Faculty and Staff
Lee R. Kesselman
Professor/Director Choral Music
Tel.: (630) 942-2552
Fax: (630) 942-3490
Room: MAC 132
e-mail: kesselma@cod.edu
Areas of Research Interest:
Music performance, Music composition
Recent Courses Taught:
• Music theory (all levels)
• Music 101, 102, 103,
• New Classic Singers (Music 153)
• DuPage Chorale (Music 150)
• Chamber Singers (Music 130)
Current Projects:
Compositions:
THE SONG OF THE SKY LOOM for SATB chorus and instruments My third opera
Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books:
Most Recent compositions:
RIVER for SATB chorus, piano bass and drums LET PEACE DESEND for SATB chorus and string orchestra
Most recent publications:
(both Boosey & Hawkes music publishers) BRIAR ROSE (treble chorus and piano) IN PRAISE OF ISLA (treble chorus, flute and piano)
Education:
M.M. Choral conducting, University of Southern California
B.A. Music and Economics, Macalester College, 1974
Awards and Recognitions:
• Outstanding Faculty, College of DuPage 1994-95
• Outstanding Faculty, Humanities Division
• ASCAP Composition Awards (9 consecutive years)