APPLY NOW
Photo of

Lori Jean Wiest

Director, School of Music

Endowed Chair, Alan C Fox

Professor, Music

Music Bldg, Room 109
520-621-7023

Lori J Wiest, Professor and the Director of the School of Music at the University of Arizona, has been active in higher education for 35 years.  A graduate of the University of Arizona with the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting and Music Theory, Lori was the Director of Choral Activities at Washington State University for 29 years while also serving in many leadership roles including Associate Dean of the Washington State University Graduate School, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Interim Chair of the Department of Fine Arts, and Interim Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures in addition to coordinating the university’s Individual Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program.  As conductor of the WSU Madrigal Singers and Concert Choir, she led her ensembles on multiple invited international performance tours to South Korea, Russia, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, and Hungary and invited performances at state and regional professional music conferences. She was the recipient of a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts which led to a performance at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Active as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor, she has presented clinics to choral educators and students and led honor choirs and All-State choirs nationally and internationally.  Professionally, she has served as the organizer of the American Choral Directors Association Choral Conducting Awards and Choral Conversations presentations while holding the office of National Chair of ACDA Youth and Student Activities, and was the editor of the Student Times section of the official journal of ACDA, all of which focused on the importance of student members, both undergraduate and graduate, within the organization.

Recognized for her teaching, creative activity and leadership while at Washington State University and within her professional choral conducting association, Lori is the recipient of the university’s Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Leadership, Excellence in Institutional Service Award for the College of Arts and Sciences, American Choral Directors Association Leadership and Service Award, the Mullen Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Contribution Award in the College of Liberal Arts.  At University of Arizona, Lori also serves on the steering committee for HEADS and remains active as the representative for institutional membership in the National Association of Schools of Music and National Association of Music Executives in State Universities.

Facebook Feed

Comments Box SVG iconsUsed for the like, share, comment, and reaction icons
Congrats Lillie Grace Langston!Image attachmentImage attachment

1 CommentComment on Facebook

Thank you!!!!

1 day ago
Arizona Arts

Big News! The Pride of Arizona is the 2024-2026 recipient of the prestigious Sudler Trophy. This award is given to a university marching band “that has demonstrated the highest musical standards and innovative marching routines and ideas.” A very deserving title for one of the best collegiate marching bands in the country, according to the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

The Pride is currently in its final push to raise money for new uniforms. To help us meet the ambitious goal of $200,000, the Marshall Foundation has committed $100,000 ... if we raise the additional $100,000.

Congrats to the Pride. Support the Pride.
azart.fyi/MarshallChallenge23

The Pride of Arizona Marching Band The University of Arizona The University of Arizona School of Music
... See MoreSee Less

Big News! The Pride of Arizona is the 2024-2026 recipient of the prestigious Sudler Trophy. This award is given to a university marching band “that has demonstrated the highest musical standards and innovative marching routines and ideas.” A very deserving title for one of the best collegiate marching bands in the country, according to the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

The Pride is currently in its final push to raise money for new uniforms. To help us meet the ambitious goal of $200,000, the Marshall Foundation has committed $100,000 ... if we raise the additional $100,000.

Congrats to the Pride. Support the Pride.
http://azart.fyi/MarshallChallenge23 

The Pride of Arizona Marching Band The University of Arizona The University of Arizona School of Music
1 day ago
Arizona Arts

Kelly Leslie, a tenured professor in the School of Art, is leading a group of students in painting a mural at the B'nai B'rith Covenant House.

Check it out!
University of Arizona School of Art, The University of Arizona, News 4 Tucson - KVOA
... See MoreSee Less

Video image

0 CommentsComment on Facebook

Load more