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Lawrence Kaptein is an American choral conductor, editor, arranger, and music educator. He is best known for his contributions to the multicultural choral movement in the United States and to his programming innovations in the choral music field. Running a search on "Kaptein" in this book's Google books entry doesn't bring anything up.

Kaptein was a faculty member in the College of Music at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1985-2010. During his tenure at the University of Colorado he served as Associate Director of Choral Studies and Director of Choral Music Education (1985-1992), Director of Choral Studies (1992-2010), and Chairman of the Conducting Faculty (1994-98). He was the Artistic Director of CU-Boulder's annual Holiday Festival (1985-2004). .Link seems to be dead

In 2008, Kaptein founded the Colorado Conductors' Chorus, an ensemble composed entirely of choral music educators and conductors working in the Denver metropolitan area. Not an independent reference

Kaptein has presented clinics and workshops for choral music educators and ensemble singers throughout the United States and conducted numerous All-State and Honor Choirs, including both the 2004 Texas All-State Mixed Choir and 2008 Texas All-State Men's Choir.Better references needed - YouTube is not a reliable source

Kaptein has been referenced and cited for his contributions to the fields choral literature, rehearsal pedagogy, and programming in several publications including, "The Foundation of Artistry: An Annotated Bibliography of Distinctive Choral Literature for High School Mixed Choirs" and "Conducting Choral Music". In 2009, he served as a choral advisor to The Foundation for Music Education's National Choral Honors Project Not sure about this, looks like a self-submitted bio. Is this text that you submitted to the FME? in Lubbock, Texas. His strategies for recruiting ensemble singers while a professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder have also been cited and adopted by colleagues at other institutions as are his kinesthetically-based rehearsal strategies .Can't locate either of these sources to view, can you give me an idea of what they contain, text-wise?

Kaptein has published scholarly articles and reviews in the "Choral Journal," "American Choral Review," "Bulletin of the International Federation of Choral Music," and Austria's "Musikerziehung Osterreichischer Bundesverlag." His research has been cited in other scholarly publications, including "Creating the Special World: A Collection of Lectures by Weston Noble," .A search of this book does not show any instances of the term "Kaptein".

Kaptein received music degrees from Willamette University, Portland State University, and the University of Southern California. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Colorado he was a member of the music faculty at Glendale College in Glendale, California and served as Artistic Director of the Burbank Civic Chorale in Burbank, California. Kaptein was elected to the Pi Kappa Lambda music honorary society in 1984.