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'''Joan Catoni Conlon''' is Professor and Director of Graduate Choral Research Emerita for the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]], where she conducted the University Singers. She received her BA, MA and DMA degrees from the [[University of Washington]] where she was Professor of Choral Music and Conducting (1972-95). From 1971 to 1995 she was the conductor of the Northwest Chamber Chorus in [[Seattle, Washington]], and was the chair of the Research and Publications Committee of the [[American Choral Directors Association]]. Her scholarship specializes in the choral music of [[Georg Philipp Telemann]] and [[Claudio Monteverdi]]. She published ''Performing Monteverdi: A Conductor’s Guide'' (ISBN 0-937276-27-8). She has also studied the Hindustani classical vocal music of India. In 2009 she edited and contributed to 'Wisdom, Wit and Will: Women Choral Conductors On their Art' [ISBN-13: 978-1579997601.] -- a collection of essays relating to conducting choral literature and professional development.▼

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▲'''Joan Catoni Conlon''' is Professor and Director of Graduate Choral Research Emerita for the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]], where she conducted the University Singers.<ref name="Colorado">{{cite web |title=Joan Catoni Conlon |url=http://www.colorado.edu/music/faculty/conlon.html |publisher=University of Colorado at Boulder |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008190124/http://www.colorado.edu/music/faculty/conlon.html |archive-date=October 8, 2006}}</ref> She received her BA, MA and DMA degrees from the [[University of Washington]] where she was Professor of Choral Music and Conducting (1972-951972–95). From 1971 to 1995 she was the conductor of the Northwest Chamber Chorus in [[Seattle, Washington]], and was the chair of the Research and Publications Committee of the [[American Choral Directors Association]]. Her scholarship specializes in the choral music of [[Georg Philipp Telemann]] and [[Claudio Monteverdi]]. She published ''Performing Monteverdi: A Conductor’s Guide'' ({{ISBN |0-937276-27-8}}). She has also studied the Hindustani classical vocal music of India. In 2009 she edited and contributed to 'Wisdom, Wit and Will: Women Choral Conductors On their Art' [{{ISBN-13: |978-1579997601}}.] -- a collection of essays relating to conducting choral literature and professional development.

== SourcesCareer ==

Conlon began singing as an alto with the Northwest Chamber Chorus in 1968 while she was studying choral music at the University of Washington. She was group's director from 1971 until 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hahn |first=Sumi |date=2008-06-06 |title=Two former conductors to help Northwest Chamber Chorus celebrate 40 years |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/two-former-conductors-to-help-northwest-chamber-chorus-celebrate-40-years/ |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Conlon's sabbatical in 1983 examined Indian vocal traditions and learned new vocal pieces.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bargreen |first=Melinda |date=December 4, 1984 |title=UW professor got hooked on Indian music during sabbatical |work=The Seattle Times |pages=F6}}</ref>

* [http://www.colorado.edu/music/faculty/conlon.html University of Colorado]

Conlon moved to the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1995.<ref>{{Cite news |last=BARGREEN |first=MELINDA |date=July 2, 1995 |title='BRAIN DRAIN' AT UW MUSIC SCHOOL HAS RIPPLE EFFECT |work=The Seattle Times |pages=M1}}</ref>

==Selected publications==

* {{cite book | last=Conlon | first=Joan C. | title=Performing Monteverdi | date=2001 | publisher=Hinshaw Music | isbn=978-0-937276-27-3}}<ref>Review of ''Performing Monteverdi''

*{{Cite journal |last=Gordon |first=Lewis W. |date=2002 |title=Review of Performing Monteverdi: A Conductor's Guide |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23554375 |journal=The Choral Journal |volume=42 |issue=7 |pages=57 |jstor=23554375 |issn=0009-5028}}

* {{Cite journal |last=Young |first=Steven |date=2000 |title=Review of Ecco mormorar l'onde |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23553655 |journal=The Choral Journal |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=91–92 |jstor=23553655 |issn=0009-5028}}</ref>

* {{cite book | last=Conlon| first=Joan | title=Wisdom, Wit, and Will | publisher=GIA Publications | date=2009 | isbn=978-1-57999-760-1}}<ref>Review of ''Wisdom, Wit, and Will ''

*{{Cite journal |last=Hamre |first=Anna |date=2010 |title=Review of Wisdom, Wit, and Will: Women Choral Conductors on Their Art |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23560053 |journal=The Choral Journal |volume=50 |issue=7 |pages=70–73 |jstor=23560053 |issn=0009-5028}}</ref>

== Honors and awards ==

In 1998 Conlon was in the first group of people elected to the hall of fame for the Washington Music Educators Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame: Joan Catoni Conlon |url=https://wmea.org/joan-catoni-conlon/ |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Washington Music Educators Association |language=en-US}}</ref> Conlon was named an honorary life member of the National Collegiate Choral Organization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Collegiate Choral Organization {{!}} Honorary Life Members |url=https://ncco-usa.org/about/life-members |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=ncco-usa.org}}</ref>

==References==

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== Further reading ==

* {{Cite journal |last1=Grives |first1=Steve |last2=Conlon |first2=Joan Catoni |date=2016 |title=A Conversation with Joan Catoni Conlon |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24643155 |journal=The Choral Journal |volume=56 |issue=7 |pages=71–74 |jstor=24643155 |issn=0009-5028}}

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