Assistant Professor
Department of 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
Watching classic movies (especially Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn), and making prank calls in Latin.
Areas of expertise
I am a composer, so I don’t so much research as create new things, although, as a choral director I do specialize in Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony.
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