Meredith Bowen is the Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Choral Music Education at Radford University in Radford, VA, where she conducts three ensembles and teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in choral conducting, vocal pedagogy, choral methods, choral literature, and supervises student teachers. She serves as President-elect for the Virginia chapter of the American Choral Directors Association board, is an inaugural member of and Artistic Administrator for mirabai, a professional women’s ensemble, and is on faculty for the Virginia Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts and Humanities.

Bowen is an active guest conductor, clinician, and presenter. Her recent conducting invitations include all-state honor choirs in Michigan, Virginia, Kansas, and Alabama and honor choirs in Alaska, Alabama, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. She was one of six conductors selected to represent the United States by the American Choral Directors Association International Exchange Program in Nairobi, Kenya. Bowen’s two current scholarship interests are restoring, publishing, and performing music written by 17th-century women and the impact of socially conscious programming. She presented her research on restoring convent music at the National American Choral Directors Association Conference and contributed an article on the same subject in the Choral Journal. Six of her restored editions are published by Boosey & Hawkes and MusicSpoke, and two editions appear on the mirabai ‘s inaugural recording, “ecstatic songs.”

Previous to her appointment at Radford, Bowen taught K-12 general music, choir, and band in Lansing, MI, and was the Artistic Director of multiple ensembles in Michigan, including Sistrum - Lansing Women’s Chorus, Holland Chorale, and the Battle Creek Girls Chorus. Bowen holds a B.S. in Music Education from West Chester University, an M.M. and a D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University. 
 

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