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Kean University to Shift to Remote Operations on Sunday, October 12

Kean University will shift to remote operations on Sunday, October 12, due to the State of Emergency declared across New Jersey in response to the forecasted nor’easter storm. All classes scheduled for Sunday on New Jersey campuses will move to remote instruction, and all in-person activities are canceled. 

Only essential personnel should report to work as required. Employees with questions should contact their supervisors for guidance. Keanu’s Kitchen on the Union campus will remain open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday to serve residential students. 

Dr. Rachel Carlson, DMA

Assistant Professor and Director of Choral and Vocal Activities
Email
rpcarlson@kean.edu
Phone
(908) 737-4336
Rachel Carlson headshot

Dr. Rachel Carlson is the Director of Choral and Vocal Activities at Kean University in
Union, NJ, where she conducts the Kean University Concert Choir and Chorale and
teaches Aural Skills. She previously served as the Director of Choral Activities at
Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, WV, where she conducted the Chamber Singers,
Camerata Soprano/Alto choir, and Masterworks Chorale and taught choral methods,
conducting, and voice. She founded Six Degree Singers, a community choir based in
Silver Spring, MD, in 2009 and currently serves as President of the MD/DC chapter of
the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Dr. Carlson presents workshops
and masterclasses in schools throughout the region and is in demand as a clinician,
adjudicator, presenter, and guest conductor. She has been invited to lead honor choirs as a
guest conductor in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware. In 2014, she was
nominated for a Wammie (Washington Area Music Award) for best Classical
Conductor/Director. Dr. Carlson has been published in the Choral Journal and has been
invited to present her research at state, regional, and national ACDA conferences as well
as national NCCO conferences.


Dr. Carlson has toured the country and the world as a freelance professional choral singer
and soprano soloist with many top professional ensembles, including the Oregon Bach
Festival, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Choir, True Concord Voices and Orchestra,
Vox Humana, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Washington Master Chorale, Washington Bach
Consort, Conspirare, Manhattan Chorale, and Germany’s Bach Ensemble Helmuth
Rilling.

Education

D.M.A., Choral Conducting, University of Maryland at College Park
M.M., Choral Conducting, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.M.E., Music Education, University of Maryland at College Park
B.M., Vocal Performance, University of Maryland at College Park