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Office: Livingston Hall 220

Address:
   Thiel College
   75 College Ave.
   Greenville, PA 16125

Phone: 724-589-2149

FAX: 724-589-2021

E-Mail: mbray@thiel.edu

Schedule Spring 2005

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
11:00	Office	Office	Lesson	Office
11:30	Lesson
12:00	Lesson	Handbells	Lesson	Handbells	Office
12:30			Lesson
1:00	Lesson	Mus 354	Office	Mus 354	Office
1:30	Office
2:00					Lesson
2:30				Lesson	Lesson
3:00	Lesson		Lesson	Office	Lesson
3:30	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson		Lesson
4:00	Lesson	Office	Lesson	Chamber Choir
4:30	Office		Office
5:00	Thiel Choir	Thiel Choir	Thiel Choir	Thiel Choir

Dr. Michael R. Bray joined Thiel College in 1996 as the Director of Choral Activities and became the sixth conductor in the history of the choir. In addition to overseeing the work of the Thiel Choir and the Thiel College Chamber Singers and the Thiel College Handbell Ringers, his classroom responsibilities include private instruction in voice, music theory, music history, and conducting.

Dr. Bray has held teaching positions in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Minnesota and Colorado, and church positions in Georgia, Arizona and Pennsylvania. A native or South Dakota, Bray holds a B.A. in Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado, and a M.M. and D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he studied with Maurice Skones and Kenneth Jennings, prominent Lutheran choral conductors.

Professional Memberships:
     American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
     National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
     Music Educators National Conference (MENC)

Courses Taught:
     Introduction to Music
     Music History
     Music Appreciation
     Theory II
     Conducting
     Private Voice