CORY SCHNEIDER
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
CORY SCHNEIDER has been the Artistic Director of the South Shore Chorale since the fall of 2005. He has been a choir director at Fond du Lac High School since 2001 where he directs Concert Choir, Varsity Treble Choir, Varsity Men's Choir, and the co-curricular Cardinal Singers. In addition, he directs the annual fall Broadway musical. Previous to his tenure at Fond du Lac High School, he taught choral and general music at Sabish Junior High School in Fond du Lac and Fox River Middle School in Waterford.
Cory received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education from Carroll College and his Master Degree in Music Education; Choral Conducting Emphasis from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association of Music Education, Wisconsin Choral Directors and Chorus America. In 2011, he was slected as an Excellence in Education award recipient by the Fond du Lac School District as was a finalist for the Kohl Fellowship in Education in 2012.
Under his baton, the Chorale has performed Mozart's Requiem, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Britten's Ceremony of Carols, Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Mass in C Major, Thompson's Frostiana, Bach's Cantata BMV 140, Barnett's The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, Mozart's Coronation Mass, Beethoven's A Choral Fantasy and Brahm's Liebeslieder Waltzes.
Choirs under Cory's direction have sung on district, state and national choral festivals including the Wisconsin Choral Directors Convention, Wisconsin School Music Association Convention, Heritage National Music Festival and Festivals of Music. He has led choirs on domestic performances tours to California, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis and internationally to the United Kingdom. He has sung with the Heartland Singers, Milwaukee Choral Artists, Waukesha Choral Union, Jubilate Chorale (Waukesha) and the Fond du Lac Oratorio Chorus. He has served on the board of directors of the Fond du Lac Concert Association and the Fond du Lac Summer Music Festival. Cory resides in Fond du Lac with his wife Julie and two sons, Colin and Ryan.
TIFFANY BRAULT
BUSINESS MANAGER
Tiffany Brault has been singing with South Shore Chorale since 2019 and joined the leadership team as Business Manager in 2023. Tiffany is a member of the Fond du Lac City Council and the Fond du Lac County Board, and she is a 2023 graduate of the Local Government Leadership Academy. She holds a BA in English from Marian University and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in English at UW-Oshkosh. Tiffany has worked as a librarian and high school theatre director, and her most recent day job is stay-at-home parent. She and her husband Andy have three beautiful children: Lucy, Charlie, and Cora. In her spare time, Tiffany enjoys reading, writing, playing board games, and supporting her family in their many artistic endeavors.
MICHAEL DUNPHY
ACCOMPANIST
Michael Dunphy is an accompanist, music director, arranger and composer from Fond du Lac. Most recent musical credits include “The SpongeBob Musical” (rehearsal accompanist), “9 to 5” (music director) - FDL Community Theatre, “Gilbert & Sullivan Follies”, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” – UW Oshkosh. Michael performs regularly with the Lighthouse Big Band and the Holy Family choirs, and was an instructor for the Pankratz Arts Enchange Summer Arts Camp in 2023. He enjoys teaming up with his talented wife Eva and doing outside activities with his children, Arthur and Magnolia, and his dog Nigel.
