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Chris Albanese
Director of the Singing Hoosiers
Chris Albanese is a Pam and Jack Burks Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting and associate professor of music in choral conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he directs the Grammy-nominated Singing Hoosiers and teaches courses in choral conducting.
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Seonjeong Park
Assistant Conductor
Seonjeong Park earned a Bachelor's degree in Church music with Choral Conducting emphasis at Yonsei University. She is currently studying at Indinana University Jacobs School of Music for her Master’s degree in Choral Conducting. At Yonsei University, she began her first step as a conductor by directing Yonsei University's Lap Choir and Church Music Choir. She also expanded her musical horizons by participating in conducting masterclasses with Kent Hatteberg and Anton Armstrong. In 2022, She founded the ‘Vocal Ensemble Makers’, a group of choral musicians, and continues to communicate with various audiences. She is a choir member of many professional choirs: Seoul Choral Society, Seoul Ladies Singers, and Chaente za deu. She participated in particular in planning and making commentary for the Seoul Choral Society's concerts. She believes that music bonds people. To deliver the message of reconciliation to the world through music, she served as an accompanist and arranger in the St. Francis Hanwoori North Korean Mission Choir, which consists of defectors from North Korea. Seonjeong is a warm-hearted educator and brilliant young musician. Believing music makes the world better, she continues her musical journey.
Ben Wegner
Assistant Conductor
Ben Wegner is currently pursuing a Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting at Indiana University. He is also the Adult Choir Director at St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Bloomington, Indiana. Recently, he completed his Masters in Music at the University of Minnesota, where he co-directed the 100-voice Campus Singers Maroon. Ben completed his B.A. in Music at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. From 2017-2022, Ben served as Director of Choirs at St. Edmond Catholic School in Fort Dodge, where he led two curricular high school choral ensembles, a competitive co-curricular show choir, an extra-curricular chamber choir, the 7th and 8th-grade choir, and the annual musical. Under his leadership, the show choir (Gael Force) were regular 1A Champions. In 2022, Gael Force was named a finalist at the Emmestburg Extravaganza in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Ben is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association and a published composer with MorningStar Publishing. He is currently rostered with the Oregon Bach Festival.