2005 - 06
- Conducting Master Class, Festival 500,
St. John's, Newfoundland, July 1 - 4 - Guest Conductor and Master Class Teacher, Long Island Choral Festival and Institute, Adelphi University, July 10 - 16
- Guest Conductor and Master Class Teacher Institute for Choral Teacher Education, New Millennium Festival, University of Toronto, Victoria College. July 15 - 23
- Conductor, Melodia Choral Festival, Brazil and Argentina, Copland, Three Latin Sketches, Old American Songs, Oscar Escalada, world premiere with orchestra and choirs, July
- Conductor and Master Class teacher, CME Institute and New Millennium Festival, York University, York, England, August
2004 - 05
- Guest Conductor, International Choral Festival at Smetana Hall, with the Chamber Orchestra of the Prague Philharmonic, Prague, Czech Republic; July 15 - 26
- Master Classes and Lectures,
University of Wales Institute,
CME Institute for Choral Teacher Education - Conductor, New Millennium Festival Choir, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, St. David's Hall Cardiff, Wales; July 28- August 6
- Workshop, Choral Music of Imant Raminsh, Latvian State Choir,
Riga, Latvia; August 10 - Guest Conductor, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus 40th Anniversary Concert, Benjamin Britten's St. Nicolas, Daniel Brewbaker, The Player Queen (world premiere), Chicago; December 18
- Guest Lecturer, University for Peace, UN 60th Anniversary Performance,
Peace Education through Musical Performance: World Peace Choir Initiative, San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America; April 22 - 28
2003 - 04
- Conducting Master Class Teacher, Radcliff College, Sponsored by British Federation of Youth Choirs; England, May 23 - 24
- Guest Conductor, Canterbury Choral Festival, Canterbury, England. July 23 - 27
- Guest Conductor, 20th Anniversary Gala Concert,
Children's Chorus of San Antonio; March 25 - 28
2002 - 03
- Guest Conductor, TMEA All-State Chorus and Orchestra Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), San Antonio; Feb 20 - 23
- Conductor and Master Class Teacher, CME Institute and New Millennium Festival Ireland, National University of Ireland,
Maynooth and National Concert Hall, Dublin; July 20 - 28 - Guest Conductor,
University of Colorado at Boulder
Madrigal Festival, Denver, CO; November 5 - 8
2001 - 02
- Conductor,
Texas Music Educators All State Treble Choir (TMEA),
San Antonio, TX; February 23 - Guest Conductor, Rhapsody! Prague Children's Music Festival, Prague, Czech Republic; July 6 - 14
- Guest Conductor, Northwest Bach Festival, Spokane, WA, February 15 - 31
- Conductor and Master Class Teacher, CME Institute and New Millennium Festival, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL; July 28 - August 4
- Conductor and Choral Clinician,
Elementary All-State Chorus,
Louisiana ACDA Fall Vocal Music Conference 2001, Baton Rouge, LA; October 18 - 20
2000 - 01
- Guest Conductor, Pacific International Festival,
Oregon Bach
Festival,
Eugene, Oregon; June 22 - 25 - Conductor, Edinburgh Music Festival, Canongate Kirk. Premiere: James MacMillan Heycoka Te Deum (text D. Rao); August 5
- Guest Conductor and Choral Clinician, British Federation of Youth Choirs, Loughburough University, England;
Sept 15 - 18 - Guest faculty, University of Limerick, World Music Centre, Limerick, Ireland; Sept 18 - 22
- Guest Conductor-Clinician, International Choral Conference, Singapore. (Ministry of Education); Nov 18 - 25
- Guest conductor, Bach Festival, Spokane, WA; Feb 16 - 19
1999 - 2000
- Guest Conductor, Norwegian Choral Festival, Norwegian Choral Directors Association, Oslo, Norway.
- Conductor and Masterclass Teacher, CME Institute for Choral Teacher Education Canada, Lester B. Pearson College, Victoria B.C.
- Conductor, Tuscany International Choral Festival Mass Choir and Orchestra in Montecatini, Florence and Rome (St. Peters Basilica).
- Conductor, Consultant and Clinician, The New York Choral Initiatives Workshops, I, II, III. New York Foundation for the Arts, New York City.
- Choral Clinician and Speaker, Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), St. Antonio, TX.
1998 - 99
- Conductor and Master Class Teacher. Ingesund College, Arvika, Sweden; Summer 1998.
- Festival Guest Conductor, Brooklyn Youth Chorus Festival, Brooklyn, NY.
