ROBERT BOLYARD

Artistic Director

Appointed Music Director-June 2018

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EDUCATION: B.A. MUSIC (Emphasis: Conducting), Occidental College, M.M. Yale School of Music

PROFESSION: Church musician and private music teacher, Music Director: St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, Zionsville, IN

FAVORITE MUSIC: Renaissance polyphony, everyday, forever and Post - Eric Whitacre contemporary composers, acapella arrangements of popular songs

FAVORITE CHORAL MEMORY: I think it's a tie between singing the Brahms Requiem with the Berlin Philharmonic and the ASO Chorus and singing/co-creating a mashup of "Il est bel et bon" (Renaissance Chanson) and "Whatta Man" (90's hip-hop) with Uncommon Practice at a Georgia ACDA concert.

VOCE: Artistic Director, arranger, accompanist