Nick Paloumpis is part of a family of accomplished musicians spanning 7 generations. He has studied, performed and taught music for nearly 60 years. He began his directing career as a teenager under the tutelage of his father, Andreas Paloumpis, who was concert master and assistant director with the Rockford Symphony before founding the Music Department in Lombard, IL. His mother, Elaine Stamos, was a lyric soprano, born and raised in Chicago.
Nick has been a member of the Metropolis of Chicago Choir Federation Board for 33 years and its president for 7 terms. He has received many letters of recognition from the Orthodox Church including the Patriarch Athenagoras Award. In 1997 Nick had the great honor of directing the Chicago Metropolis Choir at the Divine Liturgy led by His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew. He has performed throughout the U.S. and in Europe in many types of musical genres. During his college years he studied and performed with the legendary composer, Randall Thompson. Nick was also a musical consultant to Al Booth, founder of the International Music Foundation of Chicago and creator of the “Do-It-Yourself -Messiah."
Nick has been the Choir Director at Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Westchester, IL for 47 years. In addition to leading the music ministry of the parish every week, his choir has performed nearly 150 concerts throughout the Chicago area.
