Dennis Malfatti, Assistant Professor
D.M.A., Louisiana State University
Choral Music Education, Director of Choral Activities
Office: Room 104B, Fine Arts; Telephone: 812-488-2879
e-mail: dm155@evansville.edu

Dennis Malfatti is assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at the University of Evansville, a position he has held since August 2007. At UE, he conducts the University Choir, Women's Chorus, Men's Chorus and the Kantorei Chamber Choir. Malfatti was also recently appointed Conductor of the Evansville Philharmonic Chorus and in this capacity, will conduct the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus in their annual performance of Handel's Messiah during the 2008-2009 season.
         Prior to coming to Evansville, Dr. Malfatti was the director of choral activities at Longwood University in Virginia where his choirs performed by invitation at Washington National Cathedral, at the Virginia Music Educators Association Annual Conference, and with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he has served as music director of the York River Symphony Orchestra, assistant conductor and chorus master of the Operafestival di Roma, guest conductor of the Virginia Commonwealth University Opera Theatre and Orchestra, chorus master of the Bronx Opera Company in New York City, and he has conducted performances with the Louisiana State University Symphony Orchestra, Collegium Musicum, and Chamber Singers. In 2005, he had the honor of conducting three performances with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, Orchestra, and Soloists under the guidance of artistic director and teacher Helmuth Rilling. More recently, he conducted members of the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra as a participant in the Illinois Orchestral Conducting Workshop under the guidance of Donald Schleicher.
         Malfatti holds degrees from Louisiana State University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of the Pacific. While at LSU, he was the recipient of the School of Music Graduate Assistant Excellence in Teaching Award. His conducting teachers include Kenneth Fulton, Jindong Cai, and D. Douglas Miller.