Bryan Ijames is Assistant Professor of Music Education & Associate Director of Choral Activities at Florida Gulf Coast University where he directs two of four choral ensembles and teaches choral methods. His current research surrounds Alice Parsons & Samuel Coleridge-Taylor choral-orchestral masterwork The Atonement. He holds degrees from The University of Michigan (D.M.A), Mississippi State University (M.MEd.), Eastern Kentucky University (M.M.) and High Point University (B.A.). He can be contacted at bijames@fgcu.edu.