-3053, Office Phone: 870/972-3841 Email: rdmiller@astate.edu
Educational Background:
Texas Tech University, Ph.D. Fine Arts Interdisciplinary—Choral Conducting, May 1998. Choral Conducting major, minor in Fine Arts Administration, Dr. Kenneth R. Davis, major advisor. Dissertation topic: The Choral Graduals of Johann Michael Haydn: Performance Editions and Studies of Selected Works. Texas A & M University–Commerce (formerly East Texas State University), Master of Music in choral music education, August 1978; Bachelor of Music Education, vocal emphasis, May 1973. Texas certification all-level music. Administrative/Teaching Appointments:
Director of Choral Activities, Professor of Music, Arkansas State University, July 2012 to present.
Direct Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and University Singers—Men’s,
Women’sChoirs; teach undergraduate and graduate choral conducting, graduate performance and pedagogy in choral music literature. Administer the Arkansas State University Choir Camp and direct the camp’s Mixed Choir.
Interim Dean, College of Fine Arts, and Director of Choral Activities, August 2011 to June 2012.
Administer the College of Fine Arts, consisting of the departments of Art, Music, and Theatre, with the Fowler Center. Direct Concert Choir and University/ Community Choir, and coordinate other Department of Music choral ensembles. Represent the college on the Academic Deans and Academic Affairs and
Research Councils.
Director of Choral Activities, Professor of Music, Arkansas State University, August 2009 to July 2011.
Direct Concert Choir, and University Singers—Men’s, Women’s, and Community Choirs; teach undergraduate and graduate choral conducting, graduate performance and pedagogy in choral music literature. Administer the Arkansas State University Choir Camp and direct the camp’s Mixed Choir. Director of Choral Activities, Professor of Music, and Choral Music Education, Arkansas State University, August 1997 to June 1998, and August 2003 to May 2009.
Direct Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and University Singers—Men’s, Women’s, and Community Choirs; teach undergraduate and graduate choral conducting, graduate performance and pedagogy in choral music literature and education, and EDMU 4643, Vocal Music Methods in the Secondary School, and
supervise choral student interns. Administer the Arkansas State University Choir Camp and direct the camp’s Mixed Choir. Taught applied voice in the 1997-98 academic year.
Chair, Department of Music, and Director of Choral Activities, July 1998 to June 2003.
Administered the department of 140 undergraduate and 10 graduate music majors, 20 full-time and one half-time faculty, five adjunct faculty, one full-time staff assistant, and several student assistants. Directed Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and University/Community Choir, and taught secondary vocal music methods and choral conducting—both graduate applied and undergraduate class—and graduate choral literature. Conducted university orchestra in Spring 1999 and administered choir camp. Served as an elected member to the Council on Professional Education.
Chair responsibilities included recruitment of faculty, choral and instrumental students (both majors and non-majors), development and administration of scholarship, equipment, and operating budgets, and advisement of all incoming freshmen and transfer music majors, as well as Bachelor of Arts in music candidates.
DeVitt-Jones Teaching Fellow, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 1996-97 Directed 100-voice University Singers and University Symphony Orchestra, and taught undergraduate choral techniques classes, while serving residency for doctoral program.
Chair, Music and Dance Department, Director of Choral Activities, Kilgore (TX) College, 1989-96.
Administered department of nine full-time and four adjunct faculty. Directed the Chorale and Concert Choir, and taught applied voice. Responsibilities included recruitment of faculty and students for the choral and instrumental programs, development and administration of scholarship, operating and equipment budgets and funding, and advisement of all music majors (25-40).
Director of Choral Activities, Instructor of Music, Kilgore (TX) College, 1982-89. Directed all choral ensembles (Chorale, Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and pop ensemble), and taught applied voice and music appreciation as needed.
Responsible for choral student recruitment.
Major professional activities, experiences, performance, publications, and honors: Conducting :
Morten Lauridsen’s LUX AETERNA, Mid-America Chorus [Arkansas State University/Community Choir, Harrisburg (AR) HS Chamber Choir, Harding Academy (Searcy, AR) Chamber Choir, Searcy (AR) HS Chamber Choir, Sylvan Hills (AR) HS Varsity Singers, and Brentwood (CA) Chamber Choir] and New England Symphonic Ensemble. Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY, Guest Clinician/Conductor, March 2012.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina MISSA BREVIS, and other choral works, ASU Concert Choir and University/Community Choir in concert at the Chiesa di Santa Maria de Ricci in Florence, Cathedral in Sienna, and Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva and the Vatican in Rome, Italy, March 2010.
