All-State Children’s Chorus Conductor

Michael Wu has served as a guest conductor, adjudicator and presenter for middle school and children’s choirs extensively in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania.  He works at Landon School, Bethesda, Maryland, where he teaches choral and general music to grades 6-12.  At Faith United Methodist Church, Rockville, Maryland, he serves as Director of Music.  From 2006 – 2014, he led Bel Canto Chorus for the Children’s Chorus of Washington (CCW).  His ensembles sang for John Rutter, toured New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston, and collaborated with Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago, Virginia Children’s Chorus, Boston Children’s Chorus, Princeton Girl Choir, and the Pennsylvania Girl Choir. He has composed and arranged music (member ASCAP), and has been published by Boosey & Hawkes.  He is currently a doctoral candidate in choral conducting at George Mason University.  He has earned Artist-Teacher Certification from the Choral Music Experience at Ithaca College and in Chicago; he has completed OAKE Kodaly Music Education courses at Westminster Choir College, and he holds degrees in music from Northwestern University and Peabody Conservatory.

John Morrison is a member of the music faculty in the School of Fine Arts of Fairmont State University.  At FSU Mr. Morrison teaches piano and strings, and serves as choir and recital accompanist.  He has performed with the FSU choir on tours in Toronto, northern Virginia, and Miami, FL.  Prior to FSU, he was an accompanist for WVU’s Choral Union and a staff accompanist at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan.  A member of WVMTA, in the Fall of 2014 he was the site coordinator for the WVMTA State Conference hosted at FSU.  Mr. Morrison is the music director and organist of First Presbyterian Church in Fairmont where he directs the Chancel and Cambridge Handbell Choirs and plays the Moller pipe organ for services.  During the summers he has music directed and performed shows at FSU and West Virginia Public Theatre.  He is an active freelance accompanist in the area, as well violinist.  John holds a double Bachelor's Degree in Piano Performance and French and a Master's Degree in Piano Performance from WVU.  His piano studies were with Dr. Marina Schmidt, Dr. Peter Amstutz, and Dr. Christine Kefferstan.