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Rodney A Wynkoop

Title: Professor of the Practice of Music, Director of Duke Chorale and Chamber Choir, and Director of Chapel Music
Office Location: 002 Biddle Music
Office Phone: +1 919 684 3898, +1 919 660 3302
Email Address: rodney@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.duke.edu/music/~rodney

Education

  • Doctor of Musical Arts Yale University, 1985

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham chosen as a featured performing ensemble at the Southern Division convention of the American Choral Directors Association in Louisville, Kentucky, 2008
  • Guest conductor for performance in Carnegie Hall, May 2006
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham chosen to perform at national convention of American Choral Directors Association, February 2005
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham and the Duke Chapel Choir chosen as featured performing ensembles at the Southern Division convention of the American Choral Directors Association in Nashville, 2004
  • Lara Hoggard Award, North Carolina American Choral Directors Association, November 11, 2002
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham was chosen as the featured performing ensemble at the Fall Conference of the NC-American Choral Directors Association at UNC-Greensboro, Oct. 18, 2002
  • nominated for Duke's Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2001-02
  • James L. Nicholson, Jr. Award, for "promoting the arts in everything that one does", Durham Arts Council, October 2000
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham chosen to perform at the biannual convention of the Southern Division of the American Choral Directors Association, in Orlando, FL, March 2000
  • Musician of the Year, Spectator Magazine, 1999

Teaching (Fall 2008):

  (typical courses)

  • Music 112.01, Chapel choir Synopsis
    Chapel, W 06:00 PM-07:15 PM; Chapel , Sun 09:00 AM-12:00 PM
  • Music 113.01, Chorale Synopsis
    Biddle 019, TuTh 07:30 PM-09:30 PM

Recent Professional Work:

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    Recordings
  • Duke Chapel Choir. With Cheerful Voice. 2007 .
  • Duke Chorale. Sing Joyfully!. 2006 . (repertoire from 2002-2005)
  • Duke Chapel Choir. Rutter Requiem and Vierne Messe Solennelle. January, 2003 . (live performance with orchestra and two organs)
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble. My Spirit Sang All Day.  CD on Arsis label, 2004 . (E.C. Schirmer; various 20-21c acappella choral works)
  • Duke Chapel Choir and orchestra. 10th Anniversary Concert, Oct. 30, 1999, CD of live performance. 2000 .

   Performances:

