Joel Plaag.
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Dr. Joel Plaag is the choir director at Cypress Creek Christian Church in Spring, Texas. He conducts the Cypress Creek Community Chorale, two handbell choirs, a children’s choir, and the Chancel Choir. After rediscovering a love of writing, he authored "I’m a Choir Director," "Singing in the Moment," and most recently, "Caring for Your Choir."
Dr. Plaag was choral director at multiple colleges in Texas and Arkansas while researching and publishing on conducting pedagogy. He founded the Batesville Choral Society and restarted the Brenham Chorale after a multi-decade hiatus. These days he also serves as cantor and pianist at Temple Israel in Schulenberg, Texas. His major conducting professors include Professor Ronald Shirey, Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, and Dr. Charles Hausmann. He continued his conducting studies in Romania with Maestro Ovidiu Bãlan, Maestro Robert Gutter and the Filarmonica “Mihail Jora” of Bacãu. Additionally, he studied organ with Dr. Linda Patterson and voice with Dr. Vincent Russo and Judith Gans. Dr. Plaag holds degrees from Texas Christian University, Westminster Choir College, and the University of Houston, where his dissertation was on using Laban Movement Theory in teaching conducting. He currently lives in Spring with husband Michael and three dogs: Teddy, Freckles and Simon. On many weekends you can find him working in his yard, fixing something in the garage, or writing. |
