ABOUT ME

San Francisco based composer, conductor, and organist Don Scott Carpenter Founding Artistic Director of Vox Humana SF, and the Organist and Director of Music, Worship, and Arts at Lakeside Presbyterian Church. He is the former Executive Director of the American Bach Soloists and Music Director of San Francisco Renaissance Voices. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, he was General Director of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and Artistic/Executive Director of the Louisville Youth Choir. He has also been on the faculties of Bellarmine University and the University of Louisville, as well as a lecturer in worship at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary. He has served as Principal Organist/Artist-in-Residence of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi inSanta Fe, New Mexico, Music Director of the Temple Adath Israel B’rith Shalom and Organist/Director of Worship at Second Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Kentucky.

Mr. Carpenter holds the Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Louisville School of Music as well as the Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance. His choirs have been heard throughout the United States and Europe including performances at the Dom in Salzburg, Votivkirche in Vienna, and Carnegie Hall in New York City. He has prepared choruses for world premiere performances of operas, prepared choruses for major works with orchestras, and for touring Broadway musicals. As an advocate for new music, he has commissioned and conducted world premieres by several composers. Shalom, his debut album, celebrating the rich Jewish choral tradition, recorded live in performance with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, can be heard on the White Tie label. Subsequent recordings —O Sing Joyfully and Passion—with San Francisco Renaissance Voices can be found your favorite streaming services. His first book The Worshipping Church: Generation? is due to be released at the end of 2024. Mr. Carpenter is a member of the American Choral Directors Association; the American Guild of Organists; the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers; Chorus America; and Early Music America.