Nathan Windt, DMA

As Director of Choral Activities at St. Ambrose University, Dr. Nathan Windt brings professional choral and solo singing experience with leading professional choirs in the United States, including the Chicago Symphony Chorus and the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble.

An accomplished conductor of opera, Dr. Windt has conducted a variety of operatic styles and epochs, including Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Cavalli’s L’Egisto, and Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortileges, the latter receiving First Place in Class IV of the National Opera Association Competition for Best Production of the Year (2007). His operatic roles include Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Prince Yamadori in Madame Butterfly, the title role in Gianni Schicchi, Grandpa in The Tender Land, Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief, and Sciarrone in Tosca. He is also a frequent recitalist, with a particular interest in German and English art song, including a recent collaboration with Dr. Marian Lee in a multimedia presentation of Schubert’s Winterreise in recital. He is a regular contributor to The Choral Journal, reviewing choral recordings and choral interest publications.

Dr. Windt has taught at the elementary, middle school, and collegiate levels, including general music courses, studio voice, and humanities courses in American Popular Music, and is in demand as a singer, conductor and clinician throughout the United States. His choirs have toured domestically and internationally to critical acclaim. He is the recipient of two teaching awards, including most recently in 2016, when he received the Faculty Member of the Year Award, given by the St. Ambrose University Student-Alumni Association and nominated by students of St. Ambrose. He recently was awarded the 2022 North Scott Community Choral Arts award for his work with singers in the North Scott School District. Prior to his appointment at St. Ambrose, Dr. Windt taught at Xavier University, Central State University, and Tennessee Wesleyan College. His teaching responsibilities at St. Ambrose include applied voice lessons, conducting, choral methods, vocal methods courses, and conducting the University Chorale and Chamber Singers. Other professional activities include collaboration with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, preparing choirs for their live film score performances, serving on the Board of Opera Quad Cities, and conducting the St. Paul Lutheran Church Chorale in Davenport, Iowa.