Erin Guinup

Summer Speaker

Erin Guinup is the founding Executive and Artistic Director of the Tacoma Refugee Choir. She has spoken at TEDxSeattle, been featured on PBS, led national community singing events and spoken at national conferences for NATS, ACDA, and Chorus America. Erin’s internationally performed one-woman show about female composers has been praised as “an amazing tour-de-force” and her repertoire which includes Carmina Burana, Messiah, and Disney’s Frozen, has had her featured with groups including Symphony Tacoma, Ensign Symphony, and Tacoma Concert Band. A master teacher in classical and contemporary vocal technique and contributing author for three books, Erin’s voice students have found success on Broadway, regional theatre, operatic stages, and television. Other career highlights include vocal workshops for Amazon, performing as Mary Poppins; conducting Rob Gardner’s Lamb of God; and singing with Israeli-Palestinian choir Common Ground Voices in Jerusalem and Europe. Most recently, Erin was recognized as one of five Women to Watch by South Sound Magazine and as an American Leadership Forum fellow.