Jonathan Reed is Associate Professor of Music and Associate Director of
Choral Activities at Michigan State University School of Music where he
conducts the State Singers, the Men’s Glee Club and teaches courses in
conducting at both the undergraduate and graduate level. In 1999, the
Associated Students of Michigan State University (ASMSU) presented him
with the Outstanding Faculty Award. He is a contributing author to GIA’s
The School Choral Program, and is editor for Boosey and Hawkes choral
series entitled In Low Voice.
Dr. Reed enjoys an active career as a clinician/conductor,
conducting festivals and all-state choruses throughout the United
States. Recently he has conducted all state choruses in Tennessee,
Virginia, Texas, Indiana, and Montana, as well as honor choirs for the
Northwest and Western Divisions of ACDA. His choirs have performed at
divisional and national conferences of ACDA. He has presented interest
sessions at two national conferences of ACDA (1999, 2005). He has also
served ACDA as a state newsletter editor, a state president, and
divisional and national chair of the Repertoire and Standards committee
on Male Chorus.