Robert Boyd

Robert Boyd is a specialist in secondary choral music education. He taught choral music and music theory for 33 years at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Illinois. Previously, he served as choral division vice president of the Illinois Music Educators Association from 1991-97. He served the Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in various capacities and is currently secretary of the state organization. He was honored in 2003 by the National Federation Interscholastic Music Association as Outstanding Music Educator of Illinois—the first Illinois choral director in the state to be so honored. In 2006 he was awarded the Harold A. Decker Award for career choral excellence by the Illinois chapter of the ACDA. His choral groups have been invited to perform at the IMEA, ACDA-Illinois, and ACDA Central Division conventions. He is a frequent guest choral conductor/clinician.

Robert has composed and arranged for, and performed with St. Charles Singers since 2000. "Let All the World in Ev'ry Corner Sing", composed for the choir was premiered in 2009. Additional information about Bob can be found at this link for Colla Voce.

Numerous pieces arranged by Bob have been peformed by St. Charles Singers and other choirs throughout the United States. Here is a selection of pieces arranged for the choir:

A Birthday Greeting
Zoltan Kodaly

Ah! Dear Heart
Orlando Gibbons

All Creatures Now are Merry Minded
John Bennet

Carol of the Bells
Mikhail Leontovich

Gaudete! Christus est natus
Piae Caniones

Hanac Pachap Kusikuynin
Anonymous 16th Century Quechua

Here We Come a Wassailing
English Traditional Carol

I Love, Alas, I Love Thee
Thomas Morley

I Wonder as I Wander
Appalachian folksong

La Pastorella al prato
Franz Schubert

Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby
William Byrd

Now is Born the Divine Christ Child
Traditional French Carol

Regina Caeli Laetere
Tomas Luis de Victoria

Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow!
Plantation Christmas Song

Selig sind die Toten
Heinrich Schutz

She Moved Through the Fair
Irish Folksong

Silent Night
Franz Gruber

Skye Boat
Harold Boulton

The Sleep of the Infant Jesus
Francois-Auguste Gevaert

Sleep, My Baby
Welsh Folksong

Standchen
Franz Schubert

Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Robert MacGimsey

Synge We to the Mery Compane
15th Century Carol

Though Amaryllis Dance in Green
William Byrd

Vive l'Amour
Traditional

Wayfarin' Stranger
Spiritual

The Wexford Carol
Traditional English Carol

While Stars Their Vigil Keep
Morten Luvaas