Degree Major Emphasis Institution Year
D.M.A. Choral Conducting University of Kentucky 2024
MM Choral Conducting University of Tennessee 2015
BM Music Education East Tennessee State University 2011

Dr. Joshua Golden - is the Director of Choral Studies at California Baptist University, where he conducts the Camerata and Chamber Singers. In addition to these ensembles, Dr. Golden directs an active MM, Choral Conducting program, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral conducting and choral methods.

Prior to joining the faculty at CBU, Dr. Golden served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Choral Department at the University of Kentucky and as a choral faculty member at Lee University in Cleveland, TN. He has also served as the Director of Music and Worship for four large churches in the Tennessee and Kentucky areas in a music ministry career spanning more than sixteen years.

Dr. Golden previously served as the Artistic and Executive Director of the Chattanooga Girls Choir, the Principle Conductor of Opera Tennessee, and is the founder and Artistic Director of The Chattanooga Chamber Choir, a professional chorus based in Chattanooga, TN. He received a Bachelor of Music Education from East Tennessee State University, a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from The University of Tennessee, and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from The University of Kentucky.

Graduate and Undergraduate Choral Conducting and Literature
Undergraduate Choral Methods
Camerata
Chamber Singers
Music History

Choral Music of the Baroque Era, especially by lesser-known composers

Lee University, Choral Faculty, 2020 - 2022