Dr Carl Crossin OAM – conductor, educator and composer – is widely respected as one Australia’s leading choral conductors.

Carl is Founder and Conductor Emeritus of Adelaide Chamber Singers. He stepped away from the role of Artistic Director in 2021, returning in late 2026 as Honorary Artistic Advisor to the Board to create the forthcoming 2027 and 2028 artistic programs. He will conduct at selected concerts, work collaboratively with guest conductors and mentor our singers over 2027-8.

In a career spanning almost 50 years, Carl has worked with choirs professionally and at all levels of music education. Carl is an Emeritus Fellow of Adelaide University. He recently retired as Associate Professor of Music at the Elder Conservatorium of Music where he served in a variety of leadership positions, including as Director of the Conservatorium between 2009 and 2014.

Carl’s guest conducting appearances include a number of Australia’s leading choirs including: Sydney Philharmonia, Melbourne Chorale, Sydney Chamber Choir, Brisbane Chamber Choir, The Giovanni Consort (Perth) and Luminescence Chamber Singers (Canberra). Carl has worked with the National Youth Choir of Australia on many occasions since 1998 and was Artistic Director of the choir between 2008 and 2014. Carl has also been Co-Conductor of the nationally auditioned youth choir Gondwana Chorale since 2011. With his various choirs, he has toured Britain, France, Poland, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Singapore, Japan, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. He has also been a guest teacher, presenter and adjudicator at festivals, masterclasses, symposia and competitions throughout Australia and internationally.

As a composer, Carl has thus far written almost exclusively for voices, and his compositions and arrangements are increasingly in demand within Australia and internationally.

In 2007, Carl was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to music. In 2021, he was inducted into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame, and in 2022 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Music by the University of Adelaide.