Michael Fuchs has enjoyed an active career as a conductor, educator, and singer. He is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Wisconsin-Superior where he conducts the UWS Singers and Chorale and also serves as the Chair of the Department of Music. As the Chorus Director for Lyric Opera of the North, Fuchs has been contributed to several production, including conducting recent performances of Amahl and the Night Visitors and The Radio Hour. In addition, he is the Artistic Director for the Twin Ports Choral Project and the Director of Choral Activities at First Lutheran Church in Duluth. Choirs under his direction have performed across the United States and internationally while receiving numerous honors and awards. He has prepared choruses for performances with Joe Miller, Annunziata Tomaro, Mark Gibson, Dirk Meyer, and Joseph Flummerfelt. Previous professional positions include Artistic Director of Musica, the premier chamber choir of Dayton, OH, and the Founder and Artistic Director of the Westminster Bach Consort.
Fuchs has sung professionally throughout the United States. He has performed with the Vocal Arts Ensemble, May Festival Chorus, Borealis Chamber Artists, and the Kinnara Ensemble. He has appeared as baritone soloist with Princeton Pro Musica and the Southern Crescent Symphony Orchestra. As a recitalist, he has performed at Spivey Hall in Morrow, GA and in the Twin Ports. Fuchs holds degrees in choral conducting from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey as well as a degree in Music Education from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. He has studied conducting with René Clausen, Joe Miller, James Jordan, Andrew Megill, Earl Rivers, Brett Scott, and Mark Gibson.