COLLABORATIVE PIANIST:
DR. ROY L. BELFIELD, JR.

Roy L. Belfield, Jr., a native of Petersburg, Virginia, began his undergraduate studies in music at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Morehouse College in Atlanta, two Master’s degrees in music education and organ performance from Florida State University in Tallahassee, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance from the University of Missouri, Kansas City Conservatory of Music. He has done additional studies in vocal pedagogy and choral conducting at the University of Alabama, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Southern California.

As an educator, Dr. Belfield taught students from pre-school to college for twenty-three years. As a church musician, he has served six denominations throughout the country. As an accompanist, Belfield has collaborated with numerous choirs, vocalists, and instrumentalists. As composer and arranger, Dr. Belfield has written works for chorus, voice and piano, and organ. Colla Voce, Hal Leonard Corporation, MorningStar Music, GIA Publications, and Wayne Leupold Editions published his choral and organ works. The American Organist and the Choral Journal have published Dr. Belfield’s scholarly articles.
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Dr. Belfield is currently Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choirs and Orchestra at Goucher College in Maryland. He also serves as accompanist for the Deer Creek Chorale and Youth Choir.