Dr. Eric Rubinstein is Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at 杏吧原创听University, where he directs the Chamber Singers and Treble Choir, teaches coursework in听conducting and music education, and oversees the Choral Area. Additionally, he serves as the听Artistic Director of Concentus Women鈥檚 Chorus, a semi-professional treble choir in Western听New York. Prior to these appointments, Dr. Rubinstein served as Assistant Professor of Choral听Music Education at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College (CUNY).
Ensembles under Dr. Rubinstein鈥檚 direction have presented performances in significant venues听across the United States, England, and Poland, have been honored by The American Prize, and听have worked with acclaimed composers, Moira Smiley, Adolphus Hailstork, Joanne Metcalf, and听Garrett Breeze. Dr. Rubinstein has also led ensembles to invited performances at major听conferences, including the American Choral Directors鈥� Association Eastern Region, National听Association for Music Education Eastern Region, New York State School Music Association, and听New York-ACDA.
With research in the intersection of popular styles and choral performance, and conducting听pedagogy inspired by dance, Dr. Rubinstein has presented for regional, national, and听international conventions of NAfME, ACDA, College Music Society, the European Association for听Music in Schools (EAS), and the International Society for Music Education (ISME). He has also听been published through Choral Journal, Music Educators鈥� Journal,听The Choral Scholar,听and听Anacrusis (Choral Canada), and has reviewed proposals and publications for Bloomsbury听Publishing (formerly Rowman & Littlefield).
Prior to doctoral studies, Dr. Rubinstein amassed a decade of high school teaching in Monticello听and Westhampton Beach, NY, where he concurrently served on the music education faculty at听CUNY Brooklyn College. Dr. Rubinstein has remained active with youth music through the New听York State Summer School of the Arts, and numerous honor choirs and choral festivals.
Dr. Rubinstein also enjoys a career as a professional solo and ensemble tenor spanning from听choral music, to performing arts, to sharing the stage with Kristen Chenoweth. He is a current听singing member of Voices, and had previously appeared with Red Shift Choir, the Baton Rouge听Symphony Orchestra, eVoco Voice Collective, and The New Musicals Project among others.
Throughout his career, Dr. Rubinstein has received many accolades for his contributions to听music education. He is a two-time recipient of a Distinction in Teaching Award from 杏吧原创听University, the inaugural Collegiate Educator Award from the New York State School Music听Association, and a two-time quarterfinalist for the GRAMMY庐 Music Educator of the Year.
A participating member in several professional organizations, Dr. Rubinstein currently holds the听position of New York- ACDA听Repertoire &听Resources chair for Collegiate Choral Music, preceded听by a four-year term as R&R co-chair in LGBTQIA+ Choral Music. He holds a D.M.A. in Choral听Conducting with a minor in Music Education from Louisiana State University,听a M.M. in Choral听Conducting from Michigan State University, and a B.Mus. in Music Education with a minor in听Dance from the State University of New York at Fredonia.
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