WELCOME TO THE SIXTH WEBINAR IN OUR
TOGETHER AT HOME SERIES
TIM KEELER - MUSIC DIRECTOR OF CHANTICLEER
Notes from Tim on the webinar:
Chanticleer has been at the forefront of the American a cappella sound since 1978. Each season finds the group performing over 100 concerts all around the world, with repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony and Baroque counterpoint, to intricate jazz charts and feel-good pop. Performing such diverse repertoire on such a consistent basis comes with a unique set of vocal, musicianship, and interpersonal demands. In this talk, we'll explore all the skills necessary to make it as a 21st century consort singer.
This webinar will last approximately one hour and 15 minutes and will include a Q&A session. Please click on the button below to register. Advanced registration is appreciated, but you can register even while the webinar is in process. Once registered, you will receive an email notification with a unique link to join the webinar.
TIM KEELER
TIM KEELER, Music Director, sang as a countertenor in Chanticleer in the 2017-18 season. In Chanticleer’s history he will be the fourth of its six Music Directors to have been a member of the ensemble. Prior to moving to San Francisco, Tim forged a career as an active conductor, singer, and educator. He performed with New York Polyphony, The Clarion Choir, and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. He also performed frequently as a soloist, appearing regularly in the Bach Vespers series at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City, as well as with TENET, New York's preeminent early music ensemble. An avid proponent of new and challenging repertoire, Tim remains a core member of Ekmeles, a vocal ensemble based in New York City and dedicated to contemporary, avant-garde, and infrequently-performed vocal repertoire.
While transitioning to his role as music director of Chanticleer, Tim is in the midst of completing his DMA in Choral Conducting at the University of Maryland where he studies with Dr. Edward Maclary. As an educator, Tim directed the Men’s Chorus at the University of Maryland, served as director of choirs at the Special Music School High School in Manhattan, and worked closely with the Young People's Chorus of New York City as a vocal coach and satellite school conductor. He was also the choral conductor for Juilliard's new Summer Performing Arts program - a two-week intensive summer course in Geneva, Switzerland.
Tim holds a BA in Music from Princeton University with certificates in Vocal Performance and Computer Science, an MPhil in Music and Science from Cambridge University, and an MM in Choral Conducting from the University of Michigan. While studying with Dr. Jerry Blackstone at the University of Michigan, Tim served as assistant conductor of the Grammy award-winning UMS Choral Union, preparing the choir for performances with Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. His dissertation at Cambridge explored statistical methods used in natural language processing and unsupervised machine learning as applied to musical phrase detection and segmentation.