Chris Albanese serves as Associate Professor of Choral Conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he conducts the Grammy-nominated Singing Hoosiers. He concurrently serves as Director of the Akron Symphony Chorus. As director of The Singing Hoosiers, he has conducted and prepared collaborations with notable guests including Sylvia McNair and Sandi Patty, and has led the ensemble for performance at the ACDA National Conference. An active performer, he was previously a tenor with Chanticleer and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale.