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Liz Geisewite
Director of Choral Education

Liz Geisewite is a Brooklyn-based conductor, singer, teacher, and choral music enthusiast. She is the Director of Choral Education for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and teaches choral conducting at Manhattan School of Music. Previously, Liz taught music and developed curriculum in NYC public high schools for more than a decade. She is the current President-elect for the NY chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and previously served as the NY-ACDA Treble Choir Repertoire and Resources co-chair. As a student of the Kodály method of music education, Liz has taught Kodály musicianship classes for the National Children’s Chorus (NCC) and studied Kodály methodology at NYU, the British Kodály Academy, and the International Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary and has delivered presentations on the use of Kodály methodology in the choral classroom at Brooklyn College, Queens College, SUNY Potsdam, NY-ACDA and the NYC Department of Education. In 2009, she co-founded Accord Treble Choir, which was selected to perform at the 2012 and 2020 ACDA Eastern Division conferences. Additionally, Liz is the Artistic Director of Brooklyn Treble Choir, a 50+ voice adult community choir based in Park Slope, Brooklyn.