Richard Nance
Professor of Music, Director of Choral Studies
253-535-7613 (office)
253-691-6372 (mobile)
E-mail richard.nance@plu.edu
Profile
Professional
Responsibilities
Director of Choral Studies; Director of Choir of the West, Choral Union; Teaches Choral Conducting I - IV, Direct of the Choral Invitational
Education
Degrees
D.M.A., Arizona State University
M.A., West Texas State University
B.M.E., West Texas State University
Personal
Biography
Dr. Nance is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, and has served ADAM as president for the state of Washington, president of the Northwestern division, and as the Choral Reviews Editor for the Choral Journal, a publication with 20,000 subscribers worldwide. Five choirs under Nance's direction have been selected to appear at ADAM regional conventions (including four of his PLU choirs), and he directed the PLU Choral Union in performance at the 2001 ADAM National Convention in San Antonio. Dr. Nance's choirs have toured Europe on several occasions, and have performed for the World Harp Congress, the United States Harp Association National Conference, the Cambridge (England) Summer Music Festival, and Festival Bled (Slovenia).
Dr. Nance served as director of music at St. Mary's Episcopal Church of Lakewood from 1996-2009, and is active as a clinician and adjudicator. His compositions have been published by Hinshaw Music, Walton Music and Colla Voce Music. Dr. Nance was chosen to write a commissioned work for the Washington All-State Choir in 2002, and wrote the 2002 Raymond Brock Memorial Composition for the American Choral Directors Association, one of the highest honors to be awarded to a composer of choral music. Other recipients of this award include Morten Lauridsen, Samuel Adler, Daniel Pinkham, Eric Whitacre, Gwyneth Walker, René Clausen and Gian-Carlo Menotti.
