New Artistic Director

We are pleased to announce that Syracuse Chorale has selected Dr. Sean Linfors as its new Artistic Director. Sean is an Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at the Ithaca College School of Music in Ithaca, New York. He is a consummate musician who comes to us with a wealth of training and experience in choral and instrumental conducting. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education and Choral Conducting from Florida State University in 2016, his Master of Music in Choral Conducting in 2007, and his Bachelor of Music in Trumpet in 1998. While living in Florida, he was Assistant Conductor to the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, and Director of Choirs at Timber Creek High School in Orlando, Florida. While living in Virginia, he was Associate Director of the Greater Richmond Children’s Choir in Richmond and Director of Choirs at Woodside High School in Newport News, Virginia. As a graduate teaching assistant at Florida State, he was the Assistant Conductor of the Tallahassee Community Chorus, a 200 voice chorus which performed with orchestra. He was also Assistant Conductor of the FSU Chamber Choir, and the co-conductor for the FSU Summer Chorale. He was the Music Director for Florida State Opera’s production of Danial Catan’s La Hida de Rappaccini, and the Music Director for FSU’S School of Theatre’s fully staged performance of Sondheim’s Company. He has been a musical director, accompanist, and vocal coach for numerous school musical productions. In 2016 and 2017, he was a Judge of the Ithaca College Choral Competition Festival. He has been an invited guest lecturer and presenter in Florida, Georgia, and New York, and the recipient of numerous professional honors. As an Assistant Professor in the Choral Music Education program at Ithaca College, Sean conducts a 150-voice chorus, as well as the Madrigal Singers, an elite 18-voice ensemble, and teaches conducting and methods courses for graduate and undergraduate students. He lives in Ithaca with his wife, also a musician, and his two young sons, Nathaniel and Henry. We look forward to making beautiful music together with Sean at the helm, and are so glad he has become a part of our Syracuse Chorale family.

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