Texas Boys Choir

Texas Boys Choir, Inc. has chosen Mark Stamper as the Interim Artistic Director for the choir. Mark was the Associate Artistic Director for the choir in 1999 to 2002 and returns to the TBC during this time of transition. He is also the Artistic Director for the Singing Girls of Texas.

In 1998, Mr. Stamper was awarded a Master of Music degree with a concentration in Choral Conducting from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas where he was the Assistant Conductor of the Oratorio Chorus. He has since accompanied for such notable conductors as Andre Thomas, Donald Neuen, Roger Wagner and Michael Schwarzkoff.

Mr. Stamper has competed in several piano competitions winning the Silver Medal at the Concours International de la Musique and the Best Performance of a Modern Work during the International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Boston.

Mr. Stamper has been the Musical Director and accompanist for such shows as The Music Man, Bye, Bye Birdie, The Fantastiks, The Sound of Music, Into the Woods, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, The King and I, Chess, and Kiss Me Kate.

Mr. Stamper was appointed Associate Artistic Director for The Texas Boys Choir in 1999. In addition to responsibilities as accompanist and assistant conductor for the choir, he was also tour manager and booking agent for local and statewide performances. From 2002-2004, he served as the Artistic Director of The Women’s Chorus of Dallas.

In October 2002, he was chosen to be one of eight choral conductors to participate in the National Conducting Workshop in Chicago, Illinois, where he had the privilege of conducting the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the members of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Additionally, Mr. Stamper was selected to conduct the Kansas City Chorale and the Dale Warland Singers as part of a Conducting Workshop dealing with a cappella choral music at the Chorus America National Conference.

While training as Conductor Apprentice for Opera in the Heights in Houston, Mr. Stamper was granted the honor of being the first Conductor Apprentice to conduct an opera, Cavalleria Rusticana, with orchestra. This was his operatic conducting debut. He worked there under the direction of Maestro William Weibel, a former conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In February 2004, Mr. Stamper traveled to South Florida to conduct Cosi fan Tutte for the South Florida Opera Company.

This past season, Mr. Stamper has conducted productions of Kiss Me, Kate, The Gondoliers, and an original ballet for Four Seasons by Vivaldi. Mr. Stamper is currently the Artistic Director of The Singing Girls of Texas at the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts.