Chair(s)
Karen Leigh-Post
Dr. Karen Leigh-Post, Chair, Voice Department and Professor of Music, Applied Voice, and Voice Science and Pedagogy.
All Faculty

John T. Gates

John T. Holiday, Jr. (he/him/his)
Countertenor John Holiday has performed at world-renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, London’s Barbican Center, and the Philharmonie de Paris.
Karen Leigh-Post
Dr. Karen Leigh-Post, Chair, Voice Department and Professor of Music, Applied Voice, and Voice Science and Pedagogy.

Kristin L. Roach (she/her)
Kristin Roach is a Grammy-nominated pianist and international conductor with 37 new operas and 21 world premieres under her baton.

Stephen M. Sieck (he/him/his)
In his role as Co-Director of Choral Studies with Phillip Swan, Steve Sieck directs Concert Choir, which will perform at the 2022 ACDA Midwestern conference and performed at the 2014 ACDA-North Central conferenc

Steven Paul Spears
Noted for being “most consistently musical, most clear in diction,” possessing a “stunningly beautiful, edgeless tenor” and for “lustrous singing,” tenor Steven Paul Spears has performed with many arts organizations across the United States and Europe. Specializing in works of the Baroque and Co

Phillip A. Swan
PHILLIP A. SWAN is Co-Director of Choral Studies and Musical Director for LU Musicals. Dr.

Copeland Woodruff (he/him/his)
Copeland Woodruff is currently the director of opera studies at Lawrence Conservatory of Music.