The Houston Symphony announced the appointment of Anthony J. Maglione as Director of the Houston Symphony Chorus.

Maglione will join at the start of the 2025–26 Season and will succeed Allen Hightower, who held the position until February 2024.

Julia Hall, who has been serving as Interim Chorus Director, will return to her role as Assistant Director of the Houston Symphony Chorus.

The orchestra noted that Maglione’s hiring is a joint venture with the University of Houston Moores School of Music, where Maglione will hold the position of Professor of Choral Studies and Director of Choral Activities.

In a statement, Houston Symphony Interim Executive Director and CEO Elizabeth Condic said, “We could not be happier to partner with our friends at the Moores School of Music to welcome a director of Anthony’s caliber to Houston. We look forward to hearing him take the Houston Symphony Chorus to new heights, given his professional history as a world-class chorus director, complemented and informed by his work as a composer in his own right.”

Maglione added, “I’m overjoyed to be joining the Houston Symphony organization as Director of the Symphony Chorus. When I visited this past fall, I was impressed by the tremendous musicianship and joy with which the Chorus learned symphonic literature. I’m honored to be part of the team which will create beautiful artistic performances alongside Maestros Valčuha and Reineke in the coming seasons.”

Maglione is the Director of Choral Studies at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. He has released two commercial recordings on Centaur and Albany records and he is the founder and Artistic Director of the professional choir, Cardinalis, and Director of Music and Choirmaster at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City.

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