Patrick Pauloski
DIRECTOR

DIRECTING MONDAY LYRIC CHOIR

Patrick Pauloski, conductor and baritone, is an Indianapolis native. He received a B.A. in music: voice from Luther College, Decorah, IA in 2016 and completed a M.A. in choral conducting from Butler University, Indianapolis, IN in 2020, where he studied with Eric Stark and Michelle L. Louer. From 2018 to 2020, he served as the Conducting Fellow of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir.

In addition to directing Lyric Choir and coaching the tenors and basses of Master Chorale, he serves as Director of Children’s and Youth Music at Second Presbyterian Church, where he directs children’s choirs, Second Winds (an intergenerational chamber ensemble: ages 12-85), and coordinates music for youth ministry programming. He is an alumnus of ICC and previously directed preparatory level choirs during the 2017-2018 season.

Beyond conducting, Pauloski is an active performer in the local and regional music community. In May 2022, Pauloski had his Carnegie Hall vocal debut as the baritone soloist for Herbert Howell’s Requiem. In December 2022, Pauloski appeared as a soloist with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra in their performance of Handel’s Messiah. Most recently, Pauloski was the bass soloist for the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project’s historically informed performance of Cantata 37, Wer da gläubet und getauft wird.