Kevin Hibbard

Kevin Hibbard is Professor Emeritus of Music from the University of West Georgia, where he served as Director of Choirs for 32 years. Previously, he was Instructor of Choral Music Education at Illinois State University, and grades 7-12 Vocal Music Teacher in the Osage (Iowa) Community Schools.
 
Originally from Pennsylvania, Dr. Hibbard received the Bachelor of Arts in Music degree from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and the Master of Music and the Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Choral Music from Arizona State University. He has done additional graduate work at Westminster Choir College and the Blossom Festival School of Kent State University. Conductors with whom he has worked extensively include Robert Shaw, Weston Noble, Douglas McEwen, Howard Swan, Robert Page, Paul Christiansen, Vance George, and Cyril Stretansky. He has sung with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus, and with the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. He currently sings and shares conducting duties with Orpheus Men’s Ensemble, comprised of choral directors from across Georgia.
 
Dr. Hibbard's experience includes public school teaching, church choirs, community choirs, and boy choirs. He has served as guest conductor for choral festivals in numerous states, and frequently serves as adjudicator and clinician for vocal events. His choirs have appeared at conferences of the Georgia and Illinois Music Educators Associations, and state conferences of the American Choral Directors Association in Georgia and Wisconsin.
 
Dr. Hibbard currently serves as Music Director of Collegium Vocale community chorus in Atlanta (since 2001). He also serves as Choir Director at Grace Lutheran Church in Carrollton.
 
Dr. Hibbard is a past-president of the Georgia chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, and previously served ACDA as Central Region Repertoire and Resources Chair for Boy Choirs, and as Georgia Chair for Youth & Student Concerns. He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association for Music Education, Chorus America, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Pi Kappa Lambda. He was recognized as a Friend of the Arts by Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity for women.