Charles Hausmann

Background

About Charles Hausmann

For twenty-seven years Dr. Charles Hausmann has been Professor of Conducting and Director of Graduate Choral Studies at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music, and Director of the Houston Symphony Chorus, the official chorus of the Houston Symphony. He has also been active as a church musician for most of his career and is currently serving as Director of Choral Music at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church. In addition, he often serves as a guest conductor, clinician, and teacher.Special interests have been in the areas of conducting pedagogy, and choral/orchestral performance. His integrated curriculum for teaching conducting at the undergraduate and graduate levels includes a six level competency based course of study. Having prepared the Houston Symphony Chorus for over 700 performances featuring most of the major works in the choral/orchestral repertoire, and for more than 50 internationally acclaimed conductors, his ability to bring amateur singers to the level of a professional orchestra has been highly acclaimed. As a church musician Dr. Hausmann is interested in how traditional worship can be enhanced through a dynamic choral presence and in the conductor-teacher relationship with choir and congregation.