Dr. Brad Holmes is the Director of Choir Programs at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. Dr. Holmes' has led more than 300 festival choirs and choral workshops, including All State choirs, ACDA honor choirs, district festivals, and church music clinics throughout the United States. International conducting engagements have taken him to England and Continental Europe as well as the Far East where he has directed choirs from Korea, Japan, China and the Philippines. Under his direction, the Millikin University Choir has gained national recognition, due in part to six invitations to perform at national and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). In addition to annual two-week tours across the United States, the choir has recently toured to Spain, the Baltic region, China and Taiwan, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and throughout the United Kingdom.  Dr. Holmes compositions and arrangements are available from First Step Records, Santa Barbara Music Press and directly from the composer at bradholmesmusic.com.