Donald Neuen is an American choral conductor

Conducting

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, composer, arranger, editor, and educator who currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Conducting and Director of Choral Activities at the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

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. He conducts the UCLA Chorale while teaching courses in conducting and directing one of the most respected graduate programs in choral conducting in the United States. Before his tenure at UCLA, he was a member of the faculty of the Eastman School of Music

Eastman School of Music

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 in Rochester, New York. He formerly served as the Artistic Director and Conductor for the Angeles Chorale, and was also the former director of the Cathedral Choir at the Crystal Cathedral

Crystal Cathedral

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 in Garden Grove, California. He studied under and was heavily influenced by Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw (conductor)

Robert Shaw was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Shaw received 14 Grammy awards, four ASCAP awards for service to contemporary music, the first Guggenheim Fellowship...

 (the former Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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 and founder of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus in Georgia). Don Neuen has served as the Assistant Conductor and the Director of Choral Activities for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He has also served on the faculties of the University of Wisconsin, University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

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, Ball State University

Ball State University

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, and Georgia State University

Georgia State University

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. His students have gone on to lead major choruses throughout the United States. He has released videos in the Choral Excellence Series as well as a collegiate choral conducting textbook, Choral Concepts.

He is a National Patron of Delta Omicron

Delta Omicron

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, an international professional music fraternity.