Jeffery Wall is Director of Choral and Vocal Activities at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS.  He conducts the Bethany Choir, the Chamber Singers, the Men's Ensemble ("Vokala Lejon") and the 250 voice Bethany Oratorio Chorus for the annual Messiah Festival.  Additionally, he teaches courses in choral pedagogy and conducting, aural skills, applied voice, and other vocal music classes.

 

Dr. Wall is in demand as a conductor, teacher, clinician, and adjudicator.  He has experience in collegiate, high school, professional, community, and church settings.  He has served as Visiting Director of Choral Activities at Georgia State University in Atlanta and Director of Choral & Vocal Activities at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, NM. 

 

He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Music Education from Texas Tech University where he studied choral music under Dr. Kenneth Davis and voice from baritone, Gerald Dolter.  Dr. Wall received his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where he studied under Dr. David Stutzenberger, Dr. Angela Batey, and voice from Marjorie-Bennett-Stephens.  His Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting was earned at the University of South Carolina under the tutelage of Dr. Larry Wyatt.

 

As a graduate teaching assistant at the University of South Carolina, he premiered and directed the University Carolers, he directed many of the other choirs, taught music theory, aural skills, music appreciation, and instrumental conducting.  At the University of Tennessee, he was conductor of the U.T. Women’s Chorus.  He also taught grades 7-12 in the public schools of Lubbock, TX.