Santa Clara Chorale

Conductor Ryan James Brandau joined the Santa Clara Chorale as its Artistic Director in 2009, bringing to the position broad and deep experience conducting a wide variety of choral and orchestral ensembles. In September 2009, he joined the faculty of Santa Clara University as Director of Choral Programs. He came to California from New England, where he was Assistant Director of Choral Activities at Smith College in Northampton, MA; co-founder and director the Valley Voices, a chamber chorus in Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley; and choirmaster of the highly acclaimed all-professional choir of Christ Church, New Haven, CT. Previously he directed the United Girls Choir of North Haven and the choir of the Episcopal Church at Yale.