Dr. Caroline Carson

      Music Education Vocal Ensembles

 Contact Information:
    E-mail: cpcarson@uno.edu
    Office Number: (504)280-6037

Originally from Charleston, SC, Caroline Carson is currently the Director of Choral Activities at the University of New Orleans, Director of Music at Lakeview Presbyterian Church, and state R&S (Repertoire & Standards) Chair for Ethnic and Multicultural choirs for Louisiana ACDA. Dr. Carson has served on the faculties of Georgia College & State University (Milledgeville, GA) as Director of Choral Activities and Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Virginia) as an Adjunct Professor of Choral Literature and Graduate Applied Conducting. In addition, she has taught classes in Bulgaria on American Music History and Music Education in association with the University of Varna, Bulgaria. Dr. Carson has prepared choruses for concerts, workshops, national and international tours, and a year 2000 Carnegie Hall performance.

Dr. Carson taught in the Georgia public school systems for seven years. While in Atlanta, she participated in four Grammy-winning recordings with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus under the direction of Robert Shaw and Yoel Levi. While teaching at an arts magnet school in Macon, she founded and directed the Milledgeville Singers Guild, now in its sixth successful season.

Dr. Carson received her Bachelors degree in Music Education from the University of South Carolina, a Masters in Conducting from Emory University, and the Doctorate of Musical Arts in Conducting from USC in Columbia, SC. She has worked with such distinguished American conductors as Larry Wyatt, Manuel Alvarez, Alfred Calabrese, Dale Warland, and Robert Page. Dr. Carson has also worked overseas in workshops with Boris Tevlin of the Moscow Conservatory, Helène Guy of the Paris Conservatory, Professor Marin Tchonev and Maestro Milko Kolarov, both from Varna, Bulgaria.

Here in New Orleans, Dr. Carson serves as an LMEA adjudicator. In 2006, she founded the New Orleans Summer Chorus, an annual summer performing choral ensemble open to anyone. She is helping the Jefferson Performing Arts Society re-start their children's choral program with the assistance of Dr. Donna Clavijo. Dr. Carson also sings with the Jefferson Chorale under the direction of Dr. Louise LaBruyère and the NOVA (New Orleans Vocal Arts) Chorale directed by Dr. Meg Frazier. She is a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in River Ridge. Dr. Carson is taking members of UNO choral ensembles to Bulgaria in May 2008. Visit my site at http://www.choralnut.com