06/07/2026
Meet the conductors for this year's BIG SING! We're thrilled to have such talented choral leaders taking a break from leading their choral organizations around the boroughs of NYC to pick up the baton at our annual event on Monday June 8. Register to join us at the link in our bio!
1. Marina Alexander has led The Richmond Choral Society on Staten Island since 1995, appeared as Guest Conductor with many NY area orchestras leading major works, and is Adjunct Associate Professor at the College of Staten Island-CUNY, teaching Conducting, Ensemble Vocal Performance, and Music History.
2. Ryan James Brandau is the longtime Artistic Director of Amor Artis, a chamber choir and Baroque orchestra, which specializes in bridging the Renaissance and Baroque to the present day.
3. James John is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College-CUNY where he conducts the Queens College Vocal Ensemble, the Queens College Choral Society, and heads the graduate program in choral conducting. Dr. John also serves as Artistic Director of the Manhattan-based vocal ensemble, Cerrdorion, a select chamber choir dedicated to adventurous programs that span the breadth of the choral repertoire.
4. John Maclay marked his 25th anniversary as music director of The Choral Society of Grace Church in New York last year with a sold out performance of the Verdi Requiem at Carnegie Hall and ended the most recent season with performances of Mozart's Requiem at the group's home base of Grace Church in Greenwich Village.
5. Michael Sheetz is the Director of Choral and Voice Studies at Hunter College, Music Director of The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers, and Resident Faculty at Classic Lyric Arts.
6. Dr. Bryan Zaros is the Associate Director of Music & Choirmaster at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, the Music Director of Central City Chorus, and often engaged as a guest conductor for choral festivals throughout the USA.
