People

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

First Tenor	Second Tenor	Baritone	Bass
Tim Cashin*	Chuck Baxter	Keith Davis	David Evans
Michael Doan	Armin Bondoc	George Gardenier	Dean Goeldner
Joseph Gordon	Dominic Cosmano	David Glass	Chris Hatfield
Michael Greaney	Patrick Deavy	Diego Hernandez	Oliver Lewis
Rob Hennings	Howard Frost	A.J. Holliday	Kevin Locke
Craig Lustig	Ned Goldberg	David Hoover	Jim Mastracco
Jim Nix	Robert Harris	Jonah Lampkin	Jake Mello
Jay Robertson	Drew Hertler	Steve Lockwood	Derek Minshew
Scott Spencer	Ben Kessler	Martey Longmire	Ben Mizer
	Rick Mauery*	Bob McKinless	Craig Ruskin
	Ray McGrath	Peter Pfaffenroth	Peter Sc ott*
	Gerald Parshall	Ken Rubin	Jeff Sich
	Paul Seligman	Chuck Sethness	David Small
	G.A. Vick	Bob Sinclair*	Ted Smith
		Kuo-Wei Wang	Brad Spencer
		Stan Watters	John Terry
		Michael Waxer	Bob Wood
		Christoph Wilhelm	Chris Yim
Updated: 10/15/12	*denotes section coordinator