Robert Duff

Lecturer

D.M.A., University of Southern California

M.A., Temple University

B.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Robert Duff, conductor, is the director of the Handel Society of Dartmouth College and the Dartmouth Chamber Singers, and teaches courses in music theory in the Music Department. Before coming to Dartmouth in 2004, Dr. Duff served on the faculties of Pomona College, Claremont Graduate University, and Mount St. Mary’s College, and as the Director of Music for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, where he directed the music programs for nearly 300 parishes. He holds degrees in conducting, piano and voice from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Temple University, and the University of Southern California, where he earned a doctorate of musical arts in 2000. An active commissioner of new music, Dr. Duff has given several world premieres of works for both orchestral and choral forces. He has been appointed by Governor John Lynch as Councilor to the New Hampshire Council on the Arts, and he is the President of the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division.