Wolfgang Mozart’s CORONATION MASS, Mid-America Chorus [ASU Singers, Jonesboro Community Choir, Valley View (Jonesboro) HS Chamber Choir, Lakeland (NJ) HS Chorale, Central Bucks HS—West Chamber Choir (Doyleston, PA, Clarendon (TX) College Choir and Community Chorus] and New England Symphonic Ensemble. Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, Guest Clinician/
Conductor, January 2008.
Wolfgang Mozart’s REQUIEM, Arkansas State University Concert Choir with Krakow (Poland) Opera Orchestra, Krakow, Poland, Guest Conductor, March 2006.
Southwest Division American Choral Directors Association Convention Invitational performanceby the Arkansas State University Men’s Choir, St. Louis, MO, March 2006.
Morten Lauridsen’s LUX AETERNA, Mid-America Chorus [ASU Singers, Jonesboro Community Choir, Harrisburg (AR) HS Chamber Choir, Harding Academy (Searcy, AR) Chamber Choir, Kennett (MO) HS Varsity Singers, and Piscataway (NJ) HS Chamber Choir] and New England Symphonic Ensemble. Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, Guest Clinician/Conductor, March 2004.
Howard Hansen’s SONG OF DEMOCRACY, ASU Concert Choir, Jonesboro HS Camerata Singers, and ASU Wind Ensemble. Franz Schubert’s MASS No. 2 in G, ASU University Singers, West Memphis HS Southern Exposure Choir, Nettleton HS Les Chanteurs, and ASU Concert Orchestra, Fowler Center Grand Opening Concert, January 2001.
Franz Schubert’s MASS No. 2 in G, ASU Concert Choir, Nettleton HS Les Chanteurs, Jonesboro Community Choir, West Memphis HS Southern Exposure, University HS of Irvine (CA) Chamber Choir, University of the OZARKS (AR) Singers, and the New England Symphonic Ensemble, Carnegie Hall, New York, Guest Clinician/Conductor, March 2000.
Wolfgang Mozart’s CORONATION MASS, Kilgore College Chorale with Longview (TX) Symphony, Guest Conductor, April 1996.
Wolfgang Mozart’s REGINA COELI and Franz Schubert’s MASS No. 2 in G, Kilgore College Chorale and Alumni Choir, Rowan College (NJ) Chamber Choir, Westfield State College (MA) Chorale, and Columbus East HS (IN) Select Choir, New England Symphonic Ensemble, Carnegie Hall Conducting debut, New York, Guest Conductor/Clinician, November 1995.
Ralph Vaughan William’ BENDICITE, and G.F. Handel’s CORONATION ANTHEM No. 2, Kilgore College Chorale with Gwent Chamber Orchestra, Guest Conductor, Abertillery, Wales, March 1994.
Franz Josef Haydn’s MASS IN HONOR OF ST. NICOLAI, Kilgore College Chorale with Orquestra de Camera de Belles Artes, Mexico City and Cuernavaca, Guest Conductor, March 1992.
G.F. Handel’s CORONATION ANTHEM no. 1, Kilgore College Chorale and Vero Beach (FL) HS Choir with Oakland (CA) Youth Orchestra, Guest Conductor, Linz, Austria, July 1990.
Texas Music Educators Association Convention Invitational Performance, Kilgore College Chorale, Conductor, San Antonio, TX February 1990.
Texas Association of Music Schools Invitational Performance, Kilgore College Chorale, Conductor, Dallas, TX, April 1989.
Southwest Division American Choral Directors Association Convention Invitational Performance, Kilgore College Chorale, Invitational Performance, Conductor, Wichita, KS, March 1988.
Adjudicator:
Missouri State High School Activities Association, District Choral Festival, Poplar Bluff, MO, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2004 & 2001.
West Tennessee Vocal Music Educators Association, Memphis and Jackson, TN, March and April, 1999.
National Association of Teachers of Singing, Arkansas State Auditions, Feb. 1998.
Texas University Interscholastic League, Choral and Vocal Contests, Odessa, TX April 1997; Mesquite, TX, April 1996; Garland, TX, February 1996;
Nacogdoches, TX, February 1995; Tyler, TX, April 1994; Garland, TX, March 1994; Nacogdoches, TX, April 1993 and February 1992; Richland, TX April 1991; Garland and Longview, TX, February 1991.
