Pursue your passions in choral music
Train for various career paths in choral music such as conducting, professional ensemble singing, and arts management through a specialized certificate program that can be tailored to your individual goals.
This flexible program allows you to tailor coursework and experiences to your individual interests, whether you are preparing to lead ensembles in a school, church or community setting, pursuing opportunities as a professional choral singer, preparing your academic and artistic credentials for further graduate study, or developing the administrative and organizational skills needed to lead and manage a choral program.
Through focused study, mentorship, and practical experience, the certificate equips you with the artistic, professional, and leadership tools necessary for success in the field of choral music.
Go further with a master's degree
You can apply the credits you earn in this certificate toward a master's degree in music.
Pursue this certificate
Apply here
Apply through GradCAS. Then, email Dr. LaBarr at CameronLaBarr@MissouriState.edu.
Meet your choral faculty
Dr. Cameron LaBarr
Director of Choral Studies
Dr. Cameron LaBarr is Director of Choral Studies and the Clif and Gail Smart professor in music at Missouri State University. He earned the MM and DMA from the University of North Texas where he studied with Jerry McCoy and Richard Sparks. Dr. LaBarr has an international reputation as conductor, clinician, and choral juror across North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and serves as board member for the International Federation for Choral Music.
Dr. Erin Plisco
Associate Director of Choral Studies
Dr. Erin Plisco is the Associate Director of Choral Studies at Missouri State University, where she conducts multiple choirs and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting and literature. She is a frequent guest clinician across the United States and abroad, and has presented at state, regional, and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association.
Email: ErinPlisco@MissouriState.edu
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