Stephen Roddy

Stephen Roddy is the Founder & Director of the Houston Children's Chorus. This auditioned group of children performs over 75 concerts each year to an approximate audience of 750,000 people. They have performed for three Presidents of the United States on more than 25 occasions. They are frequently called upon to represent Houston at local and world-wide civic and cultural events. They are regularly featured with the Houston Symphony, the Houston Grand Opera, Houston Masterworks Chorus, and other professional choral and instrumental ensembles in the Houston area. They are regularly featured with celebrities and recording artists at major performances in Houston. They have performed concerts all over the world and, most recently, the Children's Chorus performed concerts in the major concert halls of Beijing and Shanghai as part of the Olympics cultural arts festival.

Mr. Roddy has conducted state honor choir festivals in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Texas. He is in demand as a children's music recording specialist and has directed or produced recordings for Silver-Burdett Ginn Music textbooks, Shawnee Press, Lifeway Christian Resources, Fred Bock Music Company, Warner Bros. Music, Blue Bell Ice Cream, Gerber Baby Foods, and United Way.

Mr. Roddy is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, and is a graduate of Auburn University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Foundation for the Arts and the Board of Directors for the Center for Christian Music Studies at Baylor University. He is a panelist for the Houston Arts Alliance, an editor for Fred Bock Music Company, and a consultant for Shawnee Press.