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