The Chamber Singers of the Yale Glee Club is a group of approximately 24 singers who perform choral works primarily designed for a small ensemble. Their repertoire ranges from sacred music to madrigals to modern pieces. Selections from the repertoire are performed throughout the year at various Glee Club concerts. Membership is open to members of the Glee Club.
Alex Whittington, conductor
Alex Whittington is a second-year M.M. candidate in Choral Conducting at Yale University, where they also received their M.A. in Music History and B.A. in Music. A New York native, Alex’s musical background was primarily shaped by their upbringing as a ballet dancer, pivoting later to voice, conducting, and composition. Their main area of study is Puerto Rican choral music, focusing on edition-making and reconstructions of works by Felipe Gutiérrez y Espinosa and Esther Alejandro de León. For the 2023–2024 academic year, they served as the director of the Marquand Chapel Choir and the interim director of music at Christ and Holy Trinity Episcopal in Westport, CT. In the fall of 2024, Alex will begin their tenure as the new choirmaster of Christ Church New Haven. Alex’s professional ensemble credits include the Yale Schola Cantorum and Puerto Rico-based ensemble Orfeón San Juan Bautista.