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Brett Epperson appointed as assistant professor of choral conducting

Brett D. Epperson
Brett D. Epperson joins the faculty at 老司机福利网鈥檚 Conservatory of Music in the fall of 2025 as assistant professor of choral conducting. He will direct Pacific Singers, University Chorus and teach coursework in conducting. Epperson comes to Pacific from Hastings College where he has served as assistant professor of music and director of choral activities since 2022. He directed the Hastings College Choir and Choral Union, along with teaching courses in conducting, vocal pedagogy, diction, musical and studio voice. Currently, Epperson also serves as director of the Chancel Choir and Langenberg Concert Series at First Presbyterian Church of Hastings.
Prior to his career in higher education, Epperson was a music educator in public schools for nearly a decade, leading high school choral programs in Iowa and Nebraska. Under his leadership the choral program of East High School in Lincoln tripled in enrollment; East Singers ensemble was selected as a featured concert choir at the Nebraska Music Educators Association Conference; and Epperson was the recipient of a Lincoln Public Schools Inspire Award for implementing an Adaptive Music program for special learners. Epperson has also served as adjunct instructor of voice at Doane University (Nebraska), and is a previous artistic director-conductor of the Lincoln Lutheran Choir.
Epperson is active as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and collaborative keyboardist, with appearances across the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, Kenya and Mexico. In June of 2025, Epperson traveled to Japan as a featured conductor as part of AVoice4Peace choral festival. As a vocalist, he has sung with Grammy Award-nominated choral ensembles and has been a featured soloist in choral-orchestral performances across the Midwest and South. Galaxy Music Corporation released his first published composition, 鈥淒a pacem Domine,鈥 in 2022.
Epperson earned a Bachelor of Arts in music from Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), a Master of Music in choral conducting from Michigan State University, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in music education-choral conducting from Florida State University.
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