Director: Tim Westerhaus

Timothy Westerhaus is a Master of Music candidate in choral conducting at Boston University, where
he studies with Ann Howard Jones.  Fall 2007 marks his third year conducting the Boston University Choral Society and its select ensemble, the Chamber Singers.  At Marsh Chapel, he serves as the Assistant
Conductor of the Chapel Choir, and he is an accompanist for university choral ensembles. 

Mr. Westerhaus studied under Helmuth Rilling at the Oregon Bach Festival and participated in the Bard Conductors Institute in 2007.  A native of Minnesota, he also studied conducting with Angela Broeker at
the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, where he graduated with a degree in Liturgical Music in 2004. 
He continues to study piano with Marianne Fleming Bryan and has performed as a solo, chamber, and
concerto pianist, including concerto appearances with members of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Honored in 2004 as a North Central ACDA Collegiate Conducting Winner, he has enjoyed conducting the Minnesota Chorale as part of its Emerging Conductor program, the Basilica of St. Mary Cathedral Choir,
and the University of St. Thomas Chamber Singers.

Mr. Westerhaus is a GIA Choral Clinician and has presented at several conventions of the National
Association of Pastoral Musicians.  He is chair of the NPM Committee on Youth, and has published articles
in Pastoral Music and the GIA Quarterly.