
Dr. Bruce Kotowich completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, where he also earned his Master of Music degree. He holds an Associateship of Music in Vocal Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, as well as a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba. Dr. Kotowich has received numerous awards and honours, including recognition from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Manitoba Arts Council.
He has conducted the Manitoba Provincial Senior High Honour Choir, the Manitoba Provincial Jazz Choir, the South Dakota North Region All-State Choir, and the Illinois Music Educators’ Association District 8 Honor Choir, as well as numerous other festival and conference choirs. Dr. Kotowich has presented at the Iowa Choral Directors’ Association Summer Conference, the National Conventions of the American Choral Directors’ Association (Dallas 2013 and Salt Lake City 2015), the North Central ACDA Regional Conferences, and the NDSU Symposium: Music of the Americas. He is published in the Choral Research Memorandum Series through Chorus America and serves as editor of a choral music series for Alliance Publishing. Dr. Kotowich has toured with his choirs throughout North America, Europe, and China.
