Brian Gendron is
the Director of Choral Activities at Virginia Tech, where he conducts
four ensembles and teaches choral literature and conducting. Since his
appointment in 2003, Virginia Tech ensembles have received invitations
to perform at state conferences sponsored by the Virginia Music Educators
Association and Virginia Music Teachers Association. They have performed
with the New River Valley Symphony Orchestra and Roanoke Symphony Orchestra,
as well as the Kansas City Baroque Consortium.
In addition to his responsibilities at Virginia Tech, Gendron is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Blacksburg Master Chorale (BMC). The BMC has performed a wide range of choral-orchestral works under his direction, including Bach’s Mass in B minor, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Corigliano’s Fern Hill, and Pärt’s Te Deum. Under his leadership, the BMC has expanded to include the Blacksburg Children’s Chorale and the Blacksburg Master Singers.
Gendron conducts the Annual Blacksburg Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
and Chorus in performances of J.S. Bach’s sacred cantatas. He
also serves as Chorus Master for select Opera Roanoke productions, including
past performances of Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Britten’s
Noye’s Fludde, and Verdi’s Macbeth.
