Lynn Sjolund, Artistic
Director
/
Conductor of
the Rogue Valley
Chorale, is well known as a conductor and choral clinician. He has directed festival groups and adjudicated choruses around the country. His tenure with the Chorale began with its founding and has been continuous, with the exception of three years when he was Director of Choral Studies at Loyola University in New Orleans. Mr. Sjolund taught for many years in the Medford Public Schools and served as president of the Northwest Division of the Music Educators National Conference. He also served on the American Choral Directors Association board of directors for Oregon.
Following his retirement from teaching in public schools, Mr. Sjolund taught at Lewis and Clark College, University of Oregon, and Southern Oregon University on an interim basis. He was also artistic director and conductor for Rogue Opera and Rogue Opera Programs for Youth. He conducted
Die Fledermaus,
La Traviata,
The Barber of
Seville,
Don
Pasquale,
Tosca and
Pirates of Penzance for Rogue Opera and produced and conducted education programs including
Cinderella,
The Barber of
Seville,
Amahl and the Night
Visitors,
Pirates of Penzance, and
Opera for Kids.
Mr. Sjolund has conducted the Britt Festival Orchestra and the Rogue Valley Symphony in concerts when the Chorale has been the featured group.
Mr. Sjolund has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Oregon School of Music; the Outstanding Music Teacher by the National Federation Interscholastic Music Association; and the Distinguished Service to Music Education Award from the Northwest Music Educators. He is an honorary member of the Medford-Rogue Rotary and serves on the Board of Directors of the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater. His academic degrees are from the University of Oregon with advanced study at the International Program for Music Education in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Most
recently,
Mr.
Sjolund
was
honored
by the
Arts
Council
of
Southern
Oregon,
receiving
its
Lifetime
Achievement
Award on
October
4, 2002.
He is married to Doris Sjolund,
Founder/Director
Emeritus of the Rogue Valley Children's Chorus.
