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Joshua
Jacobson
Joshua
R. Jacobson holds a Bachelors degree in Music from Harvard College,
a Masters in Choral Conducting from the New England Conservatory,
and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Jacobson is Professor of Music and Director of Choral
Activities at Northeastern University, where he served nine
years as Music Department Chairman and six years as the Bernard
Stotsky Professor of Jewish Cultural Studies. He is Adjunct Professor
of Jewish Music at Hebrew College.
He
is also the founder and director of the Zamir
Chorale of Boston, a world-renowned ensemble, specializing in
Hebrew music. He has conducted workshops on choral music for various
groups, including the American
Choral Directors Association, and has guest conducted a number
of ensembles, including the Boston
Pops Orchestra, the Bulgarian National Symphony and Chorus,
the New England Conservatory
Orchestra and the Boston Lyric
Opera Company. He has also written articles on various aspects
of choral music, and compositions and arrangements which have been
published and performed throughout the world.
He
has also written articles on various aspects of choral music, and
compositions and arrangements which have been published and performed
throughout the world. In 1989 he spent four weeks in Yugoslavia
as a "Distinguished Professor" under the auspices of the
Fulbright program. In 1994 he was awarded the Benjamin Shevach Award
for Distinguished Achievement in Jewish Educational Leadership from
Hebrew College. Prof. Jacobson is past President of the Massachusetts
chapter of the American Choral
Directors Association. He is the conductor and host of the PBS
film, "Zamir: Jewish Music Returns to Poland."
His
book, Chanting
the Hebrew Bible: The Complete Guide to the Art of Cantillation,
was published by the Jewish Publication Society in 2002.
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