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Meet Jordan Saul, the 2012 - 2013 Westminster Choir Blogger

Name: Jordan Saul
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona
Major: Choral Conducting
Voice part: Alto
Class Year: 2013

Professional plans after graduation: Continue doing graduate work in choral conducting.

Composers I admire: William Byrd, Bela Bartok, Herbert Howells, Lou Harrison, Benjamin Britten, Maurice Ravel, Johannes Brahms, W.A. Mozart, J.S. Bach and Charles Ives.

Why Westminster: It’s the best.

Life outside of class: I love to read.

What's on my iPod:  Podcasts:  The Moth, All Songs Considered, Composer’s Datebook, Harmonium Early Music, and TED talks  Music:   Benjamin Britten, Lou Harrison, Maurice Ravel, Joni Mitchell, Herbert Howells, Johannes Brahms, Anonymous 4, Liz Phair, Smashing Pumpkins, Queen, Gipsy Kings, Paul Simon, Joanna Newsome, etc.

Favorite apps:  Evernote, Soundcloud, Smartr.

Favorite food: Yes, please.

Last book read: The World in Six Songs by Daniel Levitan.

If you were trapped on a desert island, who would you like to have with you?  A tuning fork, the Oxford book of Tudor Anthems, dried figs and the Westminster Choir.