Middle School Choral Festival with Rollo Dilworth
Columbus Children’s Choir presents Rollo Dilworth as guest clinician for the Annual Children’s Choral Festival on April 10, 2027! The festival is a full day workshop led by Dilworth. This workshop is for middle school singers with treble/unchanged voices. The day culminates in a student concert showcasing what the singers learned.
Event Details
Registration Deadline – February 14th
Choir Workshop (grades 6-8) led by Rollo Dilworth Saturday, April 10, 8am-5pm
Licking Heights Middle School, Pataskala
4pm final concert
Student registration fee – $80 (students attending with a group may have a coupon code to enter at checkout)
Fee includes instruction, sheet music, lunch, snacks, t-shirt, concert admission
About Rollo
Rollo Dilworth is currently Vice Dean and Professor of Choral Music Education in the Department of Music Education and Therapy at Temple University’s Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts in Philadelphia, PA. He has served on the faculty since 2009. Prior to his position with Boyer College, he taught music education and was the director of choral activities for 13 years at North Park University in Chicago, where he prepared and conducted numerous extended and choral-orchestral works. Before teaching at the college level, Dilworth also taught choral and general music at the middle school level in his hometown of St. Louis, MO. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in choral music education, Dilworth serves as Artistic Director and Conductor for the Temple University Singing Owls Campus/Community Chorus, and as Conductor for the School District of Philadelphia High School All-City Chorus.
Dilworth holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Case Western Reserve University, a Master of Education degree in Secondary Education (Music concentration) from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and the Doctor of Music degree in Conducting Performance (Theory/Composition cognate) from Northwestern University.
Over 200 of Dilworth’s choral compositions and arrangements have been published, and many are part of the Henry Leck Creating Artistry Choral Series with the Hal Leonard Corporation. In 2015, Dilworth launched his own choral series with Hal Leonard, focusing on secondary and tertiary level repertoire representing composers and arrangers from diverse backgrounds. He is also an established author and contributor for the Essential Elements for Choir and the Experiencing Choral Music textbook series. Much of Dilworth’s creative output as a composer and arranger focuses on themes of social justice and social change. Most recently, a consortium of 20 universities and arts organizations commissioned Dilworth to set Claudia Rankine’s social justice poem Weather to music for chorus, narrator, and wind ensemble. Recent engagements include serving as guest conductor for the Los Angeles Master Chorale, SUNY Potsdam Chorus and Wind Symphony, and for choral festivals in Cincinnati, OH, Charleston, WV, Denver, CO, and Prague, Czech Republic.
For Teachers
Invite your students to participate in this incredible opportunity! Parents will fill out an online registration and make payment directly to CCC. You won’t have to manage cash or paper. We will even supply you and your singers rehearsal tracks!
All you need to do is send the registration link to families so they can register and pay for the event. Please contact the office if your school intends to pay for your students’ registrations, or for any other questions including inquiries about group rates.
For Parents
Whether you have reached this page because your child’s teacher is bringing a group of singers, or you are sending your child independently, we are excited you found us! To register your child, use the register button below. You will be able to pay for the event or enter your school’s coupon code if they have arranged a group rate.