Dr. Richard Waters
Dr. Richard Waters is Director of Choral Activities at Delta State University, where he directs the Chamber Singers, Chorale, and Delta Singers, teaches courses in conducting and choral methods, and supervises student teachers. He received the Bachelor of Music degree in music education from James Madison University, the Master of Music degree in choral conducting from the Hartt School of Music, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has studied conducting with William Carroll, Welborn Young, Richard Coffey, Michael Yachanin, and David Watkins, and has conducted in master classes led by Rodney Eichenberger and Dennis Keene. Dr. Waters received the 2008 DSU Foundation Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Under his direction, the choirs at Delta State have performed in several notable national and international venues, including Carnegie Hall, Washington National Cathedral, York Minster, Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, and St. Bride's Church in London. In 2007, the Chorale was selected to perform at the Mississippi ACDA / MMEA state convention in Jackson. In addition to his university responsibilities, he is Director of Music at First United Methodist Church in Cleveland, Assistant Artistic Director of The Mississippi Chorus in Jackson, and serves on the Mississippi ACDA Board of Directors as R&S Chair for College and University Choirs. His article on the carol settings of Harold Darke was published in the October 2007 of Choral Journal, the national monthly journal of ACDA. During his tenure in Greensboro, Dr. Waters directed the UNCG Men's Glee Club, taught class voice, and served as the Assistant Conductor of the Choral Society in Greensboro. Prior to his studies in North Carolina, he taught high school and middle school choir in the Virginia public school system. While in Hartford, he sang in CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists), the region's first all-professional choir. A native of Virginia, Dr. Waters began singing as a treble in the All Saints Choir of Men and Boys in Richmond. Dr. Waters maintains an active schedule as an adjudicator and clinician. He holds memberships in the American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, College Music Society, MENC: The National Association for Music Education, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Pi Kappa Lambda.
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