Oscar Escalada
Oscar Escalada is a Professor, Composer, Director, Writer, and Editor of choral music in the United States and Germany. He is Vice-President of ‘America Cantat’ (Argentine Association for Choral Music) and Secretary-General of the ‘Organización America Cantat’. He has founded a number of national, provincial and municipal choirs, including in his home city, La Plata, in Argentina. He has been invited to speak at conferences, to give workshops and seminars and act as adjudicator in his own country (Argentina) and in the USA, Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Spain, England, Greece, Italy, France, Mexico, Germany and South Korea. He took part in the 5th World Symposium of Choral Music in Rotterdam and was invited to the Conventions of the ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) in both Detroit and Chicago. He was also Coordinator of the composition sessions at the 9th World Symposium of Choral Music at Puerto Madryn. His own composition, ‘Tangueando’, was a best-seller in the Warner/Chappell 2000-2001 catalogue. He is the author of the books, ‘Un coro en cada aula’ and ‘Logogénesis’. In 2012 he has been invited to adjudicate at the World Choir Games in Cincinnati, USA and to give a workshop at ‘Europa Cantat de Torino’ in Italy. His email address is oscarescalada@mac.com