University of Texas Faculty Choral Conductors

In deep appreciation for their service to choral music at The University of Texas at Austin, the Texas Choirs Alumni Association presents a Lifetime Honorary Membership to each of these faculty conductors. We are grateful to these professors for their endorsement of our new association.

We also honor with gratitude the conductors of memory who came before, laying the path to our present and future. 

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1967-1982
Dr. Alaire Lowry 
Associate Director of Choral Activities

1974-1978
Dr. Charles K. Smith 
Associate Director of Choral Activities

1982-1984
Dr. Andre Thomas 
Associate Director of Choral Activities

1985- 1988
Dr. Mary Breden 
Choral Music Education

1987-1990
Dr. Patrick Gardner 
Associate Director of Choral Activities

1990-2001
Dr. Craig Hella Johnson
Director of Choral Activities

1996-Present
Dr. Suzanne Pence 
Associate Director of Choral Activities, Interim Director of Choral Activities 

1998-1999
Dr. Joey Martin
Interim Director of Choral Activities 

2012-2016
Dr. Joseph Bolin
Associate Director of Choral Activities

2022-Present
Dr. J.D. Burnett
Director of Choral Activities