Dr. Nicolás Alberto Dosman, Music Director

Dr. Nicolás Alberto Dosman was named PEV’s fourth music director in June 2025. He is also Director of Choirs and Associate Professor at the University of California Davis (UC-Davis). Dosman is the author of Growing Your Choral Program: A Practical Guide for New Directors, published by Bloomsbury Publishing (formerly Rowman and Littlefield). Under his direction the combined UC Davis Choirs in partnership with the Community Chorus at South Berwick toured Austria and made the Austrian debut of the Andre Thomas Mass. One of the many performance highlights was a concert at the iconic Stephansdom Cathedral in Vienna. Prior to his appointment at UC Davis, he was associate professor of music-choral conducting and Director of Choral Studies at the University of Southern Maine, Osher School of Music. He was also the Chorus Master for Opera Maine and the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s “Magic of Christmas Chorus”. Under his leadership, the USM Chamber Singers performed at the 2022 American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA) Eastern Region Conference. The USM Chamber Singers also performed at the 2019 Vietnam International Choir Competition where they received a Gold Diploma and an invitation to perform at the Grand Prize Finale. In 2017 the Chamber Singers also performed at the National Association for Music Educations (NAfME) Eastern Division Conference.  Prior to his arrival at USM, he was the Director of Choral Activities at Colby College and an Applied Music Associate (voice) where he conducted the Colby Chorale, Chamber Choir, and Colby-Kennebec Choral Society.  Under his direction, the USM Chamber Singers tied for 3rd place with Georgia State University for the American Prize in Choral Performance. The USM Chamber Singers ranked #13 nationally as one of the most impressive college choirs under Dosman’s leadership.