1997 - 98
- Festival Conductor and Master Class Teacher for the American Choral Directors Association Conference, Connecticut, Hartt School of Music, Hartford, CT.
- Plenary Speaker and Choral Workshops for the Australian Music Educators Association International Conference, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
- Master Class Teacher and Co-Director, Musique en Vallče du Thouet, 1'ere Academie International de Chant Choral. La premičre se deroulera a la Maison des Cultures de Pays de Parthenay, 3 a 11 aůut avec John Poole, Giles Swayne, et Lorna MacDonald. Partenay, France
1996 - 97
- Guest Conductor, Westminster Choir College Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Westminster/Rider University, Week Residency; June.
- Conductor, Tuscany Choral Festival, International Choirs and Orchestra in Florence and Rome.
- Conductor, Bonn Choral Festival (International Choirs and Orchestra). Bonn, Germany; July.
- Conductor, Texas Music Educators All State Choir VII, TMEA, Houston, TX; November.
- Conductor, New York All State Choir, New York Music Educators, NYSMA; December.
1995 - 1996
- Conductor, National Kodaly/MENC Conference Honor Choir with the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra, Meyerhoff Concert Hall, Baltimore; February.
- Advisor/Consultant, Children's Chorus collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, Performances and Recording of Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms, CSO, GECC, Chicago; March.
- Conducting masterclasses and choral workshops in Great Britain (University of Reading, Canterbury Christ Church College, Roehampton Institute, Association of British of Choral Directors Conference). England; May.
- Guest conductor, masterclasses, lectures and workshops in Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Australia, International Choral Festival at Monash University in Melbourne, guest of Universities, schools, Australian Choral Directors and Music Educators Society; December.
- Conductor, Honor Choir for the American Choral Directors Association, Southwestern Division Conference, Dallas, TX; March.
- Conductor-Clinician, University of Reading, Roehampton Institute, Northampton Music School, Canterbury Christ Church College, The American School, Trinity Church of England, Birmingham Conservatory, BCDA (British Choral Directors Association) Concert and lecture tour throughout the UK.
- Clinician, Texas Music Educators Conference, Choral Workshops San Antonio, TX; February.
1994 - 95
- Conductor, Toronto Symphony Orchestra School Concerts, Roy Thomson Hall; February.
- Conductor, ISME World Conference (International Society for Music Education) All World Honor Choir (Representing twelve countries), Closing Ceremonies at the Tampa Performing Arts Center; July.
- Conductor, Masterclass teacher,
Queenswood School, Choral Institute, Concert St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London; August.
1993 - 94
- Guest Conductor: International Kodaly Conference, Conductors Choir, Brahms' A German Requiem, Hartt School of Music; August
- Conductor, Three Spires Choral Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark; July
- Director, The Joy of Singing International Choral Festival, Organized and coordinated Festival Lecture/Workshops at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Nicolas Goldschmidt, Artistic Director of the Festival; June
1992 - 93
- Guest Conductor, Fairfax County Choral Festival, Washington D.C.; April
- Festival Conductor and Workshops for the American Schools in Europe, (Germany), Choral Workshop for the European Music Educators Association in Heidelberg, Germany; May 1992.
- Guest Conductor, International Choirs in Concert at Carnegie Hall Music of R.Vaughan Williams, Pergolesi, Debussy with the Manhattan Philharmonic; May.
- Conductor and Clinician, Association of British Choral Directors Conference, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales; August 1992.
1990 - 91
- Conductor and Clinician, Utah Music Educators Association Conference, Reviewed in the Editor's column of the ACDA State Journal: "After attending most of the sessions by Doreen Rao, I am very inspired and very humble. For those of you who do not know of Dr. Rao she is Director of Choral Programs at the University of Toronto. Her incredible background runs the gamut of Public School teaching and chorus preparation for Sir Georg Solti with everything in between. She is the author of Choral Music Experience published by Boosey & Hawkes. She was here to present workshops...and what she had to say relates to all of us in the profession"; February.
- Guest Conductor, the Eastern Division Conference of the American Choral Director's Association Honors Choir, Washington, D.C. "Your musicianship, knowledge of the vocal instrument...passion for music making and wonderful ability to relate to people make the event an inspirational experience for everyone."; February.
- Guest Conductor, International Choirs in Concert Carnegie Hall debut, N.Y. Festival Concert with the Manhattan Philharmonic and Guest choirs from the U.S., Canada, Eastern Europe, and Finland; May.
- Guest Conductor (Director Emerita): Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus 25th Anniversary Tour of Eastern Europe (Poland, Czechoslovakia and Finland).
