Biography

Conducting

CAMERON ROSE is the Director of Choral Activities at The University of Texas at Tyler, where he conducts the Patriot Singers and Concert Chorale. Both ensembles perform a vibrant and challenging repertoire from choral-orchestral masterworks to tight vocal jazz, and from a wide span of cultural traditions. The university choirs have been featured at College Music Society conferences and have shared the stage with the Swingle Singers, the Philippine Madrigal Singers, Vocalosity and the East Texas Symphony Orchestra. In 2018 they released the university’s first CD album, "I Carry Your Heart With Me."

In 2022, Dr. Rose received the Jack and Dorothy Fay White Fellowship for Teaching Excellence Award, and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award from UT Tyler.

Outside of the university, Dr. Rose is founder and Music Director of CANTORI - Choral Artists of East Texas, an auditioned regional ensemble of 40 singers. He is also an active church musician, serving as Music Director of St. Francis Episcopal Church and Chancel Choir Director at First Christian Church, Tyler.

Previously he was founder and Music Director of the Utah Master Chorale, Assistant Director and Accompanist of the University of Utah Singers and A Cappella Choir, and Assistant Orchestra Conductor and Chorus Master of the American West Symphony and Chorus. He also served in professional arts administration as Special Projects Manager with the Los Angeles Philharmonic / Hollywood Bowl.

Composing

As a composer, Dr. Rose's works have been performed by numerous ensembles and soloists both nationally and abroad, including the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, and Leticia Oaks Strong, Los Angeles Philharmonic violist. His music has also served as scores for award-winning media projects, independent films and the Salt Lake Winter Olympics. An accomplished pianist, he performed as the youngest of 84 "Rhapsody in Blue" pianists in the Los Angeles Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies.

Education

His professional musical experiences span classical orchestral to jazz piano, and from the digital studio to the sacred choral tradition. His teachers have included Brady Allred (conducting), Dominick Argento, Stephen Paulus, Judith Lang Zaimont and Merrill Bradshaw (composition), Mack Wilberg (choral performance), and Irene Peery and Susan Duehlmeier (piano performance). At Brigham Young University he was a Trustees Scholar, a Graduate Fellow at the University of Minnesota, and as a doctoral student he received the University of Utah Graduate Teaching Award two consecutive years, selected from across all university disciplines.

• DMA in Conducting, University of Utah

• Advanced Studies in Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television, University of Southern California

• MA in Composition, University of Minnesota

• BMus in Composition, Cum Laude, Brigham Young University