Joseph Kevin Ford

Joseph Kevin Ford was born in Chickamauga, Georgia. He was granted the BS in Choral and Instrumental Music Education from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the MME, and the Ph.D. in Choral Music Education from The Florida State University. While at Florida State University he studied conducting with Rodney Eichenberger and served as his assistant conductor for two years. He has also studied conducting with Dr. Andrew Thomas and wind band conducting with Dr. James Croft. Dr. Ford has continued his conducting training through workshops with Robert Shaw, Roger Wagner, Dale Warland, Frederic Fennel, and Arnold Gabriel.

Dr. Ford taught High School Chorus, Band and Middle School Band in Rossville, Georgia where his performance groups consistently made Superior ratings at festivals. He was the Program Coordinator and Choral Director at Chattanooga State Technical Community College in Chattanooga, Tennessee. At the Crane School of Music at The Sate University of New York at Potsdam he was a choral director and taught conducting and choral music education and at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte he was Director of Choral Activities and Coordinator of Vocal Music Education. In 2003, Dr. Ford was appointed as the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

He is a member of the Music Educators National Conference, the American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, Tennessee Music Educators Association, and the International Federation for Choral Music. Dr. Ford has guest conducted and adjudicated throughout the United States and Canada.