Frank Albinder
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Capomaestro Frank Scott Albinder is an internationally acclaimed conductor of male choral music. A former director of Chanticleer, Albinder currently conducts the Washington Men's Camerata, the Woodley Ensemble, and the Virginia Glee Club. Albinder designed the concept and chose the repertoire for Chanticleer's Grammy Award winning album Colors of Love. Albinder holds degrees in conducting and vocal performance. Perhaps his best known work is the vocal solo of Loch Lomond, featured on the Chanticleer album Wondrous Love. Albinder lives and works primarily in the District of Columbia.
[edit] Positions Held
- American Choral Directors Association; National Repertoire and Standards Chairman for Men's Choirs
- Board of Intercollegiate Men's Choruses; Vice President
- Boston Camerata; Vocalist
- Chanticleer; Associate Conductor, Acting Director, Vocalist
- ChoralNet; Vice President
- The Church of the Presidents; Vocalist, Music Staff
- Concord Ensemble; Vocalist
- Davidson College; Director of Choral Activities
- Robert Shaw Festival Singers; Vocalist
- Virginia Glee Club; Conductor
- Washington Bach Consort; Vocalist
- Washington Men's Camerata; Music Director
- Woodley Ensemble; Musical Director
[edit] Trivia
It is popularly rumored that Albinder's cufflink collection numbers in the tens of thousands.
His Germanic title is Herr Professor Doktor Doktor Conductor Direktor Franz Schott Albindenburgh.
Albinder has performed in all fifty states.
