Concert Sponsors
Ms. Florence Burk
and Friends
Z. Randall Stroope, is one of the most active choral conductors and composers working in the United States today, with recent conducting engagements at the American School in Singapore, Canterbury Cathedral, England, Salzburger Dom in Salzburg, Washington National Cathedral, Vancouver Symphony, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. His compositions sell over 200,000 copies a year, and are performed regularly by esteemed ensembles throughout
the world. Dr. Stroope has personally conducted/recorded 13 professional compact discs, and recordings of his music are heard frequently on radio and television broadcasts
across the United States.
Stroope studied conducting with Dr. Douglas McEwen at Arizona State University and with Margaret Hillis, Chorus Master of the Chicago Symphony. He is currently the Director of Choral Studies at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, where he conducts the Concert Choir and directs the undergraduate and graduate choral conducting programs at the University. Dr. Stroope is also the Artistic Director of a summer international choral festival in Somerset, England and another summer music festival in Rome, Italy. This year,
he will direct his 24th all-state choir, and is the only clinician to ever conduct the Texas all-state three times. Choral groups under his direction have taken 15 international tours, including China, Russia, Japan, Sweden, and South Africa.
Dr. Stroope will lead the Rowan University Concert Choir in a tour of Italy in
May, 2008. Dr. Stroope has also had performing groups on the ACDA and
MENC National Conventions and the International Society of Music Education.
Dr. Stroope studied composition with Cecil Effinger and Normand Lockwood,
both students of Nadia Boulanger (who was a student of Gabriel Faure').
Stroope has published 80 musical works with Alliance Music Publishers, Colla
Voce Music, Heritage Music Press, MorningStar, and Walton Music. He was the
ACDA Raymond Brock commissioned composer for 2004, and he has written
works for the American Boy Choir, Boseman Symphony, Hilton Head Choral
Society, Texas Choral Directors Association, and over 40 other groups.
Dr. Stroope was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, received a masters in
Voice Performance from the University of Colorado, and received a doctorate
in choral conducting from Arizona State University. He and his wife, Cheryl,
enjoy travel and time with their Sheltie.
Offiicial Website: www.zrstroope.com
“The Master Singers, under the very skilled hand of Gary Schwartzhoff,
have certainly set a high standard. The group embraces a wide variety
of styles with great artistry. I consider them to be one of the most
valued artistic resources in the area.”
-- Z. Randall Stroope, commissioned composer, 2009-2010