Prior to this appointment, Dr. Porter held conducting positions at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina, and Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. His ensembles have performed throughout the Southeast and have traveled overseas to many central European countries. Past choral performances under Dr. Porter’s leadership include J. S. Bach’s cantatas No. 4, 72, 80, 131, 140, and Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium; Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms; Handel’s Messiah and Zadok the Priest; Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli, Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore; Britten’s Saint Nicolas and Rejoice in the Lamb; Carissimi’s Jephte; and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.