Lucinda Thayer
Professor and Director of Choral Activities
Education:
- Major: Choral Conducting, Minors: Music History, Voice
- M.M. Major: Choral Conducting, Minor: Voice - Indiana University
- B.M., Magna cum Laude - University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- Doctoral Work: (All course work, exams completed - all but dissertation) Major: Choral Conducting, Minors: Music History, Voice - Indiana University
Courses Taught:
- Concert Choir
- Choral Union
- Women’s Choir
- Secondary Choral Methods
- Choral Conducting
- Choral Literature
Biography:
Lucinda J. Thayer is currently Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She also is the Music Director of the Wausau Lyric Choir, an adult community choir is dedicated to excellence in the performance of sacred choral literature. Thayer came to Wisconsin from Massachusetts, where she was Director of Choral Music at Smith College. Prior to teaching at Smith, she conducted and taught at Mary Baldwin College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Central Florida. She served as conductor of the Springfield (MA) Symphony Chorus from 1989 until 1996.
Prof. Thayer is a member of the Music Educators National Conference, Wisconsin Music Educators Association, American Choral Directors Association, and the International Federation for Choral Music. For eights years, she was on the board of the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association, having served as a district representative, President-Elect, President, and Past President. She holds membership in honorary societies, including Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Eta Sigma, and is an honorary member of Sigma Alpha Iota.