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Richard Sparks

b. 29 August 1950, American choral conductor

Education: BM, University of Washington, 1976; MM in Choral Conducting, University of Washington, 1980; DMA in Choral Conducting, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, 1997

Postitions: Founder, conductor, Seattle Pro Musica, 1973-1980 (http://www.seattlepromusica.org/) Assistant Professor, Mount Holyoke College, 1980-83 Director of Choral Activities, Pacific Lutheran University, 1983-2001 Director of Choral Activities, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, 1990-94 Founder, Artistic Director, Choral Arts (Seattle), 1993-2006 (http://www.choral-arts.org/) Artistic Director, Pro Coro Canada (Edmonton), 1999-present (http://www.procoro.ab.ca/)

Books: The Swedish Choral Miracle--Swedish A Cappella Choral Music Since 1945, published Blue Fire Productions, available at Hal Leonard (http://www.halleonard.com/item_detail.jsp?itemid=8501475&order=3&catcode=00&refer=search&type=product&keywords=sparks+)

Sparks was the first American to conduct the famed Swedish Radio Choir in more than 25 years in 2002.

Blog: http://richardsparks1.blogspot.com/