Melodies in Motion: Celebrating diversity in music

Bel Canto Chorus, Nairobi, in conjunction with the music department of Cal Poly University, USA will host a concert after a long musical weekend of workshops and masterclasses by Dr. Scott Glysson and Prof. Kaitrin Cunninghum.

The Bel Canto Chorus will sing a collection of repertoire from various corners of the East African country of Kenya. And they will be joined by music majors from Cal Poly university and their professors in various performances, in an eclectic mix of music from different parts of the world.

The concert will feature the stand-out conductors from the choral conducting workshop facilitated by Dr. Scott earlier in the week.

Purchase your ticket for a front row seat in this exciting concert.

Prices for students – Ksh 300/= only

About Dr. Scott Glysson

Scott Glysson is the Director of Choral Activities and Vocal Studies at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California. Scott Glysson is Cal Poly’s director of choral activities. Under his leadership Cal Poly Choirs have performed at both state and regional ACDA conferences. He has been recognized for his achievements in conducting in both the choral and orchestral genres. As the conductor of university, high school and community ensembles, he performs both nationally and internationally. His conducting engagements include the Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria, Royal Academy of Music in Dublin, Ireland, Bel Canto Chorus and Nairobi Conservatory Orchestra in Kenya, Greek Radio Orchestra in Athens, Greece, New England Symphonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall as well as many regional and all-state festival choruses.
In 2017 Glysson was awarded the ACDA International Conducting Fellowship to Kenya, and has since served as clinician and co-founder of the bi-annual Nairobi Choral Conducting Workshop. As a graduate student, Glysson was honored as one of eight finalists from across the country to compete in the National Choral Conducting Competition sponsored by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Additionally, Glysson serves as the Director of Music of the historic First Presbyterian Church of San Luis.
Previously, Glysson served as director of choral activities at West Liberty University in Wheeling, West Virginia. He has also held the position of artistic director and conductor of the Tucson Masterworks Chorale, assistant director of the internationally recognized Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus, assistant conductor of the Reston Chorale and teaching
positions at several high schools in the Washington, D.C., area.
An active scholar and educator, Glysson has presented and published in the fields of music education and musicology. In 2011, he was honored by the invitation to present his research on the motets of the medieval composer Guillaume de Machaut at the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Musicological Society. He has published featured articles in The Choral Journal and presented at both state and regional conferences of ACDA
and NAFME in the area of music education. Glysson’s dissertation and current research centers on the choral motets of Camille Saint-Saëns and the 19th-century cecilian movement.
Glysson holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in choral conducting from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He also holds a Master of Music in choral conducting from the University of Arizona, and a Bachelor of Music in music education from George Mason University.