Leadership
A graduate of Baylor University and Southern Illinois University, MartÃnez studied orchestral conducting with Irwin Hoffmann and James Dixon, choral conducting with Donald Moses and Margaret Hillis, and operatic direction with the late Metropolitan Opera star Marjorie Lawrence. He is a full professor at North Central College where he has been honored twice with the Dissinger Award for outstanding teaching, in 1992 and 2002. He is a former musical director of the Hinsdale Opera Chorus, Elgin Youth Orchestra, Elgin Summer Music Theater, Miss Illinois State Pageant, and the Liberty-Fremont Concert Society. He has also served as conductor and adjudicator throughout the Midwest and also in Canada and Costa Rica. Presently he also serves as director of the North Central College Concert Choir and Opera Workshop and directs the Chancel Choir at the First United Methodist Church of Glen Ellyn.
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Jeordano Martinez - Music Director
Launching his twentieth season as the highly acclaimed director of the Naperville Chorus, Jeordano MartÃnez brings an extraordinary talent, boundless energy, and a true love of the major choral and orchestral repertoire to the audiences of Naperville and DuPage County. His reputation for excellence in choral music has been noted in concerts throughout the United States and Europe, where he has conducted concerts in Poland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, and the Czech Republic. Under his leadership the Chorus has more than doubled in membership and has made guest appearances with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, DuPage Symphony, Downers Grove Oratorio Society, East Meets West Orchestra, and the Naperville Municipal Band.
