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Dr. Lori J. WiestAssociate Professor of Music Office: Kimbrough 466 |
Dr. Lori Wiest is Associate Professor of Music at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington where she is Director of Choral Activities and the conductor of the WSU Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers. She teaches Choral Conducting and graduate courses in Choral History/Literature and Choral Conducting. Currently, Dr. Wiest also serves as Associate Dean of the WSU Graduate School and the conductor of the Spokane Symphony Chorale. Prior to her present position, Dr. Wiest taught Music Theory at Mesa Community College in Arizona and at University of Arizona.
In 1990, Dr. Wiest received the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting and Music Theory from the University of Arizona, the Master of Music in Choral Music from Arizona State University in 1986, and the Bachelor of Science in Music Education and Piano Performance from North Dakota State University in 1984. She has sung with conductors Robert Shaw, Charles Dutoit, Maurice Skones, Douglas McEwen, and Edwin Fissinger.
As a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in support of American Choral Music, Dr. Wiest invited international composer, Eric Whitacre, to WSU to conduct a concert of his compositions with Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers. She also has had the opportunity to work with and perform music by other well-known contemporary composers including John Corigliano, Morten Lauridsen, Chen Yi, and Libby Larsen.
The WSU Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers, both under her direction, were invited to perform for the Washington Music Educators Association and recently performed in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Madrigal Singers traveled to Italy in March of 1998 for a performance tour that included singing at St. Peters in Rome and the Florence Duomo. The ensemble tours annually in the spring semester, often performing throughout the state of Washington and extending to various other states, including a featured performance at the Arizona Renaissance Festival in 2000. The Concert Choir is the premiere choral ensemble at WSU and, in addition to their recent tour of Russia, has performed in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany, at Lincoln Center in New York, and Benaroya Hall in Seattle. They have been featured performers with the Spokane Symphony and the Washington-Idaho Symphony, as well as actively performing at WSU and within the state of Washington.
Dr. Wiest is active as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor, including the New Mexico All State Treble Choir in 2005, Festival of the Arts in Spokane in 2004, and the Montana Treble Choir Festival in 2000. In 2003. She was adjudicator and clinician at the Australian International Music Festival and led a tour of student musicians to Germany, allowing the students to attend concerts and meet with musicians working in Germany for a closer look at the professional lives of performers. In 1999, she was the choral conductor and clinician of the Pacific Basin Music Festival in Hawaii. She has been invited to present for the 2004, 2002, and 2000 Northwest American Choral Directors Association, 1999 Washington American Choral Directors Summer Institute, Washington ArtsTime '99 Conference, 1999 and 1997 Northwest Music Educators Association, and 1998 (Phoenix) and 1996 (Kansas City) MENC National Biennial In-Service Conference. She has presented at the 1996 College Music Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 1995 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, and numerous Washington Music Educators Conferences. She was the organizer and facilitator of the ACDA National Conducting Awards and Choral Conversations presentations in 2003 and 2005 at the national conventions. An article entitled "Techniques for Vocal Health," authored by Dr. Wiest was published in the February 1997 issue of Teaching Music, a publication of MENC. Additional articles by Dr. Wiest have been published in ACDA's refereed journal, The Choral Journal.
At WSU, Dr. Wiest has been a member of the Professional Education Advisory Board, WSU Faculty Senate, Student Affairs Committee, and Faculty Status Committee. She actively serves on internal committees such as chairing Music Curriculum Committee, Scholarship Committee, and various Search committees. Active membership in professional organizations includes American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Association of Teachers of Singing, and College Music Society. Dr. Wiest served as the National Chair of Youth and Student Activities Committee for the American Choral Directors Association and the editor of The Student Times, a section in the ACDA refereed journal, The Choral Journal.
As a featured soloist, Dr. Wiest has performed with the Washington-Idaho Symphony and the WSU Concert Choir. She was a member of the Robert Shaw Festival Singers and has also performed as a solo recitalist in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany and was featured on Northwest Public Radio.
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