Raul Dominguez is the Associate Director of Choral Studies at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, WA where he leads their Chorale, University Singers, assists Choral Union, and teaches courses in Secondary

Methods and a three-level Conducting sequence. Prior to PLU, he served as the Director of Choral Activities at Regis University, in Denver, CO, where he conducted the Regis University Singers, led the Voice Area, mentored music education students, and taught a Fine Arts course, Mexican Music: Purpose & Identity. During his time in Denver, he also led Timberline, the elementary segment of Denver Children’s Choir alongside fabulous musicians, Festival Chorus at CU Boulder, and was the Associate Artistic Director of the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus.

In 2022, Raul graduated with his Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting and Literature from CU Boulder with Gregory Gentry and Elizabeth Swanson. Prior, he earned his Master of Music from Ithaca College in New York in 2019 with Janet Galván. He also taught at Clear Lake High School for four years in his hometown of Houston, TX after student teaching with Tony Gonzalez and Jeanne Lucas and graduating from Oklahoma City University with his Bachelor of Music degrees in Music Education and Vocal Performance with Randi von Ellefson and Judith Willoughby. His ensembles have sung with the Houston Symphony, Houston Chamber Choir, at Carnegie Hall, on the balcony of the Colorado State Capitol for the inauguration of Governor Jared Polis, and alongside RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11 winner, Yvie Oddly.

Raul lives in beautiful Tacoma, WA with his wonderful husband Kevin and their two cats, Luci and Ahsoka. raulconducts.com