William Culverhouse,
Artistic Director
William Culverhouse currently serves as Director of Choral Activities at Binghamton University, where he directs several choirs and teaches courses in the Music Department. He received his undergraduate degree in music education from Oberlin Conservatory and graduate degrees in choral conducting from the University of Maryland, College Park. Before coming to Binghamton, he served as Director of Choral Activities at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana; taught music in the public schools in Ohio, Illinois, and Virginia; and served for eight years as Director of the Schola Cantorum at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
A lyric baritone with a specialization in early and contemporary music, he has sung professionally throughout the Midwest and the East Coast. He is an active composer as well, particularly of choral and solo vocal music, and his Requiem for chorus and harp received its New York premiere in March 2016. He is in frequent demand as a choral clinician, having conducted and adjudicated throughout the United States and in the Middle East. A specialist in choral music of the Arab world, he has given conference presentations on Arab choral music and was the recipient of a Fulbright grant for his work with choirs in Jordan.