University of Arizona
College of Fine Arts - School of Music

Choral Studies

Xinke Shen

Xinke Shen

Xinke Shen is a first-year master’s student at the University of Arizona, hailing from China. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Musicology from Central China Normal University, where she studied musical composition under the guidance of Guanyu Cao. During her...
Brandon Brown

Brandon Brown

Brandon Brown is a first year DMA in Choral Conducting student at the University of Arizona. He serves as the Artistic Director of the Green Valley Community Chorus as his graduate assistantship. Brandon studies with Dr. Elizabeth Schauer. Brandon “Melodious Tones”...
Chad E. Pittman

Chad E. Pittman

Chad E. Pittman is a full-time musician — conductor, educator and organist — who believes in the amazing transformational power of music. He is currently a DMA student in Choral Conducting at The University of Arizona. Active as a guest conductor and clinician, he...
Meg Palermo

Meg Palermo

Meg Palermo is in her second year as a DMA student in Choral Conducting, and is the conductor for Treble Glee at University of Arizona. Meg is also the Choral Director for Voices of the Oaks Chorale, in Oracle, and Villa Voices at Fellowship Square in Tucson. In...
Youngeun Kim

Youngeun Kim

Youngeun Kim, a native of South Korea, is a second-year doctoral student in choral conducting at the University of Arizona, where she has been studying with Elizabeth Schauer, Nicole Davis, and Thomas Cockrell. As part of her role as a graduate teaching assistant, she...