Texas Music Educators Association, All-Region/Area Vocal Auditions, Lubbock, TX, 1996; Jacksonville, TX, 1995 & 1993; Tyler, TX, 1994, 1993, 1992, & 1991; Garland, TX, 1993 & 1992; Longview, TX, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989 & 1988.
Arkansas State Choral Festival, Conway, AR, April 1988. Clinician/Conductor:
Central Arkansas Choral Directors Association All-Region Mixed Choir, Guest Clinician/Conductor, University of Arkansas-Little Rock, November 2010.
Northeast Arkansas Choral Directors Association All-Region Mixed Choir, Guest Clinician/Conductor, Arkansas State University, November 2008.
Region IV Texas Music Educators Association All-Region Mixed Choir, Guest Clinician/Conductor, Mt. Pleasant (TX) High School, January 2008.
Southeast Arkansas Choral Directors Association All-Region Mixed Choir, Guest Clinician/Conductor, University of Arkansas-Monticello, November 2006.
North Arkansas Educational Cooperative HS Choral Festival, ASU-Newport, Guest Clinician/Conductor, March 2003.
Southwest Arkansas Choral Directors Association All-Region Mixed Choir, Guest Clinician/Conductor, Benton HS, November 2002.
Tri-State Music Festival Chorus, Enid OK, Guest Clinician/Adjudicator, May 2001.
Arkansas Non-public Schools Association, Winter Music Festival, Senior Choir Clinician, Little Rock, January 1999.
Northeast Arkansas Choral Directors Association Junior High All-Region Choir, Clinician/Conductor, Jonesboro, November 1998.
Texas Music Educators Association, Region IV, Junior High All-Region Choir, Mt. Pleasant, TX, November 1989.
Professional development activities:
American Choral Directors Association National Conventions, attended 2013 in Dallas (5 students attending from ASU student ACDA chapter, 3 on national ACDA scholarship), 2011 in Chicago (6 students placed in national honor choirs), 2005 in Los Angeles, 2003 in New York (5 students placed in national honor choirs), 2001 in San Antonio, 1999 in Chicago, 1997 in San Diego (performed in invited choir), 1993 in San Antonio, 1991 in Phoenix (4 students placed in national honor choir), and 1985 in San Antonio.
American Choral Directors Association-Arkansas Chapter, New Music Reading Sessions, attended each year since 1997, in Hot Springs. Presented workshop in 1998.
Southwestern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association, attended 2008 in Kansas City, 2006 in St. Louis, 2004 in Little Rock, 1996 in Dallas (5 students in honor choir), and directed invited choir 1988 in Wichita, KS.
National Association of Schools of Music, annual convention, Dallas, TX, November 2001.
Texas Choral Directors Association New Music Reading Clinic, attended 1975 through 1994, 1998, 2001, and 2008 in San Antonio.
Texas Music Educators Association Convention, attended 1973 through 1996, various venues. Directed invited choir 1990.
Texas Association of Music Schools, attended in El Paso, 1990, and Dallas, 1989 (directed invited choir).
Membership in professional organizations:
National Association of Schools of Music, Institutional Representative, 1998-2003.
Arkansas Association of Schools of music, Institutional Representative, 1998-2003.
Arkansas Choral Directors Association, 1997- present. American Choral Directors Association, 1982-present.
American Choral Directors Associations, Arkansas Chapter, State Youth and Student Activities Repertoire and Standards Chair, 2012- present.
National Association of Teachers of Singing, 1998.
Texas Association of Music Schools, Institutional Representative, 1989-96. Texas Choral Directors Association, 1974-99, 2001.
Texas Music Educators Association, 1973-97. Honors:
Student Affairs Hero, Arkansas State University, April 2005.
DeVitt-Jones Fellow in music, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 1996-97. (awarded to the incoming doctoral candidate with the highest entrance test scores).
International Who’s Who in Music, 1992.
Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1989-91.
Vocal Scholarship, East Texas State University, 1969-73. Publications:
Choral editions
Juravit Dominus, Johann Michael Haydn, National Music Publishers, 2002. Paratum cor meum, J. M. Haydn, NMP, 1999
Alleluja! Confitemini Domino, J.M. Haydn, NMP, 1999 Beatus vir, qui timet Dominum, J.M. Haydn, NMP, 1999. Journal Articles
Non-juried—In Memorium: Alfred R. Skoog, December 1998 CHORAL JOURNAL.
