An accomplished conductor and performing arts producer, Trevor Kroeger is Director of Music at St. Rose Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he has built an acclaimed music program and choral-orchestral concert series. In 2019, he formed the St. Rose Music Society to serve as the primary presenter and sponsor of the St. Rose Music Series. He serves as both the conductor and creative producer for the series and continues to lead the Music Society in establishing the series as an inclusive and welcoming musical experience for all people, regardless of religious affiliation. He passionately leads and continues to expand the music program at St. Rose, which has become a jewel in the crown of Cincinnati’s arts community.

Trevor is President and Creative Producer of Breath Collective, an emerging nonprofit performing arts production company, which he co-founded with soprano Alexandra Schoeny. Breath Collective unites communities through high-quality, relevant, and immersive performing arts experiences that eradicate systemic barriers, bridge social divides, and cultivate love, empathy, and inclusion. Their current projects include a vibrant series of cutting-edge social events that combine musical performances with sensory experiences and a development lab that supports creative artists in developing new musical works and productions that showcase diverse stories reflective of the current social climate of the United States.

In 2021, the duo formed The Union, Breath Collective’s professional choral ensemble, recruiting artists from across the nation. Trevor is the ensemble’s Music Director and principal conductor. Committed to prioritizing the needs of artists and eager to offer a collaborative and compassionately candid working environment, they implemented, and continue to develop, equitable contracting and employment practices long-demanded by professional singers.

In October 2022, Breath Collective commissioned actor and recording artist Chaundre “DreHall” Hall-Broomfield to create an original 20-minute hip-hop/R&B track which Trevor produced for The Hughes Project 2.0, a projection-mapped light show created by Theatre Design & Production students from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music featuring photographic artwork by Hughes High School students.

At the University of Cincinnati (UC), Trevor serves as director of the University Choruses Alta Petit Treble Chorus, an ensemble made up of undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of majors representing 12 of UC’s main campus colleges. At UC’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), Trevor has served as Opera Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor of the CCM Chamber Choir. In April 2023, he conducted the CCM Ballet and Concert Orchestra’s performance of scenes from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty. This coming April 2024, Trevor will conduct Daniel Catan’s La hija de Rappacini on the CCM studio opera series.

In addition to his roles at St. Rose, Breath Collective, and UC, Trevor has held a number of artistic leadership roles at various arts organizations in the Cincinnati region. He was the Artistic Director of Cincinnati Camerata, a choral ensemble of gifted volunteer singers, from 2018 to 2021. He has served as the Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Boychoir; Assistant Organist at The Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains; Music Director of The Singing Seniors, Cincinnati Opera’s pop-up outreach choir for retired adults. As a dedicated arts advocate, Trevor was President of the Greater Cincinnati Choral Consortium Board of Directors from 2017 to 2020.

In April 2023, he assisted Joe Miller, director of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, in preparing the chorus for its performance on the Philadelphia Orchestra’s program Yannick and Bruckner, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. In December 2023, he appeared with the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble as guest conductor of An Intimate Christmas with VAE featuring Queen City Cabaret.

Trevor holds a Master of Music degree in choral conducting and a Bachelor of Music degree in music education from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). He has served as a conducting fellow for the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Choral Conductors Symposium, and the Chorus America Conducting Academy. Trevor has participated in masterclasses with notable conductors such as John Alexander, Simon Carrington, Lucinda Carver, David Hayes, Donald Nally, Robert Porco, Dale Warland, and Duain Wolfe. He placed second in the 2019 American Choral Directors Association National Graduate Choral Conducting Competition. Trevor is currently pursuing his doctorate in choral conducting at CCM, under the tutelage of Joe Miller. His doctoral research is centered around transformative artistic leadership and innovation in the professional choral arts, exploring the 21st-century artistic director’s dual roles of conductor and producer.