DIRECTOR

Dr. BETTY DEVINE, Artistic Director/Founder of The Houston Choral Society and ordained Minister of Music at Foundry United Methodist Church, also serves as Vice-President of Church and Community for the Texas Choral Directors Association and is Texas State Chairman for Community Choirs with the Southwestern Division of The American Choral Directors Association. Previously a music instructor at The Houston Community College System Northwest, she was head of the Fine Arts Department there for four years. Three years ago, she founded the Northwest Music Society whose purpose is to bring together church music directors and church choir singers in the Northwest area of Houston. She was music director for the Chase Bank of Texas Employee Holiday Choir for 13 years. She maintains an active schedule as clinician, adjudicator and lecturer.

Dr. Devine holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Texas Tech, a Master of Music degree from The University of Houston, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree with a major in choral conducting from the University of Texas at Austin. She has studied at the Institute of Musicology in Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Devine was recognized by the Association of Professional Vocal Ensembles (now Chorus America) in 1987, as the only woman in the United States to develop an independent professional chorus, The Houston Chamber Singers, and is listed in Who’s Who in International Music and Notable Women in Texas. She received an international award for teaching excellence in 1996.