Katherine FitzGibbon, conductor

Katherine FitzGibbon is conductor of the Cornell Chorale and will direct the Cornell University Glee Club and the Cornell Chorus in spring 2007. She has been Director of Choral Activities at Clark University in Worcester (Mass.) and has conducted collegiate choirs at Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of Michigan. She is the Head of Faculty at the summertime Berkshire Choral Festival and has served as chorusmaster of the Windsor Symphony Chorus (Ontario), as well as prepared opera choruses in the United States, Canada, and Italy. For the last several years she has been assistant conductor of the professional choral ensemble the Boston Secession, a group specializing in innovative programming of traditional and new choral music. As a secondary music educator, she has directed and administered middle and high school choral programs in Massachusetts and Michigan and has worked with the Michigan Youth Honor Choir.

A lyric soprano, Ms. FitzGibbon is a frequent recitalist, performing last season on the Clark University Faculty Recital Series and in a recital series at the Historic Shirley Meetinghouse (Mass.). She has performed as soloist with ensembles including the Windsor Symphony, Berkshire Choral Festival, Boston Secession, Kings Chapel Concert Series, Ocean City Pops Orchestra, Boston University Chamber Chorus, University of Michigan Early Music Ensemble, and Princeton University Glee Club.

Ms. FitzGibbon holds the Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Princeton University, a Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Michigan, and is currently a candidate for the doctorate in conducting from Boston University.

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