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Future Artistic Director
Dr. Meredith Bowen is Assistant Professor of Choral Music at Michigan State University, where she teaches graduate choral literature, undergraduate and graduate conducting, and directs Mosaic, the university’s auditioned treble ensemble. A conductor, teacher, scholar, and singer, she is passionate about creating collaborative choral spaces that foster artistry, belonging, and meaningful human connection. Her artistic and scholarly work highlights music by women composers across history and explores how choral music can engage contemporary social issues and strengthen community.
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In addition to her academic role, Dr. Bowen maintains an active national schedule as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, lecturer, and singer. She is a founding singer of and Artistic Administrator for mirabai, a professional women’s ensemble under the direction of Sandra Snow.
Her scholarly contributions include publications in the Choral Journal and Choral Repertoire by Women Composers, as well as restored editions of music by 17th-century women published by Boosey & Hawkes and MusicSpoke. Before joining MSU, she served as Director of Choral Studies at Radford University, where an ensemble under her leadership became the first in the university’s history to perform at the Virginia Music Educators Association Conference. She was recently named a Community-Engaged Research Fellow at Michigan State University for the 2026–2027 academic year and is deeply honored and excited to once again lead the Sistrum community in song.
Artistic Director
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As a spirited advocate for women’s choirs and gender equality, Meghan Eldred-Woolsey is honored to be the artistic director of Sistrum Chorus.
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Meghan received her Bachelors of Music Education and Masters in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University and is in her fifteenth year of teaching choir at DeWitt High School. Under her direction, DeWitt choirs have been selected to perform at the MSVMA Choral Hour at the Michigan Music Conference, the ACDA Michigan Fall Conference, and the Michigan Youth Arts Festival. In 2019, Meghan was chosen to direct the MSVMA TTBB State Honors Choir. In addition to directing the DeWitt High School musicals, Meghan is an avid director and performer in the Lansing Theatre Community and received the 2017 Greg Reuter Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre Education. She is a member of Michigan’s first professional women’s chorus, Mirabai, under the direction of Dr. Sandra Snow.
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Assistant Conductor
Amanda Goldberg is a music educator passionate about the use of singing to develop the whole person. She holds a BM in Music Education from St. Olaf College and is currently completing her MM in Choral Conducting at Michigan State University.
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​She has worked on staff at the Girl Choir of South Florida and as a middle school teacher in Palm Beach County, FL, where she piloted a program for Restorative Practices in the classroom. She is an active member of NAfME, MSVMA, FVA, and ACDA, and has presented at state and regional conferences for FVA and ACDA on treble literature and Restorative Practices in the classroom setting. In addition to choir, Amanda is passionate about the history of lesbians in Paris in the 1920s, and the art of caramelized onions.
Directors Emeritae
Dr. Meredith Y. Bowen
Director 2001- 2016
Rachel Alexander
Director 1986-2001
Collaborative Accompanist
Kait Wilson was born and raised in Green Bay, WI. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts from the University of Hawaii at Hilo, and then spent some time on the East Coast working for professional theatres before relocating to Michigan.
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She has worked with various theatre groups in town, including Evolve Theatrics, Starlight Dinner Theatre, and Riverwalk. Her last role on stage was as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda.