About the Director:

Timothy Carney, founding Music Director of Hawai'i Vocal Arts Ensemble, is Associate Professor of Music at Chaminade University of Honolulu, where he teaches music history, musical theatre, and conducts the Chaminade Chorus. He specializes in performances of sacred oratorio, and has given the first Hawai'i performances of many choral masterworks, including Handel's Solomon, Arvo Pärt's Berliner Messe, Hermann Suter's oratorio Le Laudi di San Francesco d'Assisi, Otto Olsson's Te Deum, and many smaller works. He is honored to accept the 2006 Medallion of Excellence from the Hawai`i chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters.