Dr. Jim Shepherd, Choral Director

Dr. Jim Shepherd is the director of choral and vocal music at Austin Community College, where he teaches concert and jazz choral ensembles, as well as voice, conducting, and music fundamentals.  Before moving to Austin, he taught high school choral music at a Top 100 Grammy Signature School in Indiana.  As an instructor at The University of Texas at Austin, he served as the director of the Longhorn Singers and assistant director of the Choral Arts Society.   Shepherd keeps a busy schedule presenting at conferences and workshops, as well as guest conducting choirs.  His recent presentations were made at the Texas, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Southwestern MENC music conferences, as well as the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development International Confernece.