Barrington Coleman, associate professor of voice and conductor of the University of Illinois Varsity Men's Glee Club, earned the baccalaureate degree from the Illinois Wesleyan University, where he served for six years as assistant professor of voice and director of the Limited Edition Jazz Choral Ensemble. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he received the M.M. degree from Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) and D.M.A. degree from The Juilliard School of Music (New York City). Coleman performed and recorded as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Music of the Baroque Ensemble, the La Fenice Opera (Venice, Italy), the Glynebourne Opera (Sussex, England), the London Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras, and at the Royal Opera House of Covent Garden. A recipient of prestigious awards of distinction for performance and academic excellence, Dr. Coleman presented various lecture/recitals, workshop/festivals, and clinics throughout the nation's universities, high schools, community arts organizations, churches, and professional music associations as classical, jazz, and gospel artist. As a jazz pianist, he studied with Willie Pickens and free-lanced with prominent jazz artists throughout the Midwest. Coleman worked with such innovative young artists as bassists Christian McBride and Lonnie Plaxico and such seasoned trail blazers as saxophonist Sam Rivers and drummer Joe Morello. He is presently director, pianist, and vocalist with a Midwestern-based mainstream jazz group known as the Barrington Coleman Trio. The 2005-2006 school is year Doctor Coleman's tenth year with the club.