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Christopher Kiver joined the Penn State University faculty in 2005, and directs the Penn State Glee Club and the Chamber Singers. Kiver also teaches classes in choral conducting and choral literature. He received a doctor of musical arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Michigan, a masters degree in choral conducting from Florida State University, and a bachelor of music degree from the University of London.
A native of the United Kingdom, he has received numerous prizes and scholarships including a Fulbright Award, and the 2002 Sydney World Symposium Foundation Scholarship. In February 2006, he was a double Grammy Award winner ("Best Choral Performance" and "Best Classical Album") as a chorusmaster for the critically acclaimed Naxos recording of William Bolcom’s monumental Songs of Innocence and of Experience.
Kiver has appeared as guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. He currently serves as Repertoire and Standards Chair for Men’s Choirs for the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.
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