Jeffrey Hunt

Jeffrey Hunt was born and raised in St. Charles, IL and lives there now. Jeffrey received his Bachelor of Music at Taylor University in Indiana and a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting at Northwestern University in Illinois.

Jeffrey Hunt is the founder and Director of the St. Charles Singers. While their home venue is Baker Memorial United Methodist Church in St. Charles, IL, the Singers perform regularly in and around Chicago and tour internationally.  He has also been an Adjunct Professor of Music, Elgin Community College, IL since 2016. Most recently, he was the recipient of the Charlemagne Award, St. Charles Chamber of Commerce, 2019.

Mr. Hunt is the Music Director for the complete discography of St. Charles Singers recordings which include: “American Reflections, 20th and 21st Century Choral Music”, (CD), MSR, 2018 and ST. Charles “Singers Bushes and Briars”, folk songs for choirs (CD).

Mr. Hunt has affiliations and memberships with the Illinois ACDA (American Choral Directors Association); where he is on the Board of Directors as its Music and Worship Chair as well as being affiliated with the Chorus of America.

Jeffrey Hunt and the St. Charles Singers are committed to providing educational programming for all ages to broaden opportunities exposure to choral music. This is evidenced by the numerous programs, created and developed by Mr. Hunt.

Most recently in 2019 St. Charles Singers presented a Mozart Festival, during which they presented the 15th of the 17th steps of their Mozart Journey, a seventeen concert undertaking to perform and record the complete volume of Wolfgang Mozart’s scared choral compositions. With a few notable exceptions, i.e. the Coronation Mass and Requiem, Mozart’s sacred works are seldom performed. To the choir’s knowledge, no American recordings, or even recent European collections exist of this genre of Mozart’s work. With just two remaining steps of the Mozart Journey, Mr. Hunt and the choir remain passionately committed to completing this endeavor to perform and record these 18th Century works for a 21st Century audience.

In June of 2017, Mr. Hunt led the choir in the performance of a collection of 20th and 21st Century American Compositions. The program’s centerpiece was “Walden Pond”, a compelling composition by American composer Dominick Argento that incorporates the text of David Thoreau’s “Walden” and was performed to commemorate Thoreau’s 200th birthday. These concerts were not only preformed in St. Charles and River Forest, IL but also throughout England.

In 2019 the recording released as a CD enjoyed wide acclaim.  The “American Reflections” music has generated an article in the August 2019 edition of the acclaimed British magazine “Gramophone” as well as positive review in the September/October edition of the “American Record Guide”.

Mr. Hunt and the St. Charles Singers are dedicated to music students in the St. Charles area through the numerous outreach programs available for them some of which include: camps, workshops and scholarship opportunities. In June of 2023, the St. Charles Singers will travel to Spain and Portugal for performances and touring in Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Lisbon, Marvão and more!