Juried—The Choral Graduals of Johann Michael Haydn: Elegant Additions to the Performance Repertoire, CHORAL JOURNAL (April 1999).
Honors and awards of individual students:
Shannon O’Connor, Graduate Conducting Recital, March 2013.
Placed six students into the ACDA National Honor Choirs, March 2011. William Manes, Graduate Conducting Recital, April 2010.
Janet Tullos, Graduate Conducting Recital, February 2010. Sean Pollock, Graduate Conducting Recital, November 2009.
Placed eight students in SWACDA Collegiate Choir, Kansas City, March 2008. Justin Register, Graduate Conducting Recital, February 2007.
Carolyn Smith, hired as Music Instructor at Clarendon College, Texas, August 2006, and accepted into doctoral study at University of Memphis, 2009. Placed eight students in SWACDA Collegiate Choir, St. Louis, March 2006. Carolyn Smith and Sherry Fagan, Graduate Conducting Recital, April 2005. Placed five students in ACDA National honors choirs, February 2003. Meagan Adams, Graduate Conducting Recital, October 2002.
Angela Weaver, Graduate Conducting Recital, December 2001. Andrea Steward, Graduate Conducting Recital, April 2001. Misty Caldwell, Graduate Conducting Recital, November 1999. Meagan Adams, Honors recitalist, March 1998.
Anthony Fuller, Arkansas NATS semi-finalist, February 1998.
Placed five students in SWACDA Two-year College Honor Chorus, 1996. Placed six students in ACDA National Women’s Honor Chorus, 1993.
Placed four students in ACDA National Two-year College Honor Chorus, 1991. Service activities:
Special activities:
Coordinated housing for 280 member Collegiate Choir at SWACDA convention, St. Louis, March 2006.
Hosted Choral Performance Assessment 1998, 2002-2011 at Fine Arts Center and Fowler Center. Over 1,000 junior high and high school choral students from Northeast Arkansas participating each year.
Hosted Junior High and High School All-Region Choir Clinic/Concerts 2002 to present. 600+ students participating each year.
Directed combined choirs and instruments at the Grand Opening Concert for the Fowler Center, January 2001.
Organized Choral Invitational, bringing over 200 high school students to campus for rehearsals, lessons, question-answer time with music majors and faculty, 1998. Participated in planning and spoke at dedication of Donald R. Minx Rehearsal Hall, 1998.
Organized and conducted choral concert in memory of Al and Patty Skoog, 1998. Commissioned work by Julie Gardner Bray was published in 1999.
Recruited, rehearsed and conducted choir for Fowler Center groundbreaking activities, June 1998.
Grant and fundraising activities:
CFA Scholarly Development Grants for professional association travel: ACDA, Chicago, 2011, $1735.
Faculty Development Grants for professional association travel: SWACDA, St. Louis, 2006, $850.
American Choral Directors Association, Arkansas Chapter, Annual Convention and New Music Reading Clinic, 1997-2007, $4000.
American Choral Directors Association National Convention, Los Angeles, CA, 2005, $900.
Texas Choral Directors Association Convention and New Music Reading Clinic, San Antonio, TX, 1998, $700.
American Choral Directors Association National Convention, Chicago, IL, 1999, $910.
Fundraising and student travel grants:
ASU Choir 2011-2012 Carnegie Hall appearance fund drive. Raised $25,000 in private donations and fundraisers to date.
ASU Choir 2009-2010 Italian Tour fund drive. Fundraised and private donations $162,000.
ASU Choir 2007-2008 Carnegie Hall appearance fund drive. Raised $100,000 in local grants and fundraisers.
ASU Choir 2005-2006 European Tour fund drive. Received $4000 Academic Affairs grant, and fundraised additional $54,000.
ASU Choir 2003-2004 Carnegie Hall appearance fund drive. Received $67,000 in grants and raised additional $44,000.
ASU Choir 1999-2000 Carnegie Hall appearance fund drive. Received $40,000 grant and raised additional $40,000.
Kilgore College Carnegie Hall 1995 fund drive raised in excess of $25,000. Kilgore College keyboard lab campaign raised over $35,000.
Kilgore College 1989-96 raised $22,000 for music scholarships from private sources.
Sponsorship of student organizations:
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Omicron Omega Chapter, 2003-present. Alfred R. Skoog Chapter of ACDA, 1997-present.
