​MUSIC DIRECTOR

Sam Fleming was named music director of the Pekin Civic Chorus in the spring of 2019. Fleming is known throughout the United States and parts of South America as a conductor, composer, organist, and music educator. He has held various conducting positions with community, church, and school choirs and instrumental ensembles. He is experienced as a conductor equally on the concert stage, in worship, educational settings, and in musical theatre. As an organist, Fleming has performed throughout the West Coast and Illinois as a soloist and with several choral ensembles and chamber groups. Fleming’s compositions have most recently been commissioned and premiered by various choral ensembles at Brigham Young University-Idaho, the Fountain of the Sun Community Chorus, the Salonnieres Chamber Ensemble of Phoenix, Arizona and the MacArthur Middle School Orchestra in Prospect Heights, Illinois.  His works are exclusively published through his own publishing company, SFM Publishing.

In addition to his responsibilities with the Pekin Civic Chorus, Fleming currently serves as conductor for the Illinois State University Singers and director of music at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Bloomington. He also maintains a private studio of organ, piano, voice, and composition students.

Fleming will graduate in 2019 with a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Illinois State University. He graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with a Bachelor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance and Composition. Sam is a member of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), and an alumnus member of the BYU-Idaho Student Composers Society. He currently resides in Bloomington, Illinois with his wife, Diane and their son.

For more information about Sam and his music visit his website: www.sam-fleming.com.