Assistant Professor
Liturgical Music
Director, Christendom College Choir and Schola Gregoriana
Coordinator, Beato Fra Angelico Fine Arts Program
Contact Information:
Kurt Poterack, Ph.D.
134 Christendom Dr.
Front Royal, VA 22630
549.551.9197
kpoterack@hotmail.com
Education
B.M.E., Aquinas College
M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Classes Taught
- The Theology of Worship and Its Music
- Music History
- History of Music in Western Civilization,
- Music Theory and Composition
- Choir
- Palestrina Choir
Hobbies
Competitive Ballroom Dance and chronicling the decline of melody in popular music.
Areas of expertise
The reform of liturgical music books in the history of the Church and studying the role of music, especially its structure, in the history of human society.
Selected Scholarship
Sacred Music (N.B. a quarterly journal of Catholic liturgical music which Dr. Poterack edits)
Professional Affiliations
Church Music Association of America
American Choral Directors Association