Casey Cook Chorus Director-in-Residence Performing Arts
- Degrees
- DMA - Choral Conducting, University of Arizona
MM - Choral Conducting, University of South Florida
BM - Music Education, Miami University - Bio
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Dr. Casey Cook is a dynamic choral musician and educator, moving fluently between the fields of conducting, composition, and vocal performance. He is increasingly sought after as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor.
Dr. Cook holds a wide array of positions in the Washington, DC area. He serves as a Musician in Residence at 猫咪社区app University and as the Director of the 猫咪社区app University Chorus, as the Founder and Artistic Director of Artifice, as the Information and Digital Asset Manager at Chorus America, and sings in the professional core of the Cathedral Choral Society at Washington National Cathedral.
He was awarded a doctor of musical arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Arizona for his research efforts into the compositional completion of Gerald Finzi鈥檚 Requiem da Camera. He also holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in music education from Miami University, and a master鈥檚 degree in choral conducting from the University of South Florida.
He has studied conducting and composition with some of the true masters of the art, including Dale Warland, Peter Phillips, Robert Spano, Weston Noble, John Alexander, Morten Lauridsen, Norman Dello Joio, Simon Carrington, Eric Whitacre, Robert Summer, Ethan Sperry, and Stephen Paulus.
He has previously served as the Director of Music at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Falls Church, VA, the Assistant Director of the Tucson Chamber Artists (now called True Concord Voices and Orchestra) and the Associate Director of The Reston Chorale.
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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PERF-042 University Chorus
Spring 2025
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M猫咪社区app-042 University Chorus