Rollo A. Dilworth is Associate Professor of Music
and Director of Choral Activities and Music Education at the North
Park University School of Music in Chicago, Illinois. He received
his Doctor of Music degree in conducting performance at Northwestern
University where he studied conducting and composition with Robert
A. Harris. Additional composition teachers include Robert Ray,
Pauline Oliveros and Marta Ptaszynska. Dilworth’s choral
compositions are a part of the Henry Leck Creating
Artistry Choral Series with Hal Leonard Corporation and Colla
Voce Music Company. He has recently published pieces with the Santa
Barbara Music Publishing Company as part of the Mary Alice
Stollak Choral Series.
Dilworth is a contributing author for the Essential Elements
for Choir and the Experiencing Choral Music textbook
series, both published by the Hal Leonard Corporation/Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Publications, and for Music Express! Teachers Magazine.
An active conductor, composer, educator, and clinician, Dilworth
has taught choral music at the elementary, secondary, and university
levels. His performing endeavors have taken him to Europe, Asia,
Africa, and Australia. In addition to composing music in the
choral genre, his research interests are in the areas of African-American
music and music education curriculum and instruction.
Dilworth is an active member of the Music Educators National
Conference, the National Association of Negro Musicians, the American
Choral Directors Association, and Chorus America. He currently
serves on the ACDA Central Division Board of Directors as the Repertoire
and Standards Chair for Multicultural and Ethnic music. |
