BIRDER, DUDLEY (b. 1927)

Dudley Birder has been professor of music at St. Norbert College since 1958 and, since 1961, has served as artistic director of St. Norbert College Music Theatre.

 

He holds A.B. and M.M. degrees from the University of Notre Dame and has done post-graduate study in music and theatre at the University of Minnesota and UCLA. He has been a Rockefeller Scholar at the Choral Institute of the Aspen Music Festival and performed with the Roger Wagner Master Chorale.

 

He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1990 and, since that time, has returned for five engagements. Birder retired from his academic duties in 1993, but remains active directing St. Norbert College Music Theatre and the Dudley Birder Chorale. During his tenure at the college, he founded and for 33 years directed the Chamber Singers and the Swinging Knights. Local audiences will remember the Chamber Singers’ annual Madrigal Dinner, which traditionally opened the Christmas season in Green Bay, and the annual Swinging Knights springtime Pop Pourri, which celebrated the conclusion of each school year. The college has awarded him the President’s Medal for his dedication to his art and service to the community.

 

An interview with Dudley can be viewed here: http://www.wearegreenbay.com/community/critic-at-large/critic-at-large_20150718022346943

 

Dudley Chorale on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/DudleyBIrderChorale/about/