Dr. Sarah Frook Gallo is the new Director of Choral Activities at Lehigh University, where she leads the Lehigh Choral Arts, conducts three curricular choirs, University Choir, Choral Union, and Glee Club, as well as teaching courses in the music department. She is a frequent guest clinician, presenter, and adjudicator, and enjoys working with honor choruses and workshops with choirs of all ages. Prior to her appointment at Lehigh, she taught at the University of Georgia, where she conducted four curricular ensembles and taught courses in conducting and music education. She has also held teaching positions at William & Mary, Christopher Newport University, and the University of Richmond. Dr. Frook Gallo also served as the Artistic Director of the Virginia Choral Society, a 100-member community choir in Newport News, VA. Dr. Frook Gallo is a vibrant and versatile conductor, teacher, and singer, and aims to foster intentional musical communities in all aspects of her work. Her research interests include the music of a 19th century Mexico City girls’ school, incorporating Dalcroze Eurhythmics into the conducting classroom, and incorporating vocal pedagogy into the choral rehearsal and teacher training. Her choirs have commissioned and premiered works by Tawnie Olson, Lori Laitman, and Ysaÿe Barnwell. In her time as a doctoral student at the University of Georgia, she was awarded the prestigious Presidential Fellowship, and was selected for several masterclasses and conducting programs, including the National Collegiate Choral Organization Graduate Fellowship, Baylor International Choral Conducting Masterclass, the Wintergreen Music Academy Conductor’s Summit, and as a conductor in the 2020 ACDA Southern Graduate Conducting Masterclass.Dr. Frook Gallo earned her DMA in Choral Conducting at the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music, her MM in Choral Conducting from the Eastman School of Music, and her undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary with a concentration in piano, voice, and harpsichord.