Dr. Maxine M. Asselin, Music Director and Conductor

We are honored that Dr. Maxine M. Asselin, Music Director and Conductor, has chosen to devote what would be considered an entire career to Jubilate Chorale.

Under her direction for over 25 years, the chorale has made one Canadian and three European concert tours performing in the former Yugoslavia, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark.

Dr. Asselin was the first judge from the United States selected to be a member of the XVI International Choir Competition of 2005 in Verona, Italy. This event, organized every year in Verona, is a cultural event considered one of the most important and prestigious of the region. Over 30 choirs from Italy, Croatia, Germany, Switzerland, France, Puerto Rico, Spain, Ireland, and the United States participated.

Dr. Asselin is Professor Emeritus of Bridgewater State College and received degrees in Voice Performance from Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and in Music Education from the University of Connecticut.

Prior to her teaching career, Dr. Asselin sang professionally in New York and New England. She has appeared with such notable conductors as Pierre Monteaux, Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein,
and with the famed Robert Shaw Chorale.

Honors bestowed upon Dr. Asselin as a conductor and educator include listings in numerous Who’s Who editions: 2003 Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who of American Women, the international edition of Who’s Who of Women in Education, and other national and international directories.

Dr. Asselin is active in the American Choral Directors Association and has served the organization in elected state, division, and national leadership positions. She is a charter member of the National Endowment Trust Fund of the Association and served on that board until 1997. In 2005, Dr. Asselin concluded serving a second four-year term as National Treasurer. 

Mr. James Hay, Principal Accompanist

Mr. Hay has a Graduate Performance Diploma (with Distinction) in Collaborative Piano from Longy School of Music.

Previously, he studied Piano Performance at New England Conservatory. His piano teachers include Wayman Chin, Yoriko Takahashi and Gabriel Chodos. He has performed in Master Classes with Aube Tzerko, Victor Rosenbaum, Joan Panetti, and Warren Jones.

Mr. Hay was Music Minister at St. Basil’s Chapel in Bridgewater, Organist at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Brockton and Studio Accompanist at the voice studio of Lin Wallin Schuller.                   
Presently, he is Staff Accompanist at Bridgewater State College and U-Mass Dartmouth, and the chorales at Bridgewater State College and U-Mass Dartmouth.

In addition, Mr. Hay is Organist at the First Baptist Church and  Pearl Street United Methodist Church, both in Brockton, Resident Accompanist for the McClosky Institute of Voice and for Operaturnity. He is also the Recital Accompanist for several voice studios in the Brockton area.