RICHARD SPARKS
conductor
2019-20 Season
2018
April 12-16
Adjudicator
Music Alberta
Calgary, AB, Canada
May 18-19
Guest Conductor
Portland Symphonic Choir
Allan Bevan, Nou goth; Frank Martin, Mass
Portland, OR
July 1
Conductor
Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West Alumni Choir
Seattle, WA
October 12
UNT Collegium Singers
Kyrie & Gloria, Antoine Brumel Earthquake Mass
Denton, TX
October 13
Guest Conductor
Choral Arts Northwest
25th Anniversary Concert
Seattle, WA
October 26
Guest speaker
Uppsala University Choral Centre
Upssala, Sweden
November 2-3
Head Clinician
Biola University
Biola Choral Festival
La Mirada, CA
November 13
Conductor
UNT University Singers Fall Concert
Denton, TX
November 30
Conductor
UNT Collegium Singers & Baroque Orchestra
Zelenka Te Deum
Denton, TX
2019
February 27
Session Presenter
American Choral Director’s Association, National Conference
Kansas City, MO
March 4
Conductor
UNT University Singers & Concert Orchestra
Kirsten Broberg Odes of Praise (premiere); Antonín Dvořák - Te Deum
Denton, TX
March 22
Conductor
UNT Collegium Singers & Guests
Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri
Denton, TX
April 2
Conductor
UNT University Singers
Denton, TX
April 4-6
Residency
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
April 12
Conductor
UNT Collegium Singers & Baroque Orchestra
Denton, TX
April 14
Guest conductor
Spring Hill UMC
Handel Messiah, parts 2 and 3
June 2-8
Workshop leader
Baylor International Choral Conducting Masterclass & Young Artist
Waco, TX
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June 9-16
Boston Early Music Festival
Boston, MA
June 11
Conductor
UNT Collegium Singers & Baroque Orchestra
Boston, MA
November 2
Conductor
All Soul's Mass
Duarte Lobo Requiem
San Francisco, CA
November 7-9
National Collegiate Choral Organization Conference
University of Maryland
November 16, 10 AM
Conductor
Frank LaRocca Mass of the Americas
Extraordinary Form Mass
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington D.C.
December 6
Conductor
Advent Service
O Antiphons
San Francisco, CA
2020
February 2-4
Conductor
High Plains Honor Choir
Chadron, Nebraska
February 12-15
Texas Music Educator's Association Conference
San Antonio, TX
March 11-15
Northwest ACDA Conference
Spokane, WA
April 20-24
Adjudicator/Clinician
Edmonton Kiwanis Choral Festival
Edmonton, AB Canada
May 14-17
Podium Conference
Montreal, Quebec Canada
June 20-22
Conductor
Dvorak Te Deum
Richard Nance (premiere)
MId-America Productions
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
October 15-16
Conductor
Montana All-State
Great Falls, MT