Guillermo Muñoz Küster

Guillermo Muñoz Küster is currently director of adult choirs at Glenview Community Church and a member of the Artistic Planning Department at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 

Guillermo enjoys a diverse musical life as a conductor, classical guitarist, singer, and arts administrator. He has performed with ensembles such as Music of the Baroque 

and the Grant Park Symphony and has served as assistant conductor with the Apollo Chorus of Chicago. While with the Apollo Chorus, Guillermo regularly conducted the ensemble in live television appearances as well as concert performances. Equally at home in orchestral and choral repertoire, in 2017 Guillermo was a fellow for Chorus America’s inaugural Choral-Orchestral Conducting Academy. 

A native of Santiago, Chile, Guillermo earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Lebanon Valley College (Annville, PA) and a Master of Music degree in conducting from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. He has collaborated in performances, master classes, and recording projects with leading composers, including Richard Blackford, Eric Whitacre, and the late Stephen Paulus.