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2026 ACDA Southwestern Region Conference
S tuden t C onduc ting Mast er classes
Student Conducting Masterclasses
twenty-first-century repertoire. The Chamber Choir Choirs and teaches graduate choral methods and con-
comprises majors from across campus and includes ducting. Previously, she was associate director of choral
graduate and undergraduate singers. This choir tours activities at Ball State University. She holds a doctorate
regularly and has performed at ACDA regional con- in choral conducting with a cognate in music education
ferences. Recent performances include Vienna, St. from Ball State, where she was a recipient of the Don
Nicholas Church in Prague Old Town Square, and the Neuen Fellowship. Burgett has served on ACDA and
Vatican (St. Peter’s Basilica). The Chamber Choir hosts NCCO boards and is an active clinician, speaker, and
the annual UNC High School Choral Invitational and all-state conductor. She has been a K–12 educator and
serves as the choir for the Colorado Choral Conduct- private voice and piano instructor for over twenty years.
ing Symposium. Burgett has performed internationally and has been pub-
lished in the Choral Journal and the New Grove Dictionary of
Jill Burgett is director of choral activities Music and Musicians. Her research focuses on sacred cho-
at the University of Northern Colorado, ral music of Villa-Lobos, Catalonia, and Mexico.
where she has taught for sixteen years.
She conducts the Concert and Chamber
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