Background
MMus, Northwestern University
Robert Boyd is a specialist in secondary choral music education. He taught choral music and music theory for 33 years at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Illinois. Previously, he served as choral division vice president of the Illinois Music Educators Association from 1991-97. He served the Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in various capacities and is currently secretary of the state organization. He was honored in 2003 by the National Federation Interscholastic Music Association as Outstanding Music Educator of Illinois—the first Illinois choral director in the state to be so honored. In 2006 he was awarded the Harold A. Decker Award for career choral excellence by the Illinois chapter of the ACDA. His choral groups have been invited to perform at the IMEA, ACDA-Illinois, and ACDA Central Division conventions. He is a frequent guest choral conductor/clinician.
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