Director of Choral Activities
Office: Music Education 156
Visual and Performing Arts
College of Arts & Sciences
SeanVogt@clayton.edu
Dr. Sean Vogt is Clayton State University’s Director of Choral Activities and Conductor of the Spivey Hall Masterworks Chorus (Morrow, Georgia). He also serves as Director of Music at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church (Sandy Springs), the result of an international search. He holds a DMA in choral conducting from Michigan State University and an MM in choral conducting from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.<br><br>Prior to CSU, he served as Choirmaster at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Mother church for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis, overseeing a program that sang the highest caliber of sacred music. With twenty years of orchestral conducting experience, he also served as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Minnetonka Symphony Orchestra.<br><br>Prior to his appointments in Minnesota, Dr. Vogt was Director of Choral Activities (tenured) and Department Chair at Mount Marty College. Here the choral program grew from 7% to 20% campus-wide, received multiple orchestral invitations, and was a national semi-finalist for the American Prize in Music.<br><br>More information: <a href="https://www.seanfvogt.com">https://www.seanfvogt.com</a>
DMA, Conducting, Michigan State University, 2005
Other, Organ Performance, University of Iowa, 2003
MM, Choral Conducting, Southern Methodist University, 1999
MM, Organ Performance, Southern Methodist University, 1999
BA, Music, Central College, 1996