Dr. Anne E. Lyman is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most prominent and versatile choral conductors. She serves as Director of Vocal Activities and Chair of Music at Tacoma Community College where she advises the two-year Associate of Music Major degree program. Lyman has achieved broad recognition for her early music research and performance. She currently serves as the Artistic Director of Sine Nomine Renaissance Choir, a community collegium ensemble of Early Music Seattle. She is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Polyphony Plus, a professional choir dedicated to celebrating polyphonic music from all eras. Lyman’s Tacoma Early Music Workshop is the only one of its kind in Western Washington and has drawn singers from throughout the Pacific Northwest since its establishment in 2015.
Lyman’s performance and scholarship in music has been widely recognized. She is a sought-after guest conductor for festival and honor choirs, and her choirs have appeared at regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (2012 and 2014.) In 2007 she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, completing a nine-month residency at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium. Her work has been supported by the Society of Seventeenth Century Music, the Belgian American Education Foundation, the Stanley Foundation, and the Tacoma Arts Commission. Her research on Peter Philips and John Corigliano has been published by the Alamire Foundation, the American Choral Review, and Routledge.
Lyman holds degrees from the College of Wooster, the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Iowa where she studied with Dr. Tim Stalter and Dr. Christine Getz. She currently serves as Past President of the Washington State Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and serves on the board of the National Collegiate Choral Organization. Lyman holds degrees from the College of Wooster, the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Iowa where she studied with Dr. Tim Stalter and Dr. Christine Getz. She currently serves as Past President of the Washington State Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and serves on the board of the National Collegiate Choral Organization. Lyman lives in Tacoma, Washington with her husband Zach, son Milo and daughter Eleanor, and loves hiking, cooking, and gardening.
