D. Jason Bishop is Director of Choral Activities and Barbara S. Christie '76 Director of The Laurentian Singers at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. He is the former Artistic Director of the world-renowned, Grammy award-winning Texas Boys Choir, and previously served as Director of Music & Worship at Christ United Methodist Church in Plano, Texas; Director of Choral & Vocal Studies & Chair of the Music Department at Drew University; Founder & Artistic Director of the Young People's Chorus of Erie; and Music Director of the Erie Philharmonic Chorus. Dr. Bishop is an active guest conductor and clinician and has served the American Choral Directors Association in several roles, including as National Repertoire & Resources Chair for Student Activities. His compositions, orchestrations, and arrangements are published by Hal Leonard, Colla Voce, and NoteNova, and self-published by Tully Road Music.

Under the direction of Dr. D. Jason Bishop, Drew University's Choral & Vocal Studies program offers singing opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and community members in its largest ensemble, the Drew University Choral Union, as well as its select chamber choir, the Drew University Chorale. Drew also hosts the Choral Music Intensive, a biannual, weekend choral immersion combining students with professional musicians for specialized, rigorous choral projects. 

CHOROSYNTHESIS SINGERS, a state-of-the-art project-based ensemble, exists to collaborate with professional-level musicians and composers in the creation and performance of music that connects the art with community. As part of the greater vision of Chorosynthesis, the ensemble serves as a practical example of applying the ideals of the organization: collaboration, innovation, sustainability, and excellence. 

Karen P. Thomas, composer and conductor, is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Seattle Pro Musica. Her compositions are performed and broadcast throughout the world, by groups such as The Hilliard Ensemble and the Vocal Consort of Brussels. Her works are published by Lucis Music and Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and have been featured at numerous ACDA and AGO conferences.

A prize-winning composer, she has received grants from the NEA, The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and Meet the Composer, among numerous others.

As a conductor, Ms. Thomas has produced ten critically-acclaimed CDs, and received the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence and the ASCAP-Chorus America Award. She has appeared as guest conductor at international festivals in Europe and North America, and the NPR radio show Saint Paul Sunday. She received the 2012 Outstanding Choral Director Award for Washington State, and currently serves on the boards of Chorus America, the Seattle Music Commission, the American Choral Directors Association (NW Division), and the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium.

DMA in music composition (UMD, 2018); pianist, improviser, teacher. www.ericpazdziora.com

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Steven Sérpa is an award-winning whose works have been performed by the Austin Symphony, Tucson Symphony, the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra, as well as being part of the American Composers Orchestra EarShot emerging composer program. His one act-opera Thyrsis & Amaranth has had over a dozen production and was praised by critics as a "truly beautiful… magnificent little story jammed full of thought and feeling and meaning" with “gorgeous music and wrenching lyrics.” Recent premieres include a choral oratorio on HIV stigma with Inversion Ensemble in Austin and a micro-opera responding to the Pulse nightclub tragedy with Thompson Street Opera in Chicago and Opéra Queens in Montréal. Steven earned his doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. He makes his home in Austin, TX with his partner and their rescue dogs, and he works as co-director of Fast Forward Austin, producing inventive, forward-looking music experiences for local audiences and communities. www.serpamusic.com

Conductor & Soprano
Co-Founder of Chorosynthesis.org

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