Jamie Spillane is the Director of Choral Studies at the University of Connecticut, where he oversees an active program that includes eight choirs and teaches conducting and choral literature classes leading to undergraduate through doctoral degrees. UConn Choirs bi-annually tour overseas, with recent tours throughout Ireland, Germany, France, Austria, and Italy. UConn choral alumni can be seen directing collegiate programs and heard singing with some of the world’s finest vocal ensembles. An active festival conductor and adjudicator, Dr. Spillane has directed all-state and honor choirs throughout the United States and has shared scholarship and conducted performances at state and division conventions of American Choral Directors Association and National Association for Music Education. He is regularly seen conducting honor choirs in Carnegie Hall and recently directed the Indiana All-State Vocal Jazz Choir. For fourteen years, Dr. Spillane was chair of the Ledyard High School Music Department in Ledyard, CT, where he directed a choral program that grew to over 400 singers in ten choirs. Dr. Spillane has taught at the University of Arizona, Roberts Wesleyan College, and Iowa Wesleyan College where he was named Chadwick Teacher of the Year. Dr. Spillane has earned degrees from Ithaca College, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Arizona. He has held numerous state, regional, and national leadership roles in ACDA and NAfME, has been named Connecticut ACDA Choral Director of the Year and is honored to be the current President-elect of the Eastern Region of ACDA.