Dr. William Sauerland is an Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies in the School of Music at Purdue University Fort Wayne, where he conducts choral ensembles, teaches applied voice, and offers courses in music education. He also serves as an adjudicator and voice faculty member for Schmidt Vocal Arts. Previously based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sauerland held appointments as Lecturer in Voice at San Francisco State University, Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Chabot College, and choir director at Lick-Wilmerding High School.
Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for singing with “limpid tone and astonishing eloquence,” Sauerland maintains an active career as a professional countertenor. His solo appearances include performances with American Bach Soloists, the Folger Consort, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, and Pacific Chorale. A former member of the Grammy Award-winning Chanticleer, he has performed all over the world and recorded multiple albums for Warner Classics.
As a scholar, Sauerland’s work appears in Choral Journal, Journal of Singing, Journal of Music Teacher Education, and VOICEPrints, as well as in several edited volumes for Oxford University Press and Routledge. His book Queering Vocal Pedagogy was published in 2022. He holds music degrees from Miami University (Ohio), the Royal College of Music, and Columbia University.