Giselle Wyers

Giselle Wyers is the Donald E. Petersen Endowed Professor of Choral Music at the University of Washington, where she conducts the award-winning University Chorale and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in choral conducting and music education. Her chorus Concord Chamber Choir is currently in the finals for the community choir category of the esteemed American Prize. Upcoming projects include serving as Head Jury Member for the 2025 Busan International Choral Festival (Korea), and in May 2026, an appearance with Concord and partnering choirs in Carnegie Hall premiering The Lips of the Sky (a choral cycle for chorus and string orchestra).

Wyers’ work with educational honor choirs and all-state choruses is extensive, taking her to New York (Lincoln Center), Kansas, Wisconsin, Georgia, Missouri, Louisiana, Connecticut, Nebraska, Texas, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Texas and Vancouver, Canada. She has conducted semi-professional ensembles across the United States and in Germany, the Netherlands, Estonia, and Sweden. In addition to her career in conducting, Wyers has over 35 commissioned compositions in her catalog. Wyers is especially dedicated to composing works that explore the beauty, mystery and heartbreak we all experience as modern citizens in a complicated world. She is honored to have her choral works discussed in the new 2025 GIA publication Choral Music by Women Composers.