JOSHUA R. JACOBSON
Joshua R. Jacobson, founder and director of the
Zamir Chorale of
Boston, holds a Bachelors degree in Music from
Harvard College, a
Masters in Choral Conducting from the New England
Conservatory, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of
Cincinnati. He is Professor of Music and Director of Choral
Activities at
Northeastern University,
where he served for nine years
as Chairman of the Department of Music, and currently as the
Stotsky Professor of Jewish Studies. He also holds the position of
Adjunct Professor of Jewish Music at Hebrew College. He has
conducted workshops on choral music for various groups, including
the American Choral Directors Association, the American
Conference of Cantors and the Zimriyah International Choral
Festival; and has guest conducted a number of ensembles, including
the Boston Pops Orchestra and the Boston Lyric Opera Company.
He has given lectures on various aspects of music for a number of
organizations, including the pre-Symphony lectures sponsored by
the Friends of the New England Conservatory. He has also written
articles on various aspects of choral music, and compositions and
arrangements which have been published and performed throughout
the United States as well as in Canada, Europe and Israel. In 1989
he spent four weeks in Yugoslavia as a "Distinguished Professor"
under the auspices of the Fulbright program. In 1994 he was
awarded the Benjamin Shevach Award for Distinguished
Achievement in Jewish Educational Leadership from Hebrew
College. Prof. Jacobson is Past President of the Massachusetts
chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.
Prof. Jacobson can be reached at
conductor@zamir.org.