Purdue-Fort Wayne Choral & Vocal Studies

08/14/2026

Greetings singers! Choral Union community member Jay Farlow here.

PFW's new director of Choral Studies, Dr. Roger Tirona David asked me to create this post to invite you to join (or return to) Choral Union later this month. Dr. David's PFW employment officially begins on August 17, so I'm sure we'll hear more from him on or after that date. In the meantime, here are the basics:

The Purdue Fort Wayne School of Music welcomes enrolled Purdue University Fort Wayne students and unenrolled community members (including School of Music alumni) to join Choral Union; a union of student and community singers.

If Dr. David maintains previous practice, admission into Choral Union will not require an audition, but he will proably want to hear new members to assure correct section placement.

Beginning on August 24, the choir will rehearse nearly every Monday evening, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in Room 122 (the choir room) of the PFW Music Center. The choir will not rehearse on September 7 (Labor Day) or October 19 (Fall Break).

Please bring a folder and a pencil to every rehearsal to help organize and mark your music.

Shortly after we initially published the post, Dr. David sent an email message that indicates that our first concert will be on Tuesday, Oct 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Auer Performance Hall on the PFW campus.

I'm confident that Dr. David will soon provide additional concert dates and an idea of the exciting repertoire that he has planned.

Please share this information widely and invite your singing friends, including fellow church choir members, etc., to join.

Enrolled students should enroll in Choral Union (MUSC 07300) the same way they'd enroll in any other class. Unenrolled community members need not register; just show up at the first rehearsal.

Dr. David welcome anyone with questions to contact him at [email protected] but to expect no reply until August 17, as he will be out of state a family event until then.

See you on August 24!

06/23/2026

Take a break from your day and join Dr. North and Dr. G tomorrow in downtown Fort Wayne for a 30-minute recital. We'd love to see you there! 🎵

12:15pm - 6/24 - First Wayne Street United Methodist Church

https://fwsumc.org/music/Dr. Geoffrey North performs this wonderf...

06/13/2026

PFW voice students in the wild! Congrats for a triumphant participation in the “Exploring Early Music” festival run by the Echoing Air Ensemble. Pictured: alum Q Davis, Noah Moreno, and Brayli Temple

06/10/2026

We are so excited to welcome Dr. Roger David to PFW as the new Director of Choral Studies as Visiting Assistant Professor! Go Dons!

The PFW College of Visual and Performing Arts is thrilled to announce that Dr. Roger David has accepted the position of Director of Choral Studies in the School of Music. Please join us in giving him a warm Mastodon welcome!

Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Dr. David is a music educator and recent graduate of Michigan State University, where he completed a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting and was a recipient of a University Distinguished Fellowship. During his time at MSU, he served as assistant conductor for The Singing Spartans and Campus Choir and assisted with undergraduate courses in choral conducting and choral pedagogy. His research interests include culturally-informed teaching and rehearsal processes, conductor-teacher leadership styles, and choral music from the Philippines.

Outside of teaching, he enjoys eating Korean barbecue with friends and tending his houseplants!

05/01/2026

Our three choirs had an excellent final rehearsal Wednesday evening for tonight's concert, "From Sea to Shining Sea: Choral Music of the United States." It begins at 7:30 p.m. in Auer Auditorium. The ticket office line can be long, so we suggest arriving early to reduce the risk of missing the first song. It will be the final PFW concert for our director, Dr. William Sauerland, because he has accepted a new position in California. We hope you will attend this wonderful concert!

04/21/2026

After seven years of choral leadership at PFW, Dr. Sauerland has accepted the position of Associate Professor of Music Education at Chapman University. Let's all help find a new, wonderful choral director for the 2026-2027 school year.

Visiting Assistant Professor in Music/Director of Choral Studies