Dillon Beede currently serves as Director of Choirs and Chair of Music at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA and Artis tic Director of HGMC. He is also an artist in residence with Barbara Ingram School for the Arts and teaches voice through the Cumberland Valley School of Music.
Dillon earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performa
Dillon Beede currently serves as Director of Choirs and Chair of Music at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA and Artis tic Director of HGMC. He is also an artist in residence with Barbara Ingram School for the Arts and teaches voice through the Cumberland Valley School of Music.
Dillon earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from Hastings College in 2011 and continued his education at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. While at West minster, Dillon performed with the West minster Symphonic Chorus under the batons of Yannick Nezet-