Dr. Robert Briggs (D.A. University of Northern Colorado, M.M.A. Bowling Green
State University, Ohio, B.A. University of Idaho) has been Director of Choral Activities
and Professor Of Voice and Music History at Southwestern Michigan College
and Dodge City Community College over the last seven years. He is certified KMEA
and MSVMA Adjudicator and Clinician, adjudicating over 150 choirs each year.

He has also served as clinician in many school districts, including the Indiana 350
Voice “Circle The State With Song” performance. He has also been pit conductor for the St. George
Musical Theater. Dr. Briggs has been a tenor soloist with many symphony orchestras and choirs, and
was a chorister in the Utah Symphony Chorus and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. His choirs have performed
at MENC All-State and All-Northwest Conventions on four occasions, and have been invited
to tour Europe and Mexico. Dr. Briggs is a published composer/arranger, and author or articles on
Music History and Choral/Vocal Performance. He is originally from Idaho, and has taught and directed
in many states.