Paul W. Wiens, Professor of Choral Music and Conducting, directs the Concert Choir and teaches conducting in the Conservatory of Music at Wheaton College (Illinois). He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Iowa where he studied with Don Moses, taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Robert Fountain, and sang with the Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus under maestro Robert Shaw.

Under his direction, the Concert Choir has responded to the challenges of traditional, multi-cultural and newly composed repertoire--during the last two years, performances have included Frank Martin's Mass, Gesualdo's lenten motets, Bach's St. John Passion, Mantyjarvi's Shakespeare Songs and Giles Swain's Magnificat. The 2008-09 concert season will feature works by Schutz, Bach, Martin, Howells, Tippett, Walton, Holst, Penderecki, Van, Stravinsky, Reger, Gesualdo, Valerie Kikta and Chandler Branch. Since becoming the choir's director in 1981, Paul Wiens has led the Concert Choir in performances at two national and five Central Division conventions of the American Choral Director's Association. Paul Wiens is the sixth conductor of the Wheaton College Concert Choir, which was founded in 1934.

Paul Wiens continues to serve as Chorus Master for Wheaton College Artist Series performances under the baton of John Nelson. These memorable performances have included Mendelssohn's Elijah, Britten's War Requiem, Handel's Messiah and Berlioz' Requiem, which involved the Apollo Chorus, Valparaiso University Chorale, Northern Illinois University Concert Choir and the Wheaton College Concert Choir, Men's Glee Club and Women's Chorale.

Authored by Paul Wiens, Expressive Conducting, Version 3 (2005)--the first multimedia resource for conducting--continues to be the most innovative digital tool available for learning how to conduct. Expressive Conducting shows how the conductor's gestural language communicates the score to the ensemble. Using powerful multimedia tools, the author is able to clearly demonstrate how this communication works.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director and Conductor, Paul W. Wiens, the West Suburban Choral Union presented masterworks at Wheaton College from 1983-2006. Collaboration with the Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra, the Wheaton College Concert Choir, Women's Chorale and Men's Glee Club allowed the Choral Union to contribute to the artistic life of the Conservatory of Music, Wheaton College and the larger suburban community. With the Choral Union, Paul Wiens has conducted most of the major choral/orchestra masterworks including memorable performances of Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem, Mozart's C Minor Mass and Requiem, and Bach's St Matthew Passion.