Dr. Dean Luethi serves as the Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor at Washington State University. He received his BM in Vocal Music Education from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, his MM in Choral Conducting from the University of South Florida in Tampa, and his DMA in Choral Music from the University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign. Before working at WSU, Dean was a high/middle school choir and musical theatre director in the Green Bay area. He also served as a visiting instructor at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Dean has presented research, workshops, or conducted choirs at festivals, conferences, and competitions in the US, India, China, Cuba, Canada, Austria, Poland, and Germany. He is published in Choral Journal and Music Educator’s Journal. Dean’s book Aligning Voices: Exercises to Build Choral Musicianship is available through GIA Publications. Dean lives with his wife, Ruth Boden, in Pullman, WA.

Dr. Matthew Myers serves as associate director of choral activities and assistant professor of choral music education at Washington State University, where he conducts the University Singers and Treble Choir and teaches choral methods and conducting. He earned his DMA in choral conducting at Louisiana State University, his MM in choral conducting at Northern Arizona University, and his BA in vocal performance and music education at Luther College. He has taught at The American International School of Muscat in Oman; Boylan Catholic High School in Rockford, Illinois; and the University of Alabama. He has served as conductor of the NAU Men’s Chorale and Chamber Singers, the LSU Chamber Singers, the Master Chorale of Flagstaff, and the Flagstaff Youth Chorale and has held several church music positions. He is a frequent choral clinician, guest conductor, presenter, and adjudicator. He currently serves as artistic director of the Palouse Choral Society.