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Michael J. Goede, Artistic Director and Conductor

Michael J. Goede served as Director of Choral Programs and an English instructor at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School from 2003-2007. After graduating from Wisconsin Lutheran High School in 1998, he began his undergraduate studies at Valparaiso University where he graduated summa cum laude in 2003 with majors in English, Music Education, and Secondary Education and a minor in Humanities through his work in the Honors College.

Under Michael’s leadership, the Choral Program at Kettle Moraine Lutheran grew from two choirs with 64 singers to five ensembles with155 singers. In 2008, he directed the Concert Choir in an acclaimed performance at the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association State Convention. He is an active member of ACDA, WCDA, and MENC. In 2007, he was awarded the prestigious Kohl Fellowship, which recognizes 100 educators in Wisconsin for excellence in teaching and the ability to inspire lifelong learning. That same year he was selected to serve as the first Artistic Director for Canticum Novum: a WELS Chamber Choir. They offered their first performance under his leadership at the 2008 WELS National Conference on Worship, Music, and the Arts at Gustavus Adolphus College in Mankato, Minnesota, where he also served as guest conductor for the National Honor Choir.

Michael has studied conducting at the University of Michigan and served as guest director at festivals in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, and Washington. He recently completed a Master of Music in choral conducting with honors as a Fellowship student of Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt at The Ohio State University. In 2010, he will begin his tenure as Director of Choral Programs at Klein Oak High School in Houston, Texas.