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The American choral conductor and soprano, Margaret (Maggie) Burk, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree from St. Olaf College (2009-2013), where she studied with Anton Armstrong and sang in the St. Olaf Choir. She taught middle and high school choral music in Minnesota and Kansas (August 2015-May 2017) for four years; she also served as Assistant Organist/Choirmaster at Grace Cathedral, Topeka, Kansas.
Margaret Burk obtained her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the Yale School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music (2017-2019), where she studied with Marguerite Brooks, Jeffrey Douma, and David Hill. At Yale, she received the Robert Shaw prize for outstanding achievement in choral conducting and the Institute’s Faculty Prize for academic excellence and community engagement. She was a featured soloist with the Yale Schola Cantorum and the Yale Camerata as well as a professional singer with the choir of Christ Church, New Haven. She was a fellow at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in 2018.
Margaret Burk is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting at the University of Michigan (since 2019; expected graduaion in 2022), where she studies with Eugene Rogers. At Michigan, she is the Assistant Conductor of the Women’s Glee Club and primary instructor of Sounds from Within, a music workshop at Saginaw Correctional Facility. She also serves as Director of Music Ministries at Westside United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor (since August 2019). In her free time, she enjoys cooking, running, and spending time with her two senior cats, Bob and Leo. |
