Dr. Don Ball returns to us after a couple years' absence as our conductor for the 2008 season.  He was a soloist in the 2006 BICS presentation of the Mozart Requiem and conducted BICS in the 2003 performance of Puccini's Messa di Gloria.  He has thirty years of professional experience conduction choral, orchestral and handbell ensembles, and over twenty years a a private voice instructor. His music teaching experience includes public and parochial schools in Baytown and Dallas, respectively, and adjunct positions at Louisiana State University, Lee College of Baytown, and Lamar University, where he taught voice and opera.  Performance experience includes the New Orleans Opera House Association, the Concert Chorale of Houston, and solo performances and choral master classes in several states.

 

Dr. Ball's education includes the Bachelor of Music in vocal performance, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge; Master of Church Music in orchestral conducting, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville; Texas Teacher Certification studies at Lamar University, Beaumont; doctoral studies in music at the University of Houston; ordination studies at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas; and the Doctor of Ministry in Parish Revitalization, worship cognate, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.