LEWISVILLE
CIVIC
CHORALE
Blair King, Conductor
Our Conductor and Artistic Director
BLAIR KING continues in his fourth season as Artistic Director of the Lewisville
Civic Chorale. His love of music began in the preschool choir at First United Methodist
Church in Levelland, Texas, and when he showed interest and aptitude his parents
enrolled him in piano lessons. He sang in church and school choirs throughout elementary
and high school, winning numerous UIL choral, small ensemble and solo awards. A
highlight was performing the Duruflé Requiem under the great Paul Salamunovich in
the 1990 Texas All-
The School of Music at Texas Tech University became Blair's musical home for his
college years. There, he sang in the University Choir, studied conducting with Kenneth
Davis and Eric Fried, and expanded his keyboard studies with organ, harpsichord,
and carillon under Judson Maynard. During this time he became involved in community
theatre where he served as musical director for several productions, most memorably
conducting members of the Lubbock Youth Symphony as the pit orchestra for The Man
of La Mancha. Singing in church choirs continued to be a favorite activity, and in
1995 another musical highlight was traveling with the 120-
Upon graduation, Blair chose a career path in commercial advertising production and moved to Houston, where he worked for a local advertising agency as a studio production assistant, putting his talents to use in production of audio commercials. He also continued his performance interests by performing with the Fort Bend Chorale and working on several productions at the Country Playhouse, including providing music direction for The King and I.
In 1997, Blair moved to Dallas and began working at the June Shelton School and Evaluation Center, where he serves today as Director of Technology and director of “Vocal Charge”, the new high school show choir. He appeared in many local theatrical productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas as well as other musical theatre works. In 1999, he met the girl he would eventually marry, while stage directing Hello, Dolly! and subsequently, they appeared on stage together in The Mikado and Anything Goes (three weeks before their wedding!). More recently, he has returned to his love of musical direction for productions of Trial By Jury, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Company.
Recent choral activities include singing with the Orpheus Chamber Singers in 2006-
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