Directors - Conductor

Directors


(local and regional)

Stephen Alltop



Chester Alwes


Chester Alwes
Co-founder and music director of the Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH).  Associate Professor of Choral Music at the School of Music, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.  Director of the University of Illinois Concert Choir.
For more info:  e-mail c-alwes@uiuc.edu
Photos of Chester Alwes here.

Calvin Bower


Calvin Bower
Director of Schola Antiqua of Chicago.  Professor of Music, Department of Music, University of Notre Dame.  Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame.  Co-founder and co-director of the Schola Musicorum at the Universtiy of Notre Dame.
For more info:  e-mail bower.1@nd.edu
Photos of Calvin Bower here, here, and here.

William Chin


William Chin
Director of the Oriana Singers.  Assistant Director of, and singer with, the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Director of the Symphony Chorus for the Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest. Member of Schola Antiqua of Chicago.  Director of the Oak Park River Forest Children's Chorus.  Minister of Music at First United Church of Oak Park, and director of the Music At First concert series.
For more info:  e-mail billchin@usa.com
2006-2007 season William Chin early music performance(s) on:  4/27/2008.  (These are in addition to regular performances with any of the groups mentioned above.)
Photos of William Chin here, here, here, and here.

Jane Glover


Jane Glover
Music Director of Music of the Baroque.  Occasionally conducts the Chicago Opera Theater.  One of Britain's most respected conductors, Ms. Glover also conducts other major opera companies and orchestras around the globe.
For more info:  e-mail hughkaylor@msn.com

Anne Heider


Anne Heider
Artistic Director Emeritus of Bella Voce.  Associate Professor, College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University.  Director of Choral Ensembles, Roosevelt University.  Dr. Heider is active as a guest conductor and choral consultant and serves on the board of directors of Chorus America.
For more info:  e-mail aheider@roosevelt.edu
2007-2008 season Anne Heider early music performance(s) on:  10/19/2007....  (These are in addition to regular performances with any of the groups mentioned above.)
Photos of Anne Heider here, here.

Andrew Lewis


Andrew Lewis
Artistic Director of Bella Voce, Music Director of the Elgin Choral Union, Artistic Director Emeritus of the Lutheran Choir of Chicago, Cantor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Evanston, cover conductor for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, conductor of the Women's Choral Ensemble at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Founder and Artistic Director of The Janus Ensemble.
For more info:  e-mail andrewlewis11@gmail.com
Photos of Andrew Lewis here.

Paul Lindblad


Paul Lindblad
Musical Director of the Paul Lindblad Choristers.  Director of the Oak Park Concert Chorale.
For more info:  e-mail info@PLChoristers.org
Photos of Paul Lindblad here and here.

Dennis Northway

 
Dennis Northway
Director of the Handel Week Festival.  Artistic Director of the Grace Episcopal Church Madrigal Choir.
For more info:  e-mail denden1958@runbox.com.
Photos of Dennis Northway here.

John Nygro


John Nygro
Director of the Harwood Early Music Ensemble.  Member of The Heroic Bard.
For more info:  e-mail info@heroicbard.org.
Photos of John Nygro here.

Richard Webster


Richard Webster
Music Director of the Bach Week Festival.  Occasional organist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Grant Park Symphony, the Apollo Chorus and numerous other Chicago-based ensembles.  Mr. Webster is a widely played composer with his own publishing company, Advent Press.
For more info:  e-mail adventpress@aol.com
2006-2007 season Richard Webster early music performance(s) on:  5/11/2007. (These are in addition to regular performances with any of the groups mentioned above.)
Photos of Richard Webster here.

Thomas Wikman