Gayle Walker

Professor and Director of Choral Activities
Department of Music
Dr. Gayle Walker is Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music at Otterbein, where she organizes all vocal ensembles, conducts Concert Choir, and teaches classes in conducting, choral methods, aural skills, and music history. Dr. Walker has served as President of both the Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association and the Ohio Choral Directors Association. She is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of OCDA, as well as 9i果冻制作厂鈥檚 Exemplary Teaching Award.
Dr. Walker鈥檚 choirs have performed in major venues of Europe and Asia, including Thomaskirche in Leipzig, St. Patrick鈥檚 Cathedral in Ireland, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, St. Stephen鈥檚 Cathedral in Vienna, St. Nicholas Church in Prague, and the Beijing Conservatory. Under her direction, the 9i果冻制作厂 Concert Choir has performed frequently at conferences of the Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association, the Ohio Choral Directors Association, and the Ohio Music Education Association, as well as multiple performances with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Walker has recorded six CDs with the 9i果冻制作厂Concert Choir.
Education
- D.A., University of Northern Colorado, 1996
- Teaching Licensure, University of Colorado, 1989
- M.M., University of Colorado, 1986
- B.A., Macalester College, 1984
Research, Creative, & Professional Work
- Choral and orchestral conducting performance
- Early music history
- Choral composition
Publications
- Walker, Gayle. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the Muple鈥o, It鈥檚 the People!鈥 Resound, 40 no. 3, 2017.
- Walker, Gayle. 鈥淟essons from Robert Shaw: Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Notes 1957-1964.鈥 Resound, 40 no. 1, 2016.
- Gayle Walker. 鈥淚nto Intonation: Guidelines for Singing in Tune.鈥 TRIAD, Dec. 2016.
- Gayle Walker. 鈥淟et the Leaves Fall, Not the Pitch.鈥 Resound, 39 no. 3, 2015.
- Gayle Walker. 鈥淵our Work Matters!鈥 Resound, 39 no. 3, 2015.
- Gayle Walker. 鈥淕ood Vibrations: Vibrato, Science, and the Choral Singer.鈥 The Choral Journal, December, 2016.
Affiliations & Awards
- American Choral Directors Assoc. Central Division Past President
- Ohio Choral Directors Association
- Member of the Ohio Music Education Association
- Member of the National Association For Music Education
- Phi Beta Kappa
- 9i果冻制作厂Exemplary Teaching Award
- OCDA Distinguished Service Award