Dr. Richard Schnipke serves as Associate Professor of Music Performance and Director of Choral Activities at Bowling Green State University.  His duties at BGSU include conducting the Collegiate Chorale and Men’s Chorus, as well as teaching graduate courses in choral repertoire and graduate and undergraduate conducting.  Previously, Dr. Schnipke held faculty positions at Xavier University and The Ohio State University and spent 15 years as a public-school choral director.  He holds degrees from Bowling Green State University and The Ohio State University and has done additional graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  

Choirs under Schnipke’s direction have performed at national and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association and have made numerous appearances at the Ohio Music Education Association Professional Development Conference and the Ohio Choral Directors Association Summer Conference.  Schnipke’s choirs have also sung for the American Musicological Society and for several national seminars of the IMC: The Tenor-Bass Choral Consoritum.  Dr. Schnipke also regularly prepares professional choruses for the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and frequently presents at state, regional, and national conference on the incorporation of Dalcroze Eurhythmics in the choral rehearsal.

Schnipke performs regularly as a professional chorister and has served as tenor section leader for Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble (Grammy Award winner, Craig Hella Johnson, music director).  He is a Past-President of the Ohio Choral Directors Association, has served on the National Board of the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and is currently on the board of IMC: The Tenor-Bass Choral Consortium

CJ Capen is musical coordinator and accompanist in the BGSU Department of Theatre & Film.

He has been staff accompanist & vocal coach for Chicago Summer Opera, Elon University, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. He has served as keyboard artist for Georgetown Chorale, Vienna Chorale Society, and the semi-professional choir, Voce Chamber Singers from 2013-2023. He toured China with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra flutist Lauren Sileo in 2014, has given chamber music lecture recitals for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in 2010, 2012, and 2014, and has given benefit concerts in recent years to include: St Veronica's Patriot Day Concert, Reston Drop-In Center, Cornerstone, Maryknoll Society, S.O.M.E's 40th Anniversary Celebration, All Saints Church, as well as the St Thomas More Cathedral Recital Series.

He is also conductor, recently conducting Steamboat Opera's production of "Frida", guest conducting the Arlington Diocese Choral Festival, guest conductor for Reston Chorale's Messiah Sing-Along, and he has been music director for Paul VI High School musical productions from 2018-2022. He served as Director of Music at St John Neumann Church in Reston VA from 2008-2023, one of the largest churches in the Diocese of Arlington, where he conducted the Festival Choir & Orchestra as well as oversaw the other six ensembles. The St John Neumann Choir completed a recording project in 2019, “Rejoice! Sounds of the Season!", and the choir has toured France, Austria, Germany, and Czech Republic.

He is a member of NAfME, ACDA, NPM, DC’s Friday Morning Music Club, and remains active as educator, conductor, recitalist, accompanist, and vocal coach.

Tenor 1
Nate Black ‘27, Construction Management, Bethel HS 
Arsen Cherubini ‘28, Bachelor of Science, Olentangy Orange HS 
Austin Cochrun ‘26, Communications, Dover HS 
Seth Foth ‘27, Undecided, Archbold HS 
Ben Haines ‘28, Undecided, John Hersey HS 
Matt Henry ‘28, Forensic Investigation, Berea Midpark HS 
Dylan Hohlfelder ‘26, Biochemistry, Gibsonburg HS 
Tyler Huntington ‘28, Music Education, Plainfield North HS, Illinois  
Corban Hutchins ‘26, Music Education, Princeton HS 
Nathaniel Knox ‘27, Environmental Policy, Hamilton HS 
Cipher McAlpine ‘28, Music Education, Newark HS 
Andrew Norbuta ‘28, Aviation, Olentangy HS 
Mike Perry ‘25, Music Education, Anderson HS 
Micah Roth ‘26, Accounting, Hoover HS 
Andrew Vo ‘27, Music Education, Grove City HS 

Tenor 2
Cooper Adams ‘26, Supply Chain Management, Van Wert HS 
Caden Anderson ‘26, Applied Health Science, Arlington HS 
Kyle Atkins ‘27, Sports Management, Centerville HS 
Kyle Biers ‘28, Music Education, Port Clinton HS 
Noah Burke ‘28, Statistics, Green HS 
Dominic Carlozzi ‘26, Music Education, Solon HS 
Cody Carr ‘26, Social Studies Education, Sidney HS 
Alejo Goenaga ‘25, Graduate Choral Conducting, Wake Forest University, North Carolina 
Jake Grafitti ‘27, Music Education, Perrysburg HS 
Gavric Herring ‘28, Music Education, Olentangy Berlin HS 
Nicholas Jones ‘28, Neuroscience, Northwood HS 
Bruin Kennedy ‘26, Musical Theater, Sandusky HS 
Charlie Ligus ‘26, Music Education, Normandy HS 
Ronan McGrath ‘28, Music Education, Bishop Watterson HS 
Zackary Murray ‘28, Music Education, Montpelier HS 
Jacob Ramirez ‘28, Undecided, Dublin Jerome HS  
Joshua Shipe ‘27, 3-D Animation, Fairbanks HS 
Mason Smith ‘27, Music Education, Liberty-Benton HS 
Aaron Stephenson ‘27, English Education, Loudonville HS 
Anthony Stout ‘27, Music Education, Oak Harbor HS 
Jesse Wilson ‘27, English, Beavercreek HS 
James Wolfram ‘28, Undecided, Central Catholic HS 
Colin Wood ‘26, Psychology, Copley HS  

