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Assistant Director/Accompanist - Dr. John S. Hollins
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John S. Hollins is on the faculty of Texas Tech University as
conductor of the Men's Glee Club, assistant conductor and accompanist of the
Lubbock Chorale, vocal coach for the Opera and Music Theater program, and
pianist/organist for the University Singers, Madrigal Singers, and choral
conducting studios.
Dr. Hollins served for eight years as Minister of Music and Organist at
Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He was also the Associate
Artistic Director and conductor of VOICES of Kentuckians, a community chorus in
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He served as a music consultant for the Kentucky Opera educational program
''Music! Words! Opera!'' - facilitating the creation, composition, staging, and
production of original operas by area high school students. Dr. Hollins has
performed at both division and national conventions of the American Choral
Directors Association and served as the Chair of the Music and Worship
Repertoire and Standards Committee for the ACDA Southern Division, planning
music and worship events for division conventions and presenting workshops at
state conventions. He has been the rehearsal accompanist and featured keyboard
artist for numerous university, professional, festival, and All-state choruses,
including Coro Favoriti, the Choral Arts Society of Louisville, the Louisville
Orchestra Chorus, the Kentucky Opera Chorus, and the Columbia (South Carolina)
Philharmonic Chorus.
Dr. Hollins holds the D.M.A. degree in choral conducting, piano
performance, and musicology and the M.C.M. degree in organ and piano from the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He holds the B.M. degree in piano
pedagogy from the University of South Carolina.
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The Lubbock Chorale performs great choral masterworks at the highest
attainable standards and provides a public service by bringing such music to
the attention of the community.
The Chorale regularly performs with other organizations of national
and international reputation both in and out of Lubbock. Also, the Chorale
provides a meeting place for choral singers of compentences and achievement to
further their musical education.
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