Bert Pinsonneault

About Bert Pinsonneault

Conductor Albert Pinsonneault is Director of Choral Activities at the University of St. Thomas, where he conducts the Chamber Singers and Concert Choir and teaches in the graduate program in choral music education. Dr. Pinsonneault is also Founder and Artistic Director of the Madison Choral Project, Wisconsin’s only fully-professional chamber choir. Most recently he was Associate Director of Choral Organizations at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music where he conducted the University Singers, co-conducted University Chorale, taught the graduate choral literature sequence, and mentored graduate students in choral music. A graduate of St. Olaf College (BM), the University of Minnesota (MM) and the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati (DMA), Dr. Pinsonneault’s scholarship focuses on choral blend and intonation, the physical/kinesthetic act of conducting, and the music of F. Melius Christiansen. His published work Choral Intonation Exercises is available through Graphite Publishing.