Richard Sparks
American conductor
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Richard Andrew Sparks is an American choral conductor. He is one of the leading figures in choral music in the Pacific Northwest and in Scandinavian, especially Swedish a cappella, choral music. Early life and education Sparks was raised in Seattle, Washington. He graduated from Shorecrest High School, and he received a bachelor of music in 1976 and a master of music in 1980, both from the University of Washington. While an undergraduate, Sparks founded Seattle Pro Musica, which he led until 1980. During this time, Seattle Pro Musica became known as a leader in the "authentic performance" of Baroque music, especially Johann Sebastian Bach's. Sparks conducted Seattle Pro Musica in Claudio Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine at St. Mark's Cathedral and Handel's Messiah. In the early 1980s, Sparks grew interested in Swedish choral music and the work of conductor Eric Ericson. He received doctor of musical arts in choral conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and his doctoral dissertation on postwar Swedish choral music was later published as The Swedish Choral Miracle.
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