Ryan Board, Director of Choral Activities at Pepperdine University, continues to garner international attention as a choral artist, guest conductor, teacher, and clinician. Formerly, Dr. Board was member of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory faculty where he conducted the Conservatory Singers, taught undergraduate and graduate conducting, graduate choral literature, and led the graduate choral conducting program. Under Board’s direction, Conservatory choral ensembles were invited to perform at prestigious venues for state, regional, national, and international events including the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival’s Spotlight Series.  Dr. Board is assistant conductor for the Prague Choral Festival, directs the KC Collegium Vocale, and was director of the highly acclaimed Armonia Early Music Ensemble.  Recent performances conducted by Board have been hailed as “powerfully musical” and “profoundly moving” (Kansas City Star).   

 Early in his career, Board taught choral music in the public schools of Idaho, and served as associate music director for the World Vision Youth Ambassador Program for which he performed and conducted in more than 18 countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. After earning his master’s degree, Board held positions with the New Jersey Masterwork Chorus, Trinity Episcopal Church, Princeton, and William Paterson University.  He has performed with notable early music ensembles including Fuma Sacra, and the Choral Scholars both of Princeton, New Jersey.  This is Board’s third year as a member of the Simon Carrington Chamber Singers. 

Dr. Board’s degrees are from the University of Northern Colorado, Westminster Choir College, and the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His scholarly research focuses on the sacred vocal works of Dietrich Buxtehude and the use of rhetoric and affections in vocal works of the Baroque period.