William Clayton Whittington

201 N. Wilmot Rd., Apt. 112 • Tucson, AZ 85711
(252) 525-5043 • wcwhittington@icloud.com

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Education

ASSOCIATE IN FINE ARTS
Music
Lenoir Community College
Kinston, North Carolina

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Conducting Experience

Artistic Director | 2025 – Present
Assistant Conductor | 2024
Tucson Summer Chorus
Tucson, Arizona

Choir Director | 2025, 2026
Tucson Interfaith Choir and Orchestra
Tucson, Arizona

Director of Music Ministries | 2022 – Present
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Tucson, Arizona

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Assistant Conductor | 2024
University Singers
University of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona

Assistant Conductor | 2023 – 2024
Treble Glee
University of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona

Director of Music Ministries | 2020 – 2022
First United Methodist Church
Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina

Music Director | 2019 – 2021
Spilman Memorial Baptist Church
Kinston, North Carolina

Choirmaster & Pianist | 2015 – 2017
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Salinas, California

Music Director | 2014 – 2015
Westminster United Methodist Church
Kinston, North Carolina

Choirmaster | 2012 – 2014
Camp Ground United Methodist Church
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Music Director | 2008 – 2012
Sharon United Methodist Church
Kinston, North Carolina

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Performance & Artistic Experience

Vocals, Keys, Guitar | In Active Performances
Dreams and Rumours: The Fleetwood Mac Experience
Produced by Clay Whittington Music & Entertainment
Tucson, Arizona

Vocals, Keys | In Active Performances
Power of Love: The Best of Huey Lewis and the News
Produced by Every Era Entertainment
Tucson, Arizona

Tenor Soloist | 2025
Mass No. 2 in G major, D 167 (Franz Schubert)
Produced by Voices in the Oaks
Oracle, Arizona

Pianist, Entertainer | 2023 – Present
The Gaslight Theatre
Tucson, Arizona

Piano Bar Entertainer | 2016 – 2018
Carnival Cruise Line
Miami, Florida

Music Director, Keys | 2015
Ring of Fire
Produced by The Thalian Association
Wilmington, North Carolina

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Selected Choral Performance Experience

Son of God Mass | James Whitbourn
University of Arizona Symphonic Choir
Tucson, Arizona
2025

Terza Messa | Marianna Martines
University of Arizona Symphonic Choir
Tucson, Arizona
2024

Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection | Gustav Mahler
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, Arizona
2023

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 | Ludwig van Beethoven
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, Arizona
2023

Messiah, HWV 56 | George Frideric Handel
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, Arizona
2022

Gloria, RV 589 | Antonio Vivaldi
East Carolina University Chamber Singers
Greenville, North Carolina
2019

Mass in B-flat major, Hob.XXII:14, Harmoniemesse | Franz Joseph Haydn
Carmel Bach Festival Chorus
Carmel-By-The-Sea, California
2015

Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carmel Bach Festival Chorus
Carmel-By-The-Sea, California
2015

Messiah, HWV 56 | George Frideric Handel
Lenoir Community College
Kinston, North Carolina
2005, 2006, 2009

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Publications

Choral Journal | Volume 64, No. 8 (May 2024), p. 89
Choral Review: Kurt Weill’s Kiddush

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Lectures & Presentations

Presbyterian Association of Musicians Worship & Music Conference | 2026
Come Sunday: Duke Ellington in Worship
Interest Session Presenter

University of Arizona Choral Conducting Program | 2025
Pipe Organ Essentials for Choral Conductors
Guest Lecturer

University of Arizona Choral Literature Intensive | 2025
The Choral Works of Kurt Weill
Guest Lecturer

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Awards and Recognition

University of Arizona Scholarship Awards | 2023 – 2025
University of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona
• Donald and Mary Ruth Shropshire Scholarship (2023 – 2024, 2024 – 2025)
• Merrylees W. Mayer Choral Scholarship (2024 – 2025)
• John Bloom Choral Scholarship (2024 – 2025)
• Bruce Chamberlain Endowed Scholarship (2023 – 2024)
• Albert M. Haldeman Music Scholarship (2023 – 2024)
• Lutheran Brotherhood Bach Scholarship (2023 – 2024)

The Society of Pi Kappa Lambda | Inducted May 2022
Beta Zeta Chapter, East Carolina University; Greenville, North Carolina

Eagle Scout | 2005
Boy Scouts of America, East Carolina Council, Troop 585

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Academic & Professional Organizations

The Society of Pi Kappa Lambda
Beta Zeta Chapter, East Carolina University
Member since 2022

American Guild of Organists
Member since 2018
Communications Officer, East Carolina Chapter (2020-2022)

American Choral Directors Association
Member since 2009
Vice President, University of Arizona Graduate Chapter (2024-2025)

Presbyterian Association of Musicians
Member since 2023