Beth Willer

Noted for her “directorial command," "technical expertise,” and work with women's vocal ensembles, founder and artistic director Beth Willer has led Lorelei Ensemble since its founding in 2007 to become recognized as one of Boston's up-and-coming vocal ensembles. Committed to the expansion of repertoire for the advanced women’s vocal ensemble, Willer has collaborated with composers from the U.S. and abroad, delivering numerous world and US premieres while working to expose lesser-known works of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods for women’s voices.

Willer currently holds positions as resident conductor of the Radcliffe Choral Society at Harvard University and conductor of The Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus. Recently, she served as chorus master for the Boston Modern Orchestra's production of Michael Tippett's opera A Midsummer Marriage. In the summer of 2013, she conducted the Young Artist's Chorus at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

A candidate for the D.M.A. in conducting at Boston University, Willer holds degrees from  Boston University and Luther College. During the summer of 2007 she studied conducting with Mark Shapiro of Mannes and counterpoint with Phillip Lasser of Juilliard at the European American Music Alliance in Paris, France. As a member of the Boston music scene, Willer has conducted ensembles at The New England Conservatory Perparatory School, The Walnut Hill School, and The Boston Arts Academy. Willer directed choirs at First Church in Wenham, Massachusetts from 2006-2008 and has sung with the BU Marsh Chapel Choir. Prior to her career in Boston, Willer served as a conductor of the Memorial High School Choirs and the Chippewa Valley Youth Choirs in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.