PHILIP COPELAND, Chorale Director

Dr. Philip Copeland begins his tenure
as Chorale Director with the 2008-09
concert season. In addition to his Chorale
responsibilities, Dr. Copeland is Associate
Professor of Music at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he
has served since 2001. There he is Director
of Choral Activities, conducts the Concert
Choir, Chamber Singers and Women's
Chorale as well as teaching classes in conducting, music education, music
appreciation and methods courses for choral music education majors.

Choirs under Dr. Copeland's direction have distinguished themselves on the national
and international stage. He recently led the Birmingham Concert Chorale and UAB
choir members in a performance of Mozart's Solemn Vespers in New York's famed
Carnegie Hall. And under his direction, the UAB Concert Choir recently won the
Heinrich Schütz Perpetual Trophy for their performance of a work by the Baroque
composer in the Fleischman International Choral Competition in Cork, Ireland. This
was preceded by participation in the 34th annual Florlilege Vocal de Tours in Tours,
France. While on faculty at the University of Mississippi, his choir won the top award
and gold medal at the first-ever Choral Olympics in Linz, Austria.

Other notable performances include a solo performance at the Southern Division
Convention of the American Choral Directors Association in 2006, and recently
presented sessions in technology at state, regional and national conventions of the
American Choral Directors Association.

Dr. Copeland holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, a Master of Music Education from Mississippi College and a Bachelor of
Music Education from the University of Mississippi. He is married to Leigh and they
have triplet daughters, Catherine, Caroline, and Claire.

 

DALE REYNOLDS, Chorale Accompanist

Dale W. Reynolds holds the Bachelor of Music Education
from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama and a
Master of Music in Piano Performance from Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. In
addition, her post-graduate work was done at the University
of Illinois where she studied with the internationally
acclaimed Vocal Coach/Accompanist Eric Dalheim.

Ms. Reynolds has served as staff accompanist for the International Cathedral
Music Festival in England for four years and the Seminar für Klassiche
Musik in Eisenstadt, Austria for three years. She has also accompanied
seminars and masterclasses conducted by Robert Shaw, John Rutter,
Sir David Willcocks, Richard Stoltzman and Yo-Yo Ma.

Ms. Reynolds is on the music faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
where she serves as Associate Chairman of the Music Department, as
Accompanist/Coach and teaches music theory courses. She is also the organist
at Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church and serves as organist, pianist and
harpsichordist with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.