Baritone Bruce Perry maintains an active musical schedule as a studio teacher, conductor, and performer. As a singer, Perry has performed in recital, opera and oratorio.  He has a passion for Twentieth-Century art song.  In addition to his duties as a teaching artist at Drake, Bruce conducts the Fort Dodge Choral Society in four different concert programs each year.  Since joining FDCS in 1992, he has conducted and prepared the group for nearly 50 different concert programs.  He serves as worship and music coordin! ator for Grace Lutheran Church, Fort Dodge and is chair of worship in music for Iowa Choral Directors Association.  As a teacher, he works with many of the area's finest singers; more than forty of his former students are currently pursuing careers in the musical world.  As a pianist, Bruce has performed throughout the Midwest and in Brazil.  In his spare time, he enjoys computers, deltiology, and collecting antiques. Perry is a native of Sac City, Iowa, where he now resides.  He holds degrees in piano and vocal performance from Luther College and the University of Iowa.