FSU – University Singers in Concert @ St. John of the Cross Catholic Church

The Florida State University – University Singers will sing as guests on the St. John of the Cross Catholic Church – Paradise Music Concert Series on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 4:30pm. The Concert is free and all are welcome.

The University Singers, founded in 1949 by Dr. Wiley Housewright, is the premier undergraduate touring choir at Florida State University. The auditioned choir consists of students majoring in music and other degree programs. During its rich history, University Singers has performed with remarkable musicians Simon Halsey, Krzysztof Penderecki, Bobby McFerrin, Sir David Willcocks, Aaron Copeland and Robert Shaw. Additionally, University Singers has been invited to perform at national and regional conventions of the College Music Society and the American Choral Directors Association, including performances at national conventions in 2002, 2007, 2010, and 2013. Recent tours have included performances throughout the Southeastern United States and throughout Europe. In 2019, members of University Singers participated in a Memorial Recital at the Normandy American Cemetery, and in 2022 they performed Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living with university choirs of Puerto Rico.

Several distinguished conductors have led the University Singers in its 75-year history, including Walter James, Joseph Flummerfelt, Clayton Krehbiel, and André Thomas. Traditions established by these outstanding conductors have been carried on since 2000 by Kevin Fenton.

Kevin Fenton, professor of choral conducting and ensembles and director of the FSU University Singers and Collegians (TB Choir), has conducted the Virginia Tech Meistersingers (1998), the University Singers (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2013), and the Festival Singers of Florida (2012 and 2018) in performances at regional and national conventions of ACDA and NAfME. He has served as a Fulbright Specialist to Sub-Saharan Africa, teaching choral conducting and conducting pedagogy at Kenya’s Conservatory of Music. As co-founder of AVoice4Peace, Kevin has led AVoice4Peace events in Kenya (2014, 2018, 2023), Indonesia, Ireland, China, and for Florida and Southern Division ACDA conventions. Dr. Fenton has conducted choirs in 35 states, including twenty-nine all-state choirs. Internationally, Kevin was featured conductor for the International Choral Festival and Conference in Xi’an (2017) and Beijing (2007), South Africa’s National Youth Choir (2016), and the Dublin International Choral Festival (2016). A champion of new music, Dr. Fenton has conducted over fifty premiere performances, including 2022 premieres of Kyle Pederson’s A Vision Unfolding; Andrea Clearfield’s Transformed by Fire: A Choral Suite; and Skip Stradtman’s Psalm 91 (Shadow of the Almighty).

Dr. Fenton has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in choral literature and choral conducting at Florida State University since 2000, and his textbook Foundations of Choral Conducting has been used in beginning choral conducting classes throughout the country. He is a recipient of the Florida State University Teaching Award for Excellence, the Gamma Mu Chapter of Delta Omicron Music Professor of the Year Award, and the Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Florida Service Award. Dr. Fenton is Artistic Director of the Festival Singers of Florida, who are celebrating their 19th year.