Mr. Tim Westerhaus
assistant conductor and tenor
Tim is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in choral conducting at Boston University, where he studies with Ann Howard Jones and received his Master of Music degree in 2008. 2008-2009 marks his fourth season conducting the Boston University Choral Society and its select ensemble, the Chamber Singers. At Marsh Chapel, he serves as the Assistant Conductor and Choral Scholar of the Chapel Choir, and he is an accompanist for university choral ensembles.
In summer 2008, Mr. Westerhaus will conduct at the Oregon Bach Festival under the tutelage of Helmuth Rilling as part of the Festival’s conducting master class and Discovery Concert Series. He teaches on the faculty of the sacred music institute, Music Ministry Alive, located in St. Paul, and has conducted at the Bard Conductors Institute. A native of Minnesota, Mr. Westerhaus studied conducting with Angela Broeker at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, where he graduated with a degree in Liturgical Music in 2004. He studies piano with Marianne Fleming Bryan and has performed as a solo, chamber, and concerto pianist, including concerto appearances with members of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Honored in 2004 as a North Central ACDA Collegiate Conducting Winner, he has also enjoyed conducting the Minnesota Chorale as part of its Emerging Conductor program. He is a GIA Choral Clinician and has presented at several conventions of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. He is chair of the NPM Committee on Youth, reviews new choral music for NPM publications, and has published articles in Pastoral Music and the GIA Quarterly.
