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Elizabeth Guy (she/her) is a 21 year old music director and performer based in Atlanta, Georgia, studying in Decorah, Iowa. She is a senior undergraduate vocal performance major at Luther College, with a minor in musical theater.
As a music director, Elizabeth is praised for her attention to vocal technique and instruction. She frequently runs fast rehearsals, and with a good ear for harmony and ensemble sound, sets her performers up for success early on in the rehearsal process. Elizabeth primarily stick conducts. Outside of music direction, Elizabeth is known for her attention to detail and assistance as a coordinator/supervisor. She happily takes transcriptions, notes, or cuts and will organize a clean final product. Regional music direction credits include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Assistant Music Director/Associate Conductor), Gypsy (Assistant Music Director/Associate Conductor). Luther College credits include Interstellar: A Virtual Cabaret (Music Director/Vocal Coach), Renascence (Music Captain). Elizabeth is an intern with Broadway Dreams. Summer 2026, Elizabeth coordinated music for their programs in New York City and Dallas, TX, while serving as a vocal arranger for NYC and Keys 2 (doubling) for Dallas.
Elizabeth enjoys teaching voice and piano lessons, and has taught ages 6-76. She is praised for her flexibility in education, and believes everybody deserves the chance to learn how they can best do so. In vocal lessons, Elizabeth focuses on musical theater, classical, and pop/rock technique while implementing aspects of music theory and aural skills. In piano lessons, Elizabeth focuses on classical and pop/rock reading, encouraging playing by sheet music, by lead sheet, by ear, and improvisation. Elizabeth has experience songwriting and encourages this exploration in lessons she teaches. Experience with all ages has taught her no two students learn the same, and Elizabeth enjoys finding new ways to work with her students. Elizabeth worked two summers with School of Rock Alpharetta as a voice and piano private lesson teacher, Little Wing/Rookies instructor, performance camp director, and songwriting camp director. Please see resumes above for more information. To schedule lessons in person or virtually, please see the Contact tab above.
At Luther College, Elizabeth studies advanced choral and instrumental conducting, opera and musical theater under Carla Hanson, and piano under Miko Kominami and Dr. Jonathan Strauss. She was selected as a young artist for QueerPopera’s 25-26, and 26-27 seasons. Elizabeth is a recipient of an Imagine Fellowship from Luther College. Elizabeth completed a church music internship with Decorah United Church of Christ during the spring 2026 semester, and is excited to serve as a music coordinator with Luther College Ministries the 2026-2027 school year. She sings in Nordic Choir, Luther’s principle choral ensemble. With Nordic Choir, Elizabeth has performed at the 2025 National ACDA Conference in Dallas, Texas, and the 2026 Midwest ACDA Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth studied music theory and ear training on an honors curriculum, and is piano proficient. Elizabeth serves as the director of Luther Ringers, the extracurricular handbell ensemble at Luther College. In November 2025, Elizabeth served as music captain for the VPA mainstage musical, Renascence. She served as a section leader for Aurora, her first-year choir under Dr. Adriana Tam. She serves as NAFME Chair for the Future Music Educators Association, and Hospitality Chair for the Performing Arts Committee. Elizabeth completed a classical voice recital on March 14, 2026.
Elizabeth graduated from Denmark High School on the fine arts pathway in 2023. She attended GMEA All State Chorus five years, GMEA All State Reading-Chorus two years, and NAFME All National Choir one year. She also attended Forsyth county district honor choirs five times. She competed in GHSA Literary three years, and won first at the state level for girls trio in 2022 and 2023. She also won first at the state level with a perfect score of 100 for girls solo in 2023. As part of the Denmark HS theater department, Elizabeth served as a music captain for three mainstage shows, Les Miserables, Newsies, and Chicago. Newsies won the Shuler award in 2023 for best music direction. In her senior year, Elizabeth assistant directed and stage managed a cabaret production of Pure Imagination. In classes, Elizabeth earned a 5 on her AP Music Theory exam, and served as a student conductor/director for a first year choir and theater class. She conducted several pieces in concert for the chamber choir and concert choir.