Barbara Hall
H.W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Music, Emerita
Education
BM: University of Michigan
MA: Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
DM: Indiana University
Expertise
Vocal technique — Choral conducting scholarly background in American Literature, American writers, African-American literature, American autobiography, and poetry. Expertise in American historian and philosopher Henry Adams.
BIOGRAPHY
A veteran teacher, conductor, and performer, Hall directed °µÒ¹³ÉÈËÊÓƵ’s choral program, which includes student groups such as °µÒ¹³ÉÈËÊÓƵ Singers, Women’s Voices, and °µÒ¹³ÉÈËÊÓƵ Men. She taught humanities, music history, theory, and conducting. Hall founded and directs the Danville Summer Singers and Sounding Joy, an auditioned women’s ensemble of 30-32 singers.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Hall is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and the College Music Society. She is a past governor of the Association of Teachers of Singing.