Baritone
Apollo Bernath ‘27, Music Education, Sylvania Northview HS 
Nathan Byers ‘28, Music Education, Maumee HS 
Jess Driggs ‘27, Musical Theater, Sylvania Northview HS 
Gray Garza ‘26. Graphic Design, Hicksville HS 
Nicolas Golini ‘27, Ecology, Sylvania Southview HS 
Logan Gutierrez ‘26, Graduate Vocal Performance, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida 
Aidan Johnston ‘28, Music Education, Watkins Memorial HS 
Jacob Labbe ‘25, Forensic Drug Analysis, Copley HS 
Alec Lee ‘26, Music Education, Oak Hills HS 
Kaleb LuceWireman ‘26, Computer Science, Upper Scioto Valley HS 
Mac McDaniel ‘27, Visual Communications Technology, St. John’s Jesuit
TJ Miller ‘28, Math Education, Anthony Wayne HS 
Colton Ogg ‘27, Music Education & Composition, Mohawk HS 
Patrick Osinski ‘25, Geology, Sylvania Northview HS  
Evan Rardon ‘28, Marketing, Grove City HS 
Aaron Roos ‘26, Graduate Choral Conducting, Bowling Green State University  
Matthew Steele ‘25, Music Education, Granville HS 
Nathan Stewart ‘28, Undecided, Perrysburg HS 
Gabriel Switzer ‘25, Bachelor of Musical Arts, Piqua HS 
Ben Tittl ‘27, Musical Theater & Composition, St. Johns Jesuit  
Issac Washington ‘25, Vocal Performance, Stivers School for the Arts 
Colin Williams ‘26, Public Health, Worthington Kilbourne HS 
Thomas Williamson ‘25, Media Production, Elida HS
Joshua Wolin ‘26, Film Production, Bloom-Carroll HS  

Bass
Harry Bare ’83, BGSU SAGE Program, Bowling Green State University
Max Barrett ’28, Advertising, Van Buren HS
Sean Barry ‘25, Film Production, Bartlett HS, Illinois
Randy Baughman ‘81, BGSU SAGE Program, Bowling Green State University
Luca Caretto ‘26, Bachelor of Musical Arts, Shaker Heights HS
Kameron Christy ‘28, Business, William Mason HS
Galen Coffman ‘29, Music Education & Composition, Shawnee Mission South HS, Kansas
Jaylen Donald ‘25, Digital Arts, Lima Senior HS
Evan Felske ‘27, Bachelor of Musical Arts, Emmanuel Christian HS
Benjamin Gardner ‘28, Aviation, La Salle HS
Chandler Giesswein ‘25, Hospitality, Ottawa-Glandorf HS
Dylan Haywood ‘26, Political Science, Copley HS
John Humphrey ‘27, Environmental Science, Mount Vernon HS
Evan King ‘26, Social Studies Education, Watkins Memorial HS
Gabriel Lancianese ‘28, Biology, Manchester HS
Samuel Lee ‘26, Finance, Otsego HS
Alexander Orgill ‘28, Music Education, Northridge HS
Ash Porter ‘28, Theater, West Clermont HS
Gavyn Sanchez ‘28, Theater, Botkins Local School
Kyle Schmidt ‘26, Psychology, Theodore Roosevelt HS
Ryan Spiess ‘28, Music Education, Bryan HS
Alex Smith ‘25, Bachelor of Musical Arts, Marquette Senior HS, Michigan
Ethan Stitt ‘28, Undecided, Bloom-Carroll HS
Jack Summanen ‘27, Psychology, Bishop Watterson HS
Ethan Vandeneynde ‘27, Music Education, Perrysburg HS  

The BGSU Men’s Chorus is an auditioned ensemble open to all tenor and bass students, faculty and staff at Bowling Green State University. Established in 1971, the chorus’ motto and reputation as “America’s Finest Singing Machine” is well deserved, emanating decades of musical excellence. The ensemble encompasses students from all majors; over half are non-music majors, representing all seven colleges at the university.

The chorus organizes and presents two tours each academic year. Fall finds the singers traveling to locations in Ohio and Michigan, performing at high schools during the day and various concert venues in the evenings. The spring tour ventures to different locations each year. Past trips have taken the group to destinations including Colorado, Florida, New York City, Washington D.C., and Toronto. These off-campus pursuits provide opportunities to perform for diverse audiences, serve as musical ambassadors for BGSU, see different parts of the country, and bond and create lasting friendships with fellow chorus members.

Along with producing numerous recordings, the BGSU Men’s Chorus has performed at a number of regional and national ACDA conferences, the North Coast Conference of NAfME, as well as numerous OMEA state conferences and IMC national seminars. Recently, the group was honored to perform at the 2023 ACDA National Conference in Cincinnati, the 2023 and 2025 OMEA Professional Development Conferences, and the 2023 IMC National Seminar in Albion, MI. With the support of the College of Musical Arts, the group also frequently commissions new works. Recent commissioned composers include Stacy Gibbs, Dave Brubeck, Tim Takach, Zebulon Highben, Michael Cox, and Steven Sametz.