布拉德•里斯

布拉德•里斯 Dean for the School of Creative and Media Arts, conducts 大学 Choirs, directs the award-winning a cappella ensemble Up in the Air, 教授声音, 音乐理论, 音乐制作 & engineering, and music business. A leader in contemporary a cappella and vocal jazz education for two decades, Brad has served as the Assistant Director of Jazz Studies at the 大学 of Northern Colorado, on the faculty at Iowa’s School for 亩ic Vocations, and on the jazz faculty at Bowling Green State 大学.  A frequent clinician at vocal music festivals across the US and Canada, he is a regular judge for ICCA, ICHSA and show choir competitions throughout the Midwest, and has served on the faculty of Halewyn Jazz Workshop in Belgium and many other summer workshops and camps.  His ensembles have appeared across the United States and Canada, at the Salzburg 亩ic Festival in Austria, at the United Nations in New York and Geneva, and on tour in the Republic of China, 德国, 捷克共和国, 和南非. His choirs have also performed on several national TV broadcasts.  His own performing credits include appearances with Ben Folds, Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra, 乔•威廉姆斯, 乔治剪切, African gospel artist Rebecca Malope, 和其他人. He sang with the Grammy-nominated vocal jazz quintet, 的Axidentals, with Phil Mattson’s Voices, and in residence at the Smithsonian Institution. Brad holds degrees in choral conducting, 的声音, music education and public relations, and is 一个校友 of Boston 大学, the 大学 of Northern Colorado, Western Michigan 大学 and George Mason 大学. He has served in leadership positions for the Ohio chapters of IAJE and ACDA, and his compositions and arrangements are available through UNC Jazz Press and Tiffin亩ic Publications.