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Frank Albinder, Music Director

Frank Albinder came to Washington, DC in 1999 to become music director of the Washington Men's Camerata. In 2000, he became Music Director of the Woodley Ensemble, a professional chamber choir also based in Washington. He has been the conductor of the Virginia Glee Club, the 141-year-old men’s chorus at the University of Virginia, since 2003. Frank came to Washington from the internationally renowned male vocal ensemble Chanticleer, where he most recently served as the group’s Associate Conductor in addition to singing with the ensemble. During his 11-year tenure with Chanticleer, Frank performed in all 50 states and in 20 foreign countries. He appears on 20 of the ensemble’s recordings, including Wondrous Love, which was recorded under his direction, and the Grammy® Award-winning Colors of Love, for which he designed the concept. Other performance credits include the Boston Camerata, the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, the Washington Bach Consort, and the Concord Ensemble. He holds a B.A. in Vocal Performance from Pomona College in Claremont, California, and two M.M. degrees (Choral Conducting and Vocal Performance) from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Between 1984 and 1988, Frank was Director of Choral Activities at Davidson College in North Carolina. In addition to serving as the National Chair of Repertoire and Standards for Male Choruses for the American Choral Director's Association, he is also president of Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, a board member of the National Collegiate Choral Organization and vice-president of ChoralNet.org, the Internet's principal portal for information and resources relating to the choral field. He sings as part of the professional music staff at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, the Church of the Presidents.
C. Paul Heins, Accompanist
C. Paul Heins is in his third season as accompanist for the Camerata. Paul is a doctoral student at the University of
Maryland, where he is studying choral conducting with Edward Maclary. At Maryland, Paul’s conducting responsibilities have included Women’s Chorus, Opera Chorus, and Chamber Singers. Prior to his studies at Maryland, Paul was for nine years an adjunct instructor at Georgetown University, where he taught music theory, piano, and introduction to voice, and music directed the university’s opera and musical productions. In his last 5 years at GU, he also directed the university’s Concert Choir. A few of the large works the choir performed during Paul’s tenure were JS Bach’s motet Jesu, meine freude, Bernstein’s Missa Brevis, and the world premiere of the cantata In the Beginning, by Wilbur Skeels. Paul is the past director of the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington and a frequent guest pianist at Foundry United Methodist Church. He earned his B.Mus. from Bowling Green State University and his M.Mus.from the University of Maryland. Past teachers have included Victoria Harris & Virginia Marks (piano), Judith Bentley & William Montgomery (flute), and Mark Kelly & Patrick Walders (conducting).
Administration of the WMC
- Frank Albinder, Music Director
- C. Paul Heins, Accompanist
- Bob McKinless, Librarian
- Richard Tappen, General Manager
Board of Directors
- Stan Watters, President
- Ray McGrath, Vice President
- Charles O. Sethness, Treasurer
- David M. Glass, Secretary
- Frank Albinder, ex officio
- Rob Hennings
- Bob Sinclair
- Brad Spencer
- John Terry
Advisory Board
- Phyllis Bryn-Julson
- Richard Dirksen
- Tom Hall
- Rosa Lamoreaux
- John Liepold
- Mark Ohnmacht
- Samuel Audiway Peal
- David Petrou
- Malcolm Rowat
- Norman Scribner
- Donald Sutherland
Members
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First Tenor |
Second Tenor |
Baritone |
Bass |
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Tim Cashin* |
Chuck Baxter |
Keith Davis |
David Evans |
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Michael Doan |
Armin Bondoc |
George Gardenier |
Dean Goeldner |
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Joseph Gordon |
Dominic Cosmano |
David Glass |
Chris Hatfield |
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Michael Greaney |
Patrick Deavy |
Diego Hernandez |
Oliver Lewis |
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Rob Hennings |
Howard Frost |
A.J. Holliday |
Kevin Locke |
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Craig Lustig |
Ned Goldberg |
David Hoover |
Jim Mastracco |
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Jim Nix |
Robert Harris |
Jonah Lampkin |
Jake Mello |
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Jay Robertson |
Drew Hertler |
Steve Lockwood |
Derek Minshew |
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Scott Spencer |
Ben Kessler |
Martey Longmire |
Ben Mizer |
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Rick Mauery* |
Bob McKinless |
Craig Ruskin |
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Ray McGrath |
Peter Pfaffenroth |
Peter Sc ott* |
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Gerald Parshall |
Ken Rubin |
Jeff Sich |
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Paul Seligman |
Chuck Sethness |
David Small |
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G.A. Vick |
Bob Sinclair* |
Ted Smith |
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Kuo-Wei Wang |
Brad Spencer |
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Stan Watters |
John Terry |
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Michael Waxer |
Bob Wood |
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Christoph Wilhelm |
Chris Yim |
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Updated: 10/15/12 |
*denotes section coordinator |
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