Dr. Casey Cook, Artistic Director

Dr. Casey Cook is a dynamic musician and educator, moving fluently between the fields of conducting, composition, and vocal performance.  He served for 12 years as Musician in Residence and Director of the American University Chorus in Washington, DC. In addition to being the new Artistic Director for NDC, he is also the Information and Digital Asset Manager for Chorus America, and was founder and artistic director of Artifice, a choral ensemble dedicated to the performance of new and experimental choral music in Washington, DC.

He was awarded a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from The University of Arizona for his research into the compositional completion of Gerald Finzi’s Requiem da Camera. He also holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education (choral/general) from Miami University, and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of South Florida.

He has studied conducting and composition with some of the true masters of the art, including Dale Warland, Peter Phillips, Robert Spano, Robert Summer, Morten Lauridsen, Norman Dello Joio, Simon Carrington, Weston Noble, Ethan Sperry, Bruce Chamberlain, Eric Whitacre, and Stephen Paulus.