St. Louis Metro Singers

Kevin McBeth was appointed Music Director of the St. Louis Metro Singers in August 2001. He is a graduate of Houston Baptist University and has done graduate studies in choral conducting at the University of Houston. In addition to being a published composer and author, he was choral music editor for Abingdon Press, and has served on the boards of several musical organizations, including the Iowa Choral Directors Association, the Missouri Choral Directors Association, and the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers.

Mr. McBeth served as the Assistant Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus from 1999 to 2001. In addition to directing the St. Louis Metro Singers, Mr. McBeth is the Director of Music at Manchester United Methodist Church in west St. Louis County.

Mr. McBeth made his first appearance as a singer at Carnegie Hall in 1998 and returned in January 2000 to make his conducting debut. Choirs under his direction have performed at regional and national gatherings for choral and handbell music. In November 2002 Mr. McBeth took a combined chorus to Carnegie Hall to perform John Rutter’s “Requiem”, and returned in 2006 to perform Rutter’s “Feel the Spirit.”