Artistic Leadership
Steve Eubank, a native Kansan, graduated from Friends University in 1973 and completed graduate work at Washburn University, the University of Kansas, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Friends University, Baker University, and Washington University. He serves as a clinician and adjudicator for Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas festivals and contests, as well as being an active member of the Kansas Music Educators Association. He is a past president of the Kansas Choral Directors Association and a past Repertoire and Standards Chair for Southwest ACDA. He received the Harry Robert Wilson award for outstanding contributions to Kansas Choral Music, and he was selected as Teacher of the Year by the Kansas Federated Music Clubs in 2002. In 2010, he was inducted into the Kansas Music Educators Hall of Fame. After a teaching career spanning 45 years, including 37 years at Topeka High School, Steve retired in 2018 from his position as the Director of Choral Activities at Topeka High. He is director of Topeka’s First United Methodist Church sanctuary choir and has been the artistic director of the Lawrence Civic Choir since 2002.
Artistic DirectorSteve Eubank
Dr. Geoffrey Wilcken
Accompanist
Geoff Wilcken is an active composer, conductor, organist, and pianist. He has been the accompanist for the Lawrence Civic Choir since 2000. He began studying composition in 1982 under Dr. Jeffrey Prater at Iowa State University. Recent commissions include “One Out of Many” (2015) and “Every Heart in Harmony” (2024) for anniversary concerts of the Lawrence Civic Choir, and “Music of the Spheres” (2014) for the combined bands and choirs of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, the Lawrence Civic Choir, and “Music of the Spheres” (2014) for the combined bands and choirs of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas. In 2015, he received the first Kansas Choral Composition award for his work “Life’s Symphony.” Geoff is an organist at historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in downtown Kansas City. He is currently on the music faculty of KCKCC and Mid-America Nazarene University, teaching music theory, composition, music appreciation, and piano. He is also the artistic director of Songflower Chorale. Geoff completed a Bachelor of Music degree at Iowa State University in composition in 1995. He finished his Master of Music degree in choral conducting under Simon Carrington at the University of Kansas in 1998. Geoff earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts in composition at the University of Kansas in 2018.