GRAMMY Award Winning conductor Dr. Robert Istad who “fashions fluent and sumptuous readings” ( Voice of OC ) with “phenomenal” artistry ( Los Angeles Times ), is Director of Choral Studies at CSU Fullerton, where he was recognized as CSUF’s 2016 Outstanding Professor. He is also Artistic Director of Pacific Chorale. His artistry can be heard on “Mahler’s Eighth Symphony” with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel on Deutsche Grammophon (2021), for which he was awarded the GRAMMY Award for Best Choral Performance, and other recordings. He serves on the Executive Board of Chorus America and Dean of Chorus America’s Conducting Academy.