| Carl Barus | 1873, 1882 |
| Otto Singer | 1875*, 1878*, 1880* |
| Arthur Mees | 1882, 1886* |
| Edwin Glover | 1884, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904 |
| Louis Ehrgott | 1888, 1890, 1918 |
| W. L. Blumenschein |
1892, 1894, 1896 |
| Alfred Hartzel |
1908, 1910, 1912, 1914*, 1916*, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1944 |
| Sherwood Kains | 1946, 1948 |
| Willis Beckett | 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960 |
| Robert Knauf | 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969 |
| Elmer Thomas | 1970–1973; 1975 |
| Earl Rivers (Acting) | 1974 |
| Thomas Peck |
1976, 1977, 1978 |
| John Leman | 1979–1988 |
| John H. Williams | 1989 |
| Robert Porco | 1990–present |
| * For some Festivals, no chorus master was designated. An “assistant music director” was designated instead. |
