Treble Voices Ensemble | Grades 4-8
Rollo Dilworth
Participation Fee is $40 (Festival Shirt included)
About Rollo Dilworth
Rollo Dilworth is Professor of Choral Music Education, Chair of the Department of Music Education and Therapy, and Vice Dean at Temple University’s Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts in Philadelphia, PA. He has served on the faculty since 2009. Prior to his position with Boyer College, he taught music education and was the director of choral activities for 13 years at North Park University in Chicago, where he prepared and conducted numerous extended and choral-orchestral works. Before teaching at the college level, Dilworth also taught choral and general music at the middle school level in his hometown of St. Louis, MO.
Over 200 of Dilworth’s choral compositions and arrangements have been published, and many are part of the Henry Leck Creating Artistry Choral Series with the Hal Leonard Corporation. He is also an established author and contributor for the Essential Elements for Choir and the Experiencing Choral Music textbook series. He has authored 3 books of choral warm up exercises intended for elementary and secondary choral ensembles, entitled Choir Builders: Fundamental Vocal Techniques for General and Classroom Use (2006); Choir Builders for Growing Voices (2009); Choir Builders for Growing Voices 2 (2014); and Music of Our Roots (2016).
In addition, Dilworth has conducted 55 all-state choirs ranging across various levels, 6 regional honor choirs, and 5 national honor choirs. He is an active life member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). He also holds memberships with several other organizations, including Chorus America, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).