Edith Copley
Edie.Copley@NAU.EDU
(928) 523-2299
Building 37, Room 127B
Dr. Edith A. Copley joined the NAU music faculty in 1990 and is the Director of Choral Studies. She conducts the highly acclaimed Shrine of the Ages Choir and teaches graduate courses in conducting and choral literature. NAU choral ensembles under her direction have toured Western Europe and the Peoples Republic of China. The Shrine of the Ages Choir performed at the 1998 MENC National Convention and the ACDA Western Division Convention in 2000. In 1999 Dr. Copley received the Centennial Teacher of the Year Award in the NAU School of Performing Arts. In addition to her responsibilities at NAU, Dr. Copley conducts the Master Chorale of Flagstaff, an auditioned 110-voice community chorus that performs major choral/orchestral works each year with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Copley received her master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees in choral conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati and a bachelor of arts degree in music education from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She is a life member of the American Choral Directors Association, and is currently past-president of the Arizona Chapter of ACDA. She also serves on the faculty and board of the VoiceCare Network in Collegeville, MN. Prior to her appointment at NAU, Dr. Copley was the assistant and interim principal conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Chorus. She also served as the Fine Arts Coordinator for four years at the American International School in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Copley is in high demand as a choral adjudicator and clinician. She has conducted numerous honor choirs, including all-state festivals in seven states. In March 2001 she conducted the 26th Annual Association for Music in International School Honor Choir in Berlin, Germany and will conduct in the Hague, Netherlands in 2004.