Z. Randall Stroope is one of the most active choral conductors and composers working in the United States today, with recent conducting engagements at the American School in Singapore, Canterbury Cathedral, England, Salzburger Dom in Salzburg, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington National Cathedral, Vancouver Symphony, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. His compositions are performed regularly by esteemed ensembles throughout the world. Dr. Stroope has personally conducted/recorded 13 professional compact discs, and recordings of his music are heard frequently on radio and television broadcasts across the United States. Stroope studied conducting with Dr. Douglas McEwen at Arizona State University and with Margaret Hillis, Chorus Master of the Chicago Symphony.
Stroope is the Director of Choral Studies at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he conducts the Concert Choir and Chamber Chorale, as well as coordinating the undergraduate and graduate choral conducting program at the University. Dr. Stroope is also the Artistic Director of a summer international choral festival in Rome, Italy. He has conducted 30 all-state choirs.
Stroope studied composition with Cecil Effinger and Normand Lockwood, both students of Nadia Boulanger (who was a student of Gabriel Faure. He has written works for the American Boy Choir (Lux Aeterna), Bozeman Symphony (Two Somerset Sketches), Hilton Head Choral Society (Illuminaciones), Texas Choral Directors Association (Lamentaciones de Jeremias), Cantabile Women's Chorus of Canada (Song to the Moon), Rotterdam, Holland, Chamber Choir (Magnificat) and over 40 other groups.
Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dr. Stroope received a masters in Voice Performance from the University of Colorado, and a doctorate in choral conducting from Arizona State University. He and his wife, Cheryl – a middle school choral music teacher – enjoy travel and time with their Sheltie.
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