College of Visual and Performing Arts
ELISA MACEDO DEKANEY
Assistant Professor
Music Education
Conducting
Setnor School of Music
Education:
Ph.D. Florida State University
Office: Crouse College Rm.109
Telephone: 315-443-4854
Biography:
As assistant professor of music education at the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University, Elisa Macedo Dekaney teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the areas of choral music, research in music and world music, and co-directs the SU Brazilian Music Ensemble. In 2003, Dekaney was appointed the music director of the Syracuse University Oratorio Society, which performs regularly with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dekaney earned a bachelor’s degree in piano performance at the Seminário Teológico Batista do Sul do Brasil and a bachelor’s degree in communication from Universidade Federal Fluminense. She continued her studies in the United States, earning a master’s degree in choral conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a Ph.D. in choral music education from the Florida State University.
Dekaney has been an active researcher, clinician, and choral conductor in the United States, Greece, Spain, and Brazil. She is repertoire and standards chair for ethnic and multicultural music for the New York State American Choral Directors Association and a member of honorary music society Pi Kappa Lambda. She is the recipient of the 2006 Paul and Veronica Abel Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Choral Performance awarded by the Civic Morning Musicals.
Expertise:Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dekaney earned a bachelor’s degree in piano performance at the Seminário Teológico Batista do Sul do Brasil and a bachelor’s degree in communication from Universidade Federal Fluminense. She continued her studies in the United States, earning a master’s degree in choral conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a Ph.D. in choral music education from the Florida State University.
Dekaney has been an active researcher, clinician, and choral conductor in the United States, Greece, Spain, and Brazil. She is repertoire and standards chair for ethnic and multicultural music for the New York State American Choral Directors Association and a member of honorary music society Pi Kappa Lambda. She is the recipient of the 2006 Paul and Veronica Abel Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Choral Performance awarded by the Civic Morning Musicals.
- Choral Conducting
- Choral Music Education
- World Music