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Thomas Juneau, Artistic Director of the Juneau Vocal Alliance, is Director of Choral Activities and Instructor of Voice at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He serves as Artistic Director of Summit Chorale, now in its 103rd season. Dr. Juneau is also the Repertoire and Standards Chair of Community Choruses for the New Jersey Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and is Vice President of the New Jersey Choral Consortium. He is Director of Music at Saint Joseph’s Church and teaches music at Saint Joseph’s School in Carteret, New Jersey. His upcoming appearances include with Summit Chorale performing Liszt’s Missa Choralis and Dido and Aeneas with the Concert Choir at Saint Joseph’s University. His Avery Fisher Hall debut will come on December 20 at the Messiah Sing-In, hosted by the National Choral Council. |
Dr. Juneau’s compositions for chorus are published by numerous companies, including Alliance Music, Southern Music Company, Hal Leonard Corporation and Carl Fisher Music Company. He is in demand as a choral composer and his works are performed throughout the world. This season features the premier of his Te Deum with Summit Chorale and The Snow Carol with the Saint Joseph’s University Singers. The Snow Carol will be featured in the Carl Fischer 2012 catalog. His Gaudete for mixed chorus and men’s chorus will be premiered this upcoming December at Rutgers University with the Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir and Glee Club. His cantata El Hombre Imaginario for women’s chorus and string orchestra will premiere in the spring of 2012.
Prior to teaching at SJU, Dr. Juneau was director of the Rutgers University Choir. He has also taught at SUNY- New Paltz, the College of Mount Saint Joseph and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Before moving to the Northeast, Dr. Juneau was Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Baroque Orchestra and Chorus. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Composition from Texas Tech University, Master’s in Music from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and his Doctorate of Musical Arts at Rutgers University. He resides in New Jersey with his wife, Lauren, his two loving dogs, Pirate and Thor, and his three purr-monsters, Minnerva, Fortuna and Juno.
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