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Conductor
Dr. Paul A. Torkelson
Email: torkelson@wartburg.edu
Dr. Paul A. Torkelson is currently professor of music and director of choral activities at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. He earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Wartburg College, a Master of Music degree from Kansas State University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado. Dr. Torkelson is currently conducting the Wartburg Choir and teaching advanced conducting and medieval and renaissance music history. His articles have been published in the Research Memorandum Series of the American Choral Review, and in 1984 he received the Louise Goucher Memorial Scholarship from the American Choral Foundation for work in madrigal performance. He presented a session at the 1998 ACDA North-Central Division Convention on Renaissance performance practice, discussing rhythmic complexities in the music of early Reformation composers. He is a frequent guest clinician at state ACDA conventions, and has conducted several All-State Choirs throughout the United States. In 1996, he conducted the 50th anniversary Iowa All-State Choir, and In 1998 he conducted the North Central ACDA Collegiate Honor Choir in Minneapolis, MN sharing the podium with Anton Armstrong. In the summer of 1998 he conducted the Iowa Ambassadors of Music on a three week European tour, and will return to Europe with the ensemble in the summer of 2000.
Under his direction, the Wartburg Choir has performed at the American Choral Directors Association national convention in 1987, and the North Central regional convention in 1988, 1992 and 1998. In 1989, Dr. Torkelson made his conducting debut with the Manhattan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Wartburg Choir in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The Wartburg Choir, under his direction toured Europe in 1987, 1991 and 1995, performing sixteen concerts including a solo concert in the Festsaal at the Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Germany.
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