Jose Rivera

Professor of Choral Music Education
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Dr. Jos茅 Rivera serves as Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He conducts the University Chorale, Vocal Jazz Ensemble and is an active conductor throughout the United States and internationally. His conducting engagements include Cantar茅, the Latin American Honor Choir featured at the ACDA Southern Region Conference, as well as All-State choirs in Florida, California, Alabama, and North Carolina. He has also led workshops and clinics at national and international institutions, including the Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de M茅xico (UNAM), Universidad de las Am茅ricas Puebla (UDLAP), Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana, Cuba, Universidad de Mendoza in Argentina, and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Choral Festival in Germany. Most recently, he conducted a Carnegie Hall concert celebrating the choral music of Latin American composers. He was recently appointed artistic director and conductor of the Moore County Choral Society.

Dr. Rivera's research focuses on music teacher preparation and Latin American choral music. He has presented clinics, lectures, and research at regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and his scholarly work has been published in the ACDA Choral Journal. He is a past president of the North Carolina ACDA chapter and previously served as the ACDA National Repertoire & Resources Chair for World Musics and Cultures. Dr. Rivera is also the co-founder of La Voz Music Publishing, a company dedicated to publishing Latin American choral music, and co-author of the forthcoming Oxford Anthology of Latin American Choral Music. In recognition of his contributions to the choral profession, he received the Lara Hoggard Distinguished Award from the North Carolina American Choral Directors Association.