Kevin Fenton, Professor of Choral Conducting and Ensembles at Florida State University, holds the Ph.D. from Florida State University, the M.M. from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri in Kansas City and the B.M.E. from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. Kevin conducts the University Singers and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in choral conducting and choral literature. He is also the Artistic Director for the Festival Singers of Florida, based in Orlando.

His prior appointments include Director of Choral Activities at James Madison University and Virginia Tech, and on nine occasions, he has conducted ensembles in performances for state and regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educator’s National Conference. As a result of his positive approach to choral conducting, Dr. Fenton has served as a clinician for numerous workshops, honor choirs and clinics in twenty-six states throughout the country, including the ACDA Southern Division Honor Choir in 2008 and the Beijing International Choral Festival Choir with China’s People’s Liberation Orchestra as a part of China’s Choral Conductor’s Meeting in 2007. In 2009-2010 Kevin will be conducting all-state choirs in Alabama, Hawaii, Missouri and New York. Kevin’s textbook Foundations of Choral Conducting (released in the spring of 2007) has been adopted by more than twenty universities throughout the United States, and he has also written articles appearing in the Choral Journal, the Music Educators Journal, and the Bulletin for Historical Research in Music Education. Dr. Fenton is a recipient of the Gamma Mu Chapter of Delta Omicron Music Professor of the Year Award and has been nominated for a Florida State University Teaching Award for Excellence for the past seven years.

Dr. Fenton is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association and served as Southern Chair and then National Chair of the ACDA College/University Repertoire and Standards Committee from 1999-2006. He is currently President-Elect for Florida ACDA.