About

This blog is created by John P. Rakes, a conductor and candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Choral Conducting and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa.  He is also the recipient of the T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship, an award bestowed to continue his research towards a critical edition of the Missa gratiarum in C by Antonio Caldara.  This blog and its posts record his progress on this doctoral thesis project.  For more information on John’s work as a conductor please visit his website, www.johnrakes.com.