- Special concert for the Opening of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference. Finlandia Hall, Helsinki; August 1990.
- Choral Clinician, "The Artswork -- Educator for the Future", and International Conference on the Arts and Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; February 1991.
- Guest Conductor, International Choirs in Concert with the Manhattan Philharmonic Orchestra, Carnegie Hall 100th Anniversary Season, New York, N.Y.; May, 1991.
- Guest Conductor, Conducting Masterclass Teacher, and Choral Clinician in South Africa: South African Music Educators Association, Capetown, July 4-5, Guest Conductor, Masterclass, and Lectures South African Choral Society/Guest of Johannesburg Mayor Elliott Kretzmer, Johannesburg July 6-13 Concert, National Symphony Orchestra (Johannesburg) with the South African Broadcast Choir, 350 Singers from throughout Southern Africa (Bernstein, Mozart, and Oscar Peterson's Hymn to Freedom) Choral Workshop, University of Natal in Durban, July 19, Guest Conductor, PACOFS Orchestra, Concert: Copland Applalacian Spring, Mozart German Dances , Sibelius Finlandia , Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel, Blomfontein; July, 1991.
- Guest Conductor-Clinician, Choral Workshop and Conducting Masterclass for the American Boychoir Choral Institute, Princeton, NJ; September, 1991.
1989 - 90
- Clinician, The Canadian Music Educators Association National Conference '89 , Halifax; May, 1989.
- Guest Conductor, Conducting Masterclass Teacher at The Philip McLachlan Choral Festival, Windhoek, Namibia, featuring Contemporary Choral Music of America, Britain and Canada, including: Dominick Argento, Gloria from The Masque of Angels; Srul Irving Glick, The Hour has Come; R. Murray Schaefer, Miniwanka; Malcolm Forsythe, Three Zulu Songs, John Beckwith, Psalm 48 from the Psalms of David; William Walton, Jubilate Deo. Windhoek, Namibia; July 1989.
1978 - 1988
- Conductor: The Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Invited Choral (Selected) Performances, The Oregon Bach Festival, Helmuth Rilling, Artistic Director; July, 1988.
- Conductor: The Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus and the Elmer Iseler Singers, Britten, St. Nicolas; Glyn Evans, Tenor, The International Kathaumixw, Canada's International Choral Festival/First Place; July, 1988.
- Conductor: International Choral Sympatti and The Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, The International Choral Sympatti, Helsinki Music Festival, Finlandia Hall, Finland, (Finnish National Television Broadcast); July, 1986.
- Conductor: Chicago Symphony Chorus with the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Christmas Concert Orchestra Hall conducting debut; December, 1985.
- Conductor: International Choral Festival, Haydn, Stella Coeli; Haydn, Seasons. Bad Neuenahr, Germany; Summers, 1982, 1984.
- Conductor: Royal Festival Hall, Contemporary American Choral Music Concert, London, England; July, 1981.
- Guest Conductor: National Music Camp Symphony Orchestra with the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus for the American Choral Director's Bicentennial Celebration. Randall Thompson, The Place of the Blest. Interlochen; August, 1976.
2004 - 05
- Guest Conductor, International Choral Festival at Smetana Hall, with the Chamber Orchestra of the Prague Philharmonic, Prague, Czech Republic; July 15-26
2002 - 03
- Women's Orchestra of Vienna, Rhapsody International Choral Festival, Vienna, Salzburg (University Church), Prague (Smetana Hall).
1996 - 97
- Conductor, Regina Symphony Orchestra, Seasons Holiday Concert, Regina TV Broadcast; December.
- Conductor, North York Symphony Orchestra with North York Festival Singers, Ford Centre; December.
1995 - 1996
- Conductor, National Kodaly/MENC Conference Honor Choir with the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra, Meyerhoff Concert Hall, Baltimore; February.
- Conductor, Choirs in Concert Festival, New England Symphonic Ensemble, Mid America Productions, Carnegie Hall; April.
1994 - 95
- Conductor, Toronto Symphony Orchestra School Concerts, Roy Thomson Hall; February.
1990 - 91
- Guest Conductor, International Choirs in Concert Carnegie Hall debut, N.Y. Festival Concert with the Manhattan Philharmonic and Guest choirs from the U.S., Canada, Eastern Europe, and Finland; May.
- Special concert for the Opening of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference. Finlandia Hall, Helsinki; August 1990.
- Guest Conductor, International Choirs in Concert with the Manhattan Philharmonic Orchestra, Carnegie Hall 100th Anniversary Season, New York, N.Y.; May, 1991.