This season marks Dr. Nadeau's 11th year with Heartland Men's Chorus. This is also his 15th year as an active member of GALA Choruses Inc., an international association of more than 190 gay and lesbian choral groups.

Joe began his work with Heartland Men's Chorus in the fall of 1998, after serving as assistant director and interim artistic director of the Denver Gay Men's Chorus. Joe received a master's degree in choral conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Dr. Eph Ehly. Joe recently completed his Doctor of Music Arts in Choral Conducting at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

Joe has directed many instrumental and vocal ensembles on the community level and on regional/international tours of New England, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Canada, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France. He has also served as clinician and adjudicator for several regional and state music festivals.

Joe is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the National Education Association, the Chorister's Guild, and the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.

Groups Directed

Heartland Men's Chorus