Robert Porco is a noted American

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 director of large choral groups performing orchestral works. He has directed the Cincinnati May Festival

Cincinnati May Festival

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 Chorus with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra since 1989 along with the Cleveland Orchestra

Cleveland Orchestra

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's Blossom Festival Chorus.

Porco was born in Steubenville, Ohio

Steubenville, Ohio

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. From 1980 to 1998 he was a professor of music and chairman of the choral department at Indiana University, Bloomington.