Category: Herring Chamber Ensemble

Bingham Vick, Jr. is in his fortieth season as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Greenville Chorale. Since 1981 he has expanded the repertoire of the Chorale and excited the Chorale’s ever-growing audience with highly acclaimed performances of great choral-orchestral literature. In 1997 he founded and continues to conduct the professional Herring Chamber Ensemble. Dr. Vick retired as Professor Emeritus from Furman University in May, 2010. He was Director of Furman Singers for forty years. A native of Charlotte, NC, he earned degrees from Stetson University and Northwestern University, where he was a student of Margaret Hillis and Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. He sang for several years in the Robert Shaw Festival Chorus, conducted by Robert Shaw.

Mrs. Smith is a graduate of University (B,Music) and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.C.M.). She most recently was a member of the music faculty at The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville where she taught AP music theory, aural skills, class piano, and served as vocal coach/accompanist. For a number of years, Mrs. Smith was part-time lecturer at Furman University where she taught piano and music theory. An acclaimed accompanist, she assists with recitals in the Greenville area and around the state. She has also served as accompanist for numerous organizations, including the Furman Singers, the Southern Seminary Choir, the Community Choruses of Kannapolis, North Carolina and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the Chorale of the Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium, the Greenville Chorale.