One of today’s most influential voices in choral conducting,
Kent Hatteberg brings an outstanding level of musicianship to the Louisville Chamber Choir. As artistic director, Dr. Hatteberg has assembled some of the finest artists in the Louisville area to form a choral ensemble dedicated to engaging audiences with world-class musicianship and performance of choral music.
Dr. Hatteberg earned the Bachelor of Music degree in piano and voice summa cum laude from the University of Dubuque and the master’s and doctoral degrees in choral conducting from The University of Iowa, where he studied with Don V Moses and directed the renowned Old Gold Singers. Named a Fulbright Scholar in 1990, Dr. Hatteberg studied conducting in Berlin with Uwe Gronostay while pursuing research on the early works of Felix Mendelssohn, culminating in conducting the world premiere of Mendelssohn’s Gloria in 1997. He has taught at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX, Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, IA, and Solon Jr.-Sr. High in Solon, IA.
Dr. Hatteberg is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Louisville, where he directs the Collegiate Chorale and Cardinal Singers and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in conducting, choral literature, and choral techniques. He serves as Chorus Master for the Louisville Orchestra, where he conducts annual performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Louisville Chamber Choir and regularly assembles and prepares choral ensembles for performances. He is active nationally and internationally as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, most recently in Korea, Thailand, Poland, the Philippines, China, Hungary, Austria, Spain, and the United States.
Dr. Hatteberg was named a University of Louisville Faculty Scholar in 2002, the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) College/University Teacher of the Year in 2004, and was selected for the International Who’s Who in Choral Music in 2007. He received the 2008 KCDA Robert A. Baar Award for choral excellence from the Kentucky Choral Directors Association, and the University of Dubuque awarded him the Alumni Professional Career Achievement Award in 2008. He received the University of Louisville Distinguished Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity in the Performing Arts in 2010 and 2015.
Choirs under his direction at the University of Louisville have been featured at numerous international festivals, sym- posia, and competitions, including Cardinal Singers performances at the 2018 Zadar International Choir Competition (Croatia), the Xi’an International Choral Festival in 2017 (China), the 13th China International Chorus Festival in 2016 (Beijing, China), the Taipei International Choral Festival in 2015 and 2010 (Taiwan), the Singapore International Choral Festival in 2015, the Cuba/United States Choral Symposium in 2012 (Havana, Cuba), the Beijing Interna- tional Choral Festival in 2010, and the 7th World Symposium on Choral Music in 2005 (Kyoto, Japan). The Collegiate Chorale and Cardinal Singers have performed at several national and regional American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conventions in the United States, most recently at the National Convention in Minneapolis in March 2017.