Kathryn Hylton
- Associate Director, Choral Activities
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Choral Conducting
104 Music Building I
- Email kjh6093@psu.edu
- Phone 814-865-2487
Biography
Kathryn Hylton serves as the Associate Director of Choral Activities at Penn State where she conducts the Oriana Singers and Vocal Dimensions Jazz Ensemble, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral literature, conducting, and choral methodology. As a guest conductor, she has led ensembles for PMEA, NYSSMA, ACDA, the Maryland Summer Chorus and Orchestra, and the University of Maryland’s Bach Cantata Series. She has also prepared collegiate choirs for masterwork collaborations with the Baltimore and National Symphony Orchestras. Dr. Hylton is a dedicated member of the American Choral Directors Association, currently serving on the Pennsylvania ACDA Board as Repertoire and Resources Chair for Upper Voices. In addition to her work as a conductor and music educator, Dr. Hylton is a composer, arranger, and Dalcroze practitioner. Her primary areas of research are the contemporary choral singing of Renaissance vocal music and the teaching methods of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze. Prior to her work at Penn State, Dr. Hylton held teaching positions at Blair Academy in New Jersey and St. Thomas More Academy in Maryland, as well as several church music positions in northern Maryland and New York. Dr. Hylton earned her bachelor’s degree in music composition and theory from Hofstra University, and her master’s and doctoral degrees in choral conducting from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Maryland.