Kevin Vondrak

Kevin Vondrak

D.M.A. Choral Conducting ’29

Kevin comes to Yale from Philadelphia, where he is associate conductor of The Crossing, a professional new music choir. His artistic work with The Crossing has led him to collaborations with dozens of world premieres with many of the world’s leading composers at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall, the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, The Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Haarlem KoorBiënnale in the Netherlands, and projects with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Helsinki’s Klockriketeatern. He is a co-producer on nine Crossing recordings and is winner of the 2023 Grammy Award for best choral performance. Kevin is also an experienced church musician, most recently serving as interim choirmaster at St. Mark’s Church on Locust Street in Philadelphia. He holds degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. He lives in Wooster Square and enjoys spending time trail running, fly fishing, and driving in/to the mountains. 

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