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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
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.