Giselle Wyers

Dr. Giselle Wyers is Associate Director of Choral Studies and Voice at the University of Washington. Her choirs 2008 performance of the Genesis Suite with Seattle Symphony was termed brilliant by the Seattle Times. Wyers is in frequent demand as a guest conductor of honor choirs across the United States; this spring she will conduct choruses in Connecticut, South Dakota, and Alaska, as well as preparing her Carnegie Hall Debut for the spring of 2010 through the DCINY Concert Series. A Laban conducting specialist, Wyers aims to combine principles of dance with her conducting pedagogy.

Wyers is currently composing numerous choral works for premieres, including a commission by the renowned Netherlands chorus Cantabile Holland. Her Ave Maria (published by earthsongs) won the Cambridge Singers International Choral Composition Competition in 2003. She is now editor of the Giselle Wyers Choral Series, as part of Santa Barbara Music Publishing.