Dr. Vernon Huff was named the Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus in 2026. He also serves as the Director of Choral Activities at SUNY Fredonia, where he teaches courses in choral conducting, supervises graduate conducting students, and conducts the Chamber Choir, College Choir, and Masterworks Chorus. He oversees a choral program of five choirs and over three hundred fifty students.

Huff earned his Bachelor of Music Education from Furman University, the Master of Music degree in choral conducting from The Ohio State University, and the Doctoral Musical Arts degree in choral conducting from Arizona State University. In 2006, he earned National Board certification in Choral Music, Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood.

Huff is in demand as a clinician and has conducted honor choirs and adjudicated festivals throughout the country. He has presented at state, regional, and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education. He formerly served as Resources and Repertoire Coordinator for Colleges and Universities for the New York chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. 

For the past three years, Huff’s choirs have earned the national distinction of the American Prize in choral performance (University larger division). His choirs have performed at the American Choral Directors Association and New York State Schools Music Association conferences. He has also led Fredonia choirs on European tours.