Dr. Kevin Hibbard, Music Director

Kevin Hibbard is Professor Emeritus of Music from the University of West Georgia, where he served as Director of Choirs for 32 years. He also serves as choir director at Grace Lutheran Church in Carrollton. He holds vocal and choral music degrees from Luther College and Arizona State University and has done additional graduate work at Westminster Choir College and the Blossom Festival School of Kent State University. Conductors with whom he has worked extensively include Robert Shaw, Weston Noble, Douglas McEwen, Howard Swan, Robert Page, Paul Christiansen, Vance George, and Cyril Stretansky. He has sung with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus, and with the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. He currently sings with Orpheus Men’s Ensemble, comprised of choral directors from across Georgia.

Dr. Hibbard’s experience includes teaching music in public schools and universities, church choirs, community choirs, and boy choirs. He has served as guest conductor for choral festivals in numerous states, and frequently serves as adjudicator and clinician for vocal events. His choirs have appeared on music conference programs in Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin. He is a past president of the Georgia chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and has served ACDA as a Repertoire and Resources chair at the state and regional levels. He is also a member of the National Association for Music Education, Chorus America, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Pi Kappa Lambda. He was recognized as a “Friend of the Arts” by Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity for women. Hibbard became Music Director of Collegium Vocale in 2001.

Leanne Elmer Herrmann, Accompanist

Leanne Elmer Herrmann is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with a bachelor of music degree in piano performance. She works in the metro Atlanta area as a freelance pianist and organist at Oak Grove Methodist Church.

Ms. Herrmann currently is the accompanist for Collegium Vocale and Harmonia Atlanta (formerly the DeKalb Choral Guild), and the staff pianist for Paideia School. She has appeared in concert with the Gwinnett Festival Singers, the Summer Singers of Atlanta and the William Baker Singers, and she has performed for the Southeastern Composers’ League Forum.