Special Opportunities: Conductors’ Institute: Faculty

DR. KENNETH SHEPPARD

Institute Director

Kenneth Sheppard is Professor of Music at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas where he conducts the University Chorale and teaches classes in conducting and music education. In February 2002, the Chorale performed at the annual convention of the Texas Music Educators Association. In recent years the Southwestern Chorale has performed such works as Mass in B minor and The Passion According to St. John by J. S. Bach, Elijah by Mendelssohn, King David by Honneger, Mass in C Major by Beethoven, Mass in C Minor and Requiem by Mozart, as well as Judas Maccabaeus and Ode for St.Cecilia by Handel.

Sheppard was the conductor of the Southwestern University Chamber Orchestra for thirteen years, but he relinquished this duty to accept an appointment as Artistic Director of Chorus Austin. His duties for Chorus Austin include a full season of choral/orchestral works with the Austin Civic Chorus and the Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble. In December 2003, Sheppard made his third appearance as guest conductor for the Austin Symphony with the Austin Civic Chorus performing Handel’s Messiah. He has prepared the choruses for performances of Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Gesang der Parzen, Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music, Borodin’s Polovetsian Dances and Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov with the Austin Symphony Orchestra - the performance of Boris Godunov received the “Outstanding Choral Performance Award” of the 2002-2003 season from the Austin Critics Table. Sheppard conducted the Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble in a performance at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top, Texas in 2001. He prepared the chorus for the Festival-Institute’s performance of Debussy’s Pelleas et Melisande in the summer of 2002. Also, he appeared as guest conductor of the Big Spring Symphony last April.

Sheppard earned the Ph.D. at Texas Tech University where he studied with Gene Kenney. Also, he has done extensive private study with the late Dr. B. R. Henson (founder of the Conductor’s Institute) and limited study with Dr. Clyde Roller.

Sheppard is known for preparing students for careers in teaching and conducting. Many of his former students now hold positions as conductors and teachers in public schools, churches and universities.

MR. BRAD BOULEY

Brad Bouley is founder and Artistic Director of the Texas Master Chorale, which is in its eighteenth season. Mr. Bouley is Director of Fine Arts for the Tomball ISD, after serving as the Director of Choirs for twenty years.. The Texas Master Chorale, performs primarily major choral/orchestral music including such works as Messiah by Handel, Lord Nelson Mass by Haydn, Magnificat and Christ lag in Todesbanden by Bach, Glorias by Rutter, Poulenc and Vivaldi, Ein Deutches Requiem by Brahms, Requiems by Fauré, Duruflé and Mozart, Vesperae solennes de confessore by Mozart, and Mass in C Major by Beethoven. The Chorale performed Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass at the Texas Choral Directors Convention in 2000 and has been invited back again this summer to perform the Mozart C Minor Mass with guest conductor Roger Melone. Mr. Bouley holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Sam Houston State University in Music Education and Conducting. He is active throughout the state as a choral adjudicator and clinician. He is in demand for school staff development workshops in conducting for vocal and instrumental directors. Mr. Bouley is past Region Chairman of TMEA, Region 9 and past Area Chairman for TMEA Area D. In 1993, he was the recipient of the Texas Excellence Award for Outstanding High School Teachers, and in 1992 he was the recipient of the Tomball ISD Outstanding Teacher Award. Mr. Bouley is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, ADCA, TCDA, TMEA and TMAA.

For further information, write or call:

Dr. Kenneth Sheppard
Southwestern University
PO Box 770
Georgetown, TX 78627-0770
(512)-863-1358
sheppark@southwestern.edu