CARL W. HAYWOOD Conductor, Organist, Composer, Clinician, Educator Carl W. Haywood, a native of Portsmouth, Virginia, is a cum laude graduate of Norfolk State University (NSU) and a recipient of the Master of Sacred Music (organ) and Master of Music (choral conducting) degrees from Southern Methodist University (SMU). His undergraduate organ teachers were Larry Palmer and Allen Shaffer. Moreover, his matriculation at SMU afforded him further opportunities to study composition, arranging, and conducting with Lloyd Pfautsch while also serving as associate conductor-organist for the SMU Chapel under Dr. Pfautsch, Carlton Young, and Dr. Robert Anderson, his graduate organ teacher. It was during this tenure that he composed, arranged, conducted, and sustained the Chapel’s tradition for excellence in music. Dr. Haywood who also received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree (choral Music) from the University of Southern California (USC) is recognized as a superb choral conductor/organist with superior musical acumen. His principal teachers at USC were Charles Hirt (choral conducting), Ladd Thomas (organ), and Halsey Stevens (composition). Dr. Haywood, who has sustained a long tenure at Norfolk State University, is a devoted teacher and friend of students and young musicians. As Professor of Music, he is known not only for his thorough, and vigorous teaching style in the areas of conducting, theory, and organ, but also for his untiring efforts to inspire all under his voice to reach their fullest potential. A dynamic advocate of NSU, he is Director of Choral Activities and conducts the NSU Concert Choir and the Spartan Chorale. As demonstrated by their rigorous touring schedule and concerts in major churches and venues throughout the country, NSU Choirs enjoy a status among the elite choral ensembles of the nation. Frequently, Dr. Haywood, one of the leading church musicians in the field, serves as a clinician, adjudicator, guest conductor, organ recitalist, and lecturer for schools, colleges, and churches throughout the country. He also served as a National Conductor and National Chair for the 105 Voices of History, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Choir. In Lift Every Voice and Sing II: An African American Hymnal published by the Church Publishing Company of the Episcopal Church, Dr. Haywood who served as the Service Music Editor, arranged/composed twenty-nine compositions. He is also the leading contributor to Wonder, Love, and Praise (supplement to the Episcopal hymnal.) His latest congregational compositions appear in the new hymnal supplement, Voices Found. Dr. Haywood’s music is also included in the following hymnals: This Far By Faith (Lutheran),The Faith We Sing (Methodist), African American Heritage Hymnal (Catholic), Worship In Song (Friends), and Sing the Faith (Presbyterian), as well as a plethora of songbooks. Other compositions include anthems, spirituals, arrangements, and the NSU “Alma Mater.” For twenty-six years he served as organist/choir director at Grace Episcopal Church, Norfolk and has served on the Liturgical Commission for the Diocese of Southern Virginia, the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music for the Episcopal Church of America and as Director of Music for the Union of Black Episcopalians. He conducted the I. Sherman Greene Chorale—a semi-professional civic chorus in Norfolk—for twenty-six years. A lover of African American spirituals and masterworks, Professor Haywood led the Chorale in successful performances of Haydn’s Creation, Brahms’ Requiem, The Ordering of Moses (Dett), The Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn), Scenes from the Life of a Martyr (Undine Moore), and Messiah (Handel)—all with orchestra. Dr. Haywood has been honored by the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia with proclamations and is the recipient of The Distinguished Contribution Award (National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc.), the Omega Man of the Year Award (Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.), the Presidential Citation (National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education), and the “Roy A. Woods Outstanding Teacher Award (Norfolk State University), to name a few. He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, The American Guild of Organists, The Association of Anglican Musicians, The Music Educators National Conference, The National Association of Negro Musicians, Phi Music Alpha Sinfonia, Kappa Kappa Psi Band Fraternity, Pi Kappa Lambda, and the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.