Meet the Faculty
Carl Chapman
(920) 424-2272
chapman@uwosh.edu
D.M.A., M.M., B.M.E.; Director of Choral Activities at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. He directs four of the University's five choral ensembles, including the one hundred-voice University Choir; Le Choeur de Femmes, a select chorus of women's voices; and the University Chamber Choir. Training and nurturing of future choral directors are also among his responsibilities through courses in Choral Techniques and Conducting. The Oshkosh Chamber Singers, a community choir founded and conducted by Dr. Chapman, is an active part of the Oshkosh area's arts scene. The UW Oshkosh Choral Union, a combined force of nearly 200 singers, frequently performs masterworks from the choral/orchestral repertory.
Dr. Chapman has received degrees in Music Education from Northwestern University, in Choral Conducting from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was the Director of Vocal Music at Mukwonago High School, Mukwonago, Wisconsin for nine years and served as visiting lecturer at the University of Illinois before receiving his appointment at UW Oshkosh in 1981.
Dr. Chapman has been very active in the American Choral Directors Association and is Past-President of the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association. He is a frequent clinician for festival and honors choirs, as well as for High School and Junior High School choirs.