Kevin Klotz

Dr. Kevin M. Klotz earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from University of Houston's Moores School of Music. Dr. Klotz also completed his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at the Moores School of Music and his Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance at Houston Christian University. 

Dr. Klotz is the Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at Houston Christian University. At HCU, Dr. Klotz conducts the Schola Cantorum and University Singers ensembles and teaches courses in conducting, music history and literature, and piano. In addition, he serves as the Director of the HCU Texas All-State Choir Camp. Since 1999, Dr. Klotz has served as Music Minister at St. Laurence Catholic Church where he directs the choirs for three Sunday Masses and provides music for other parish liturgies and events. In addition to his work in the school and church, Dr. Klotz is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Houston Choral Society, a community choir of 90 singers. In the summer of 2018, Dr. Klotz conducted at Carnegie Hall in New York City, leading a large choir of 100 members from the Houston Choral Society and the St. Laurence Catholic Church Music Ministry in collaboration with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. 

Dr. Klotz has worked as a guest conductor and clinician for a variety of ensembles. In the summer of 2016, Dr. Klotz formed and led the choir for the Convention Eucharist Mass with Cardinal DiNardo at the National Pastoral Musicians Convention in Houston. At this convention, he presented a lecture on rehearsal techniques for church choir directors. Dr. Klotz served as the guest conductor for Fort Bend ISD’s annual performance of Handel’s Messiah in 2014. This concert featured choir members from across the district in collaboration with the Austin High School Orchestra. In 2010, Dr. Klotz was invited to conduct the Alief School District Fall Choral Concert, leading nearly 200 high school choral and orchestral students in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem. In 2008, Dr. Klotz was the Principal Conductor for the dedication Mass of the new Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, where he directed the 150-member festival chorus and orchestra.

Dr. Klotz has previously served as the Artistic Director of the Houston Cecilia Chamber Choir (2013-2016) and the Sugar Land Choral Society (2009-2013). From 2012-2013, he was the Assistant Director of the Houston Symphony Chorus. In this position, he collaborated with Dr. Charles Hausmann in the choral preparation of major works for esteemed conductors such as Hans Graf, Matthew Halls, Hannu Lintu, Franz Anton Krager, and Michael Krajewski. 

Dr. Klotz is an active and participating member of American Choral Directors Association, Texas Choral Directors Association, Texas Music Educators Association, and National Pastoral Musicians.