Eric Townell, Conductor

Eric Townell brings a national reputation as a choral, orchestral and operatic conductor to the Master Singers. Educated at Peabody Conservatory and Indiana University, Eric has studied with Helmuth Rilling, Georg Tintner, Charles Bruck and Frederik Prausnitz. Now in his sixth season with the Master Singers, Eric has led the choir in an adventurous series of subscription concerts, collaborations, outreach concerts and special events. In 2006, Eric became the third Music Director in the 60-year history of the Rochester Oratorio Society in New York. The former Music Director of the Festival Choir of Madison and the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, Eric has been a frequent guest conductor with Wisconsin’s leading instrumental and vocal ensembles and with orchestras, choirs and opera companies in the US and Europe for the past twenty years. His choral and orchestral conducting have been featured in four live broadcasts over Wisconsin Public Radio, in taped performances for Wisconsin Public Television and in nationwide broadcasts over NPR. Together with the Master Singers, Eric is committed to bringing the very best musical experiences to Milwaukee. More information can be found at www.erictownell.net.