Adrian Camano is a conductor, educator, and performer passionate about building community, fostering artistic growth, and inspiring others through collaborative music-making.

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Beginning in Fall 2026, Adrian will pursue dual Master of Music degrees in Choral Conducting and Vocal Performance at West Chester University. He will study choral conducting with Dr. Kimberly Dunn Adams and voice with baritone Dr. Nicholas Provenzale while serving as a Graduate Assistant in the Twardowski Career Development Center. His long-term goal is to pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting and continue a career dedicated to conducting, teaching, and performance.

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Prior to beginning his graduate studies, Adrian served as Director of Choral Activities and Vocal Music Teacher at Delaware Valley Regional High School in Frenchtown, New Jersey, from 2022 to 2025. There, he led a comprehensive vocal music program comprising as many as six ensembles, including auditioned and non-auditioned choirs, contemporary a cappella ensembles, and show choir. In addition to directing the choral program, Adrian taught courses including AP Music Theory, Music Theory, Piano, Voice, and Songwriting and served as Yearbook Advisor during the 2024–2025 academic year.

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Under Adrian’s leadership, curricular choral enrollment increased by 75%, while the program expanded its presence at festivals and performances throughout the region and beyond. Highlights included a March 2023 performance at Lincoln Center as part of the This Is Me Choral Festival and appearances at adjudicated and invitational festivals. Adrian mentored numerous students selected for county, regional, state, and national honor choirs and established an annual District Choral Festival, bringing together area singers and distinguished guest clinicians to foster musical growth and regional collaboration.

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Adrian also collaborated extensively with Delaware Valley’s award-winning Theatre Department, serving in music direction, vocal direction, conducting, and production roles for The Addams Family (2023), Newsies (2024), and Big Fish (2025). His work as Music Director of The Addams Family earned him a 2023 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award nomination for Outstanding Music Direction. During his tenure, the theatre program’s productions received numerous Rising Star Award nominations across multiple categories.

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As a choral artist, Adrian sings with the West Chester University Concert Choir, where he serves as a bass section leader, as well as the university’s Vocal Jazz Choir. During the 2025–2026 season, he performed with the Lehigh Valley Chorale and its chamber ensemble under the direction of Nicholas Sienkiewicz, including an appearance as a featured soloist at Miller Symphony Hall. During his undergraduate studies at The College of New Jersey, Adrian performed with the college’s premier Chorale and served as Student Conductor in Fall 2021.

 

Adrian holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education with a concentration in Choral/Vocal Studies from The College of New Jersey, graduating cum laude, and holds a New Jersey Standard Teaching Certificate in K–12 Music. He is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, New Jersey Music Educators Association, and Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.

 

He resides in West Chester, Pennsylvania.