Chorus Management Resources

Brian A. Schmidt is a GRAMMY©-nominated conductor with a twenty-year career focused on developing meaningful musical experiences for audiences and artists alike. Schmidt currently serves as artistic director on the team of Gateway Music Festivals & Tours, helping design life-changing performance tours for bands and choirs nationally and internationally. He also works as a freelance conductor in addition to serving as a Lecturer at the University of Minnesota, teaching graduate choral courses and helping run the International Choral Academy, an intensive summer education program for conductors and singers. Brian lives in the suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul with his family and enjoys gardening/landscaping, cooking, and helping on the family farm in south central MN.