Greg Hobbs
Interim Associate Director of Choral Studies
Conductor of University Singers
Greg Hobbs, Interim Associate Director of Choral Studies, is conductor of the UNT University Singers, as well as conductor of the Highland Park Chorale, music director of Highland Park Presbyterian Church, artistic director of the Highlander Concert Series and the Dallas Choral Festival. Comfortable leading musical professionals of the highest caliber, students, or talented amateurs, He is committed to the performance of great music at the highest artistic level. Hobbs’s choral groups have performed in numerous settings throughout the United States and Europe in concert halls, historic cathedrals, and sanctuaries including Carnegie Hall, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, the Caramoor Center, Wiener Konzerthaus, the Cathedral of Bern, and the National Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Hobbs has guest conducted such noted ensembles as the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Voices of Ascension, Canticum Novum, and the New York Virtuoso Singers; and conducted at workshops with the Philadelphia Singers, the New World Symphony, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. He has also served on the faculties of Southern Methodist University and Florida International University. His ensembles have performed for Regional and National Conferences of the American Choral Directors Association; and he has led interest sessions at these and other conferences. Dr. Hobbs recently conducted at the 2013 ACDA National Conference Music and Worship Festival held at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. During the 2013 ACDA National Conference he also conducted the Highland Park Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir in concert performances at the Meyerson Symphony Center and the Winspear Opera House.
His educational background includes studies at Florida State University where he received a bachelor's degree in Choral Music Education and was awarded the Robert Shaw Conducting Award; and Northwestern University where he was awarded the Doctor of Music degree in Conducting. He conducted performances at Northwestern with the Women's Chorus, the University Chorus, the award winning University Chorale, and the University Symphony Orchestra; and his dissertation was on the choral-orchestral music of Anton Bruckner. Additionally he was a conducting fellow with Chorus America, the Conductor's Guild, and the League of American Orchestras.