RICHARD SPARKS
conductor
2019-20 Season
2018
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April 12-16
Adjudicator
Music Alberta
Calgary, AB, Canada
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May 18-19
Guest Conductor
Portland Symphonic Choir
Allan Bevan, Nou goth; Frank Martin, Mass
Portland, OR
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July 1
Conductor
Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West Alumni Choir
Seattle, WA
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October 12
UNT Collegium Singers
Kyrie & Gloria, Antoine Brumel Earthquake Mass
Denton, TX
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October 13
Guest Conductor
Choral Arts Northwest
25th Anniversary Concert
Seattle, WA
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October 26
Guest speaker
Uppsala University Choral Centre
Upssala, Sweden
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November 2-3
Head Clinician
Biola University
Biola Choral Festival
La Mirada, CA
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November 13
Conductor
UNT University Singers Fall Concert
Denton, TX
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November 30
Conductor
UNT Collegium Singers & Baroque Orchestra
Zelenka Te Deum
Denton, TX
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2019
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February 27
Session Presenter
American Choral Director’s Association, National Conference
Kansas City, MO
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March 4
Conductor
UNT University Singers & Concert Orchestra
Kirsten Broberg Odes of Praise (premiere); Antonín DvoÅ™ák - Te Deum
Denton, TX
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March 22
Conductor
UNT Collegium Singers & Guests
Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri
Denton, TX
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April 2
Conductor
UNT University Singers
Denton, TX
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April 4-6
Residency
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
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April 12
Conductor
UNT Collegium Singers & Baroque Orchestra
Denton, TX
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April 14
Guest conductor
Spring Hill UMC
Handel Messiah, parts 2 and 3
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June 2-8
Workshop leader
Baylor International Choral Conducting Masterclass & Young Artist
Waco, TX
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June 9-16
Boston Early Music Festival
Boston, MA
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June 11
Conductor
UNT Collegium Singers & Baroque Orchestra
Boston, MA
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November 2
Conductor
All Soul's Mass
Duarte Lobo Requiem
San Francisco, CA
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November 7-9
National Collegiate Choral Organization Conference
University of Maryland
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November 16, 10 AM
Conductor
Frank LaRocca Mass of the Americas
Extraordinary Form Mass
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington D.C.
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December 6
Conductor
Advent Service
O Antiphons
San Francisco, CA
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2020
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February 2-4
Conductor
High Plains Honor Choir
Chadron, Nebraska
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February 12-15
Texas Music Educator's Association Conference
San Antonio, TX
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March 11-15
Northwest ACDA Conference
Spokane, WA
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April 20-24
Adjudicator/Clinician
Edmonton Kiwanis Choral Festival
Edmonton, AB Canada
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May 14-17
Podium Conference
Montreal, Quebec Canada
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June 20-22
Conductor
Dvorak Te Deum
Richard Nance (premiere)
MId-America Productions
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
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October 15-16
Conductor
Montana All-State
Great Falls, MT
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