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Dr. Lisa a. BiLLingham (Conductor, University Chorale), Associate Professor
of Choral Music Education at George Mason University, conducts the University
Chorale and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral music
education. She is the co-advisor for the GMU student chapters of American
Choral Directors Association and Music Educators National Conference. She
is the President-Elect for the Virginia Chapter of the American Choral Directors
Association and is a planning committee member for the Annual Voices
United Conference hosted by Virginia, Maryland-D.C., and Delaware chapters
of ACDA.
Dr. Billingham’s research interests include the incorporation of Laban
Movement Theory in conducting pedagogy and the choral rehearsal. She is a
Certified Laban Movement Analyst from the Integrated Movement Studies
Program at the University of Utah and incorporates that theory with her private
conducting students. Dr. Billingham is active as a clinician for conferences and
choirs throughout the United States and Europe. She has presented for ACDA,
VMEA, two Regional ACDA conferences, and at the International Society for
Music Education (ISME) Conference in Bologna, Italy.
Dr. Billingham holds a DMA in Choral Conducting from the University
of Arizona, an MM in Choral Conducting from the University of Missouri-
Kansas City Conservatory of Music, and a BME in Choral Music Education
from Indiana University (Bloomington). Her conducting mentors include Bruce
Chamberlain, Eph Ehly, James Jordan, Maurice Skones, and Volker Hempfling.
CJ reDDen-Liotta is graduate assistant to Dr. Lisa A. Billingham and the
University Chorale (100+ voices).
A graduate of the University of North Texas, Mr. Redden-Liotta has
been an active professional musician in the Washington, DC area for the past 10
years. As a conductor, he is the Artistic Director of the chamber chorus Second
Wind, the Musical Director for the Woodbridge Community Chorus, and
served as Music Director and Conductor for the Repertory Opera Theatre of
Washington.
Mr. Redden-Liotta has performed with many ensembles, including
the critically acclaimed University of North Texas Jazz Singers, the Woodley
Ensemble, National Symphony Orchestra, and is a member of the Professional
Core of the Washington Master Chorale. As soloist he has performed in several
capacities, including the world premiere and recording of the Requiem by Paul
Leavitt, and the East Coast premiere of Eternal Light: A Requiem by British
composer Howard Goodall. Additonally, he maintains both a private voice
studio and is a teaching artist at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.
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