Charles Hartung

2022-2023 Junior High Conductor 

 

 

Charles “Chuck” Hartung is a music educator, conductor, and vocalist based in the South Jersey area. He serves as Conductor of the Rowan Youth Choir, a youth choral ensemble sponsored by the Rowan University Community Music School. Chuck is the Choral Director at Collingswood Middle School in Collingswood, NJ, with two curricular choirs averaging over 100 total students. Additionally, Chuck serves as Performing Arts Coordinator for Collingswood by overseeing all district musical and theatrical performances. He also directs and produces the annual Middle School Musical.

Chuck’s students have performed throughout the tri-state area, including performances at Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Flyers games. He also frequently music directs, conducts, and accompanies various youth musical theater productions in the area, including performances through Collingswood Youth Theatre, The Ritz Theatre Company, Teen Arts Guild, and Triple Threat Performing Arts. He has served as guest conductor of the choir for Grace Episcopal Church in Haddonfield, NJ and conducted the Central Jersey Intermediate Treble Chorus in March 2020.

As a vocalist, Chuck is an inaugural member of The Same Stream, a professional choir under the direction of James Jordan. As a student of Westminster Choir College, Chuck sang in the Westminster Williamson Voices and appears on the GRAMMY-nominated recording Annelies. He has sung under the baton of illustrious conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Alan Gilbert, Gustavo Dudamel, and Daniel Barenboim. He continues to regularly perform throughout the South Jersey and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.

Chuck holds degrees in conducting and music education from Westminster Choir College and Colorado State University.