Dr. Stephen Simons
Professor of Music
Ann Waggoner 207
817.531.4975
ssimons@txwes.edu

 

 

 

 

Dr. Stephen Simons, professor of music at Texas Wesleyan University, has been working at Wesleyan since 1968 when he served as Director of Choral Activities for 23 years. Besides directing Wesleyan Singers and Oratorio Chorus, he organized the Wesleyan Jazz Singers, directed Opera Workshop and taught choral conducting.

During Simons’ tenure as Director of Choral Activities, Wesleyan Singers sang in Washington D.C. on the centennial week of July 4, 1976 – our nation’s 200th birthday. Other choral successes include four European choir tours with the Chancel Choir from First United Methodist Church Fort Worth and Simons’ “career highlight” – a 1998 FUMC concert before a full house at Carnegie Hall.

In 2004, Simons conducted the inaugural season of Wesleyan Chorale. As a university choral organization, Wesleyan Chorale welcomes students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends of the institution to join its ranks. Wesleyan Chorale rehearses weekly to present a substantial choral concert at the end of each semester with the Wesleyan Singers. No audition is necessary, only a love of singing and of performing quality choral repertoire.

Dr. Simons directs Wesleyan Chorale and teaches music history.