  • Choral Society of Durham Christmas Concert, Duke Chapel, December 8, 2007 - December 9, 2007
    Charpentier Midnight Mass plus carols
  • Duke Chorale Christmas Concert, Duke Chapel, December 4, 2007
  • Messiah, Duke Chapel, November 30, 2007 - December 2, 2007
    Duke Chapel Choir's annual performance
  • Duke Chorale, Duke Chapel, November 3, 2007
    Parents Weekend Concert
  • Choral Society of Durham, Baldwin Auditorium, October 20, 2007
    Opera arias and choruses
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, Raleigh and Duke Chapel, June 9, 2007 - June 10, 2007
    Annual concert
  • Choral Society of Durham, Baldwin Auditorium, May 6, 2007
    Poulenc's Gloria and opera choruses
  • Duke Chorale Celebration Concert, Biddle Music Building, April 27, 2007
  • Duke Chapel Choir and Duke Chorale, Duke Chapel, April 22, 2007
    Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil and Joseph Achron's Sabbath Evening Service
  • Prism Concert, Baldwin Auditorium, March 31, 2007
    Duke Chorale and other Music Dept. ensembles
  • Duke Chorale Spring Tour Concert, Baldwin Auditorium, March 29, 2007
  • Choral Society of Durham, Baldwin Auditorium, March 23, 2007 - March 24, 2007
    Brahms Requiem
  • Chamber Choirs of Choral Society of Durham & Duke Chorale, Duke Chapel, February 11, 2007
    Arvo Part's Magnificat and Berlin Mass, J.C. Bach's Magnificat and Cantata No. 150
  • Choral Society of Durham: Bach Magnificat and German Carols, December 09, 2006 - December 10, 2006
  • Duke Chorale: Annual Christmas Concert, Duke Chapel, December 05, 2006
  • Duke Chapel Choir: Handel's Messiah, Duke Chapel, December 01, 2006 - December 03, 2006
  • Sing-Along, Duke Chapel, November 19, 2006
    Handel's Messiah
  • Duke Chorale, Pinehurst, NC, November 05, 2006
    All-day concert trip to Pinehurst, NC
  • Parents Weekend Concert, Duke Chapel, October 28, 2006
    Chorale with Duke Symphony Orchestra and Duke Wind Symphony
  • Duke Chorale and Chapel Choir: Sing-Along Concert, Duke Chapel, August 28, 2006
    Haydn's Creation
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble: Hinshaw Music Celebration Concert, August 04, 2006
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble: 10th Anniversary Celebration, June 24, 2006 - June 25, 2006
  • New England Symphonic Ensemble and Duke/Durham choirs (members of the Duke Chapel Choir, Duke Chorale, and Choral Society of Durham): Concert at Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, May 28, 2006
    Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem
  • Choral Society of Durham: Handel's Jephtha, May 06, 2006
  • Duke Music Department (Including Duke Chorale): PRISM Concert, April 22, 2006
  • Duke Chapel Choir and Duke Chorale: Spring Oratorio, Duke Chapel, April 09, 2006
    Mozart Mass in C Minor
  • Choral Society of Durham: Bach's St. Matthew Passion, March 30, 2006 - April 01, 2006
  • Duke Chorale: Spring Tour Concert, March 23, 2006
  • Chamber Choirs of Duke Chorale and Choral Society of Durham: Brahms Zigeunerlieder and Stravinsky Les Noces, Duke Chapel, March 05, 2006
  • Duke Chorale: Spring Tour, Florida, March, 2006
    Concert tour in Florida
  • Duke Chorale Concert, Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, Danville, VA, February 12, 2006
  • Duke Chapel Choir and NCSA Symphony Orchestra: Mozart's Requiem, Duke Chapel, February 11, 2006
    Performed in memory of Dr. James H. Semans
  • Choral Society of Durham Christmas concert, December 10, 2005 - December 11, 2005
    Britten's St. Nicolas, plus English carols.
  • Duke Chapel Choir: Handel's Messiah, December 02, 2005 - December 04, 2005
  • Duke Chorale Christmas Concert, Duke Chapel, November 29, 2005
  • Messiah Sing-Along, November 20, 2005
  • Duke Chorale, Pinehurst, NC, November 06, 2005
    All-day concert trip.
  • Duke Chorale and Chapel Choir, October 30, 2005
    Sang at memorial service for Tyler Brown (Duke student).
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, First Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC, October 23, 2005
  • Parents Weekend Concert (Chorale with Duke Symphony Orchestra and Duke Wind Symphony), October 22, 2005
  • Duke Chapel Choir, Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA, October 16, 2005
    Sang various anthems in worship service.
  • Chapel Choir Reunion Choir, September 24, 2005
    Concert in honor of Sam Wells’ installation as Dean of Duke Chapel.
  • Duke Chorale and Chapel Choir, September 21, 2005
    Sang at memorial service for Prof. Elizabeth Bartlet.
  • Sing-Along of Mozart Requiem, August 29, 2005
  • Adult Choir of Southeastern Jurisdiction of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, Lake Junaluska, NC, June 23, 2005
    Featured clinician and guest conductor for the week.
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham annual concert, Duke Chapel, June 12, 2005
  • Chamber Choir of the Choral Society of Durham, Carolina Meadows, May 22, 2005
  • Choral Society of Durham, May 07, 2005 - May 08, 2005
    Bach B-minor Mass.
  • Choral Society of Durham, April 27, 2005
    Sang at memorial service for Caroline Stuck.
  • Verdi Requiem with Duke Chapel Choir, Duke Chorale, and the Chamber Choir of the Choral Society of Durham, April 17, 2005
  • Duke Chorale: Music Dept. emsembles concert (PRISM), April 16, 2005
  • Chamber Choir of the Choral Society of Durham, The Gathering Place in Fearrington, NC, April 03, 2005
  • Duke Chorale: Spring Tour Concert, March 31, 2005
  • Duke Chapel Choir, March 21, 2005
    Sang at memorial service for James Marmaduke Butler.
  • Duke Chorale, concert tour of Puerto Rico, March 04, 2005 - March 13, 2005
  • Chamber Choirs from Duke Chorale and Choral Society of Durham, Duke Chapel, March, 2005
    Howells Requiem, Kodaly Missa Brevis, and Palestrina Stabat Mater.
  • Duke Chorale, Front Street United Methodist Church, Burlington, NC, February 27, 2005
  • NC Symphony and Choral Society of Durham, February 11, 2005 - February 13, 2005
    Haydn’s Mass in Time of War, and Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem.
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, Los Angeles, CA, February 02, 2005 - February 03, 2005
    Three performances at the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association.
  • Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, High Point, NC, January 23, 2005

   Directing:
  • Guest Conductor, Mid-America Productions, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 2006
  • Clinician, West Virginia All-State, January 2005
  • Clinician and Featured Conductor, Lake Junaluska, NC, June 2005
    Southeastern Jurisdiction of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts.

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