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Dr. Sean Vogt is director of choral conducting at the Piteå Musikhögskola (Sweden) — Luleå Tekniska Universitet. He directs the choirs and the undergraduate and graduate choral degrees, with some additional teaching for the sacred music division in organ . Sean holds a DMA and MM in choral conducting from Michigan State University and the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University, respectively.

Dr. Vogt also has over 20 years of experience conducting orchestras, having led many orchestral projects. He has worked with players from several major orcehstras and has also prepared choruses for conductors Xian Zhang and Paul McCreesh. With decades accompanying vocalists in voice studios and opera workshops, he is regularly hired as a collaborative keyboardist.

He has held leadership positions in the American Choral Directors Association (Iowa, Minnesota, and Georgia), and the American Guild of Organists on various chapter committees, including Dean of the Atlanta AGO. He has presented on choral topics, and music technology, and/or performed (collaborative and solo) at multiple national conferences: NCCO, ACDA, AGO, and OHS.

More information: www.seanfvogt.com