Bronwyn Clagett is a third-year doctoral student in Choral Conducting at Louisiana State University. She completed a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting and a Graduate Certificate in Music Theory Pedagogy at the University of Tennessee. In 2017, she graduated with honors from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a Minor in World Music. Bronwyn also possesses certification in World Music Pedagogy from the Smithsonian Folkways Institute.

Most recently, Bronwyn conducted the workshop premiere of scenes from The Devil’s Dream, a new opera by Dr. Mara Gibson. She has also worked with the opera chorus in the Turner-Fisher Center for Opera at LSU under the direction of Micheal Borowitz. Locally, Bronwyn regularly sings with the Opéra Louisiane chorus and served as Assistant Chorus Master for their 2022 production of Amahl and the Night Visitors. 

From 2017-2020, she served as the music teacher and choral director at Kingwood Elementary School in Preston County, West Virginia, and founded the Kingwood Elementary Choir. Beginning in 2019, she additionally taught and founded the choral program at Central Preston Middle School. During her tenure, Ms. Clagett was an active and vocal supporter of the arts, securing grants totaling over $22,000 to support her programs and choirs. Also beginning in 2019, she served as an Executive Board Member of the West Virginia All-State Children’s Choir and as Vice President of the Society for General Music.

Previously, she sang with the West Virginia Community Choir and is a founding member of the Vox Principalis Choral Association, a 501(c)3 charitable organization based in Morgantown, West Virginia, providing quality choral music to the area. She most recently served as the President of the Board of Directors of Vox Principalis. Ms. Clagett also served as the Assistant Choir Director at Spruce Street United Methodist Church.

She is a proud member of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, American Orff-Schulwerk Association, the West Virginia Music Educators Association, and Sigma Alpha Iota.

Teaching Philosophy: I firmly believe that all students can achieve excellence. However, excellence will look different for each student: some will be excellent performers, others will be excellent musicologists, and a few may end up being amateur musicians. No matter their path in life, they will need the skills I aim to pass on in my classroom: critical thinking, open-mindedness, appreciation of differences, ability to express ideas and opinions, and compassion.