Meet The Conductor... Dr.
Craig Arnold is Director of Choral Activities,
Conductor of the Nordic Choir, and Professor of Music
at Luther College in Decorah, IA. Dr. Arnold returns to
Luther having served on its music faculty in the early
1980s. At that time, he founded the musical celebration
now known as Christmas at Luther, along with four of the
college’s current vocal music ensembles.
Prior to his return to Luther, he was Music Director
of Manhattan Concert Productions and Conductor of the
New York City Chorale and Chamber Orchestra. He previously
served as Director of Choral Activities at Western Michigan
University in Kalamazoo and at Luther’s sister institution,
Capital University in Columbus, OH. He has high school
teaching experience from positions at Kennedy High School
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Luverne (Minn.) Junior and Senior
High School; and music ministry experience from serving
on church staffs in Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio and Michigan.
Arnold continues to serve Manhattan Concert Productions
as artistic director and chair.
Arnold’s education includes a doctorate in conducting
from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY; a master’s
degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
and a bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield,
MN. He has served as guest lecturer at the St. Petersburg
(Russia) Conservatory and has conducted choirs and orchestras
at New York City’s Carnegie Hall and the Weill Recital
Hall. He has also frequently appeared as guest conductor,
clinician, or presenter in Japan, England, Scotland, Germany,
France, Italy, Wales, Hong Kong, China and Spain, as well
as Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, New York, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada,
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas,
Washington D.C., Wisconsin, and Wyoming. He will serve
as founding conductor of the United States Inter-Collegiate
Chorale in 2010.
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