MARC WINER is now in his fifth year as Director of the Greater Westfield Choral Association, having previously served as tenor soloist for eleven years. His previous conducting experience was as Music Director for Mahar Regional High School’s production of Oklahoma!,as well as Choral Director for three choirs from grade 7 to 12. Marc also founded and directed the Madrigal Singers at Westfield State College, while earning his Bachelor of Music Education degree. While there, he studied conducting with Dr. Theodore Davidovich and Dr. Peter Demos.
Mr. Winer is well known as a tenor soloist throughout the Pioneer Valley and beyond. Highlights of his singing career include the tenor soloist role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Seasons, and the American premiere of A Cambridge Mass, a newly discovered work by Vaughan Williams. A personal favorite is the performance at Westfield State University of Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, in which he shared the stage with his daughter Mara, who starred in the lead role. While at Westfield State, he traveled to Austria and also performed at Carnegie Hall in NYC with the Chorale. Marc has studied voice with Lois Sayers Smith, Ken Manzer, and Sudie Marcuse.
Mr. Winer currently sings with Novi Cantori, a professional concert choir of twenty voices, and is tenor soloist at First Congregational Church here in Westfield. Marc also performs throughout Western Massachusetts and beyond with such groups as Arcadia Players, Festival Chorus of Westfield, the Middletown Chorale, Hampshire Choral Society and many others. He lives in Agawam, MA with his wife, Michelle, two children, Mara and Michael, and two cats, Fluffy and Papelbon.