Dr. Robert Tocheff
Professor of Music
Contact Information
School of Arts and Humanities
740-3972-9000 Ext. 3005Email Dr. Tocheff
In The News
Messiah returns to MVNU Dec. 5
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — Mount Vernon Nazarene University will present the 53rd annual performance of G. F. Handel’s “Messiah” on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., in the R.R. Hodges Chapel/Auditorium on the MVNU campus. Tickets are $5 per person or $20 per family and can be purchased at the door or in advance at www.mvnu.edu/music.
Professional Experience:
- 1981 - present - Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Professor of Music
- 1978 - present - various Minister of Music positions in Ohio; currently Choral Director at Mount Vernon Lakeholm Church of the Nazarene
- 1974-81 - Kettering, Ohio City Schools, Music Specialist
- National Association for Music Education/Ohio Music Education Association
- American Choral Directors Association/Ohio Choral Directors Association
- MVNU Collegians Chorale selected to perform at OMEA convention
- MVNU Distinguished Alumni Award
- Church of the Nazarene Distinguished Service Award
- International Who's Who of Professionals
- Selected as Choral Clinician for various school districts
- Producer of five MVNU music ensemble CDs:
- Let the People Rejoice (Collegians Chorale)
- We Believe(Collegians Chorale)
- Saving Grace (Collegians Chorale)
- Music Department Ensembles (MVNU Music Department ensembles)
- Yahweh (Collegians Chorale)
Education:
- Ph.D. in Musical Education Choral Emphasis, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- M.M. in Music Education, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
- B.A. in Music Education, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois
- A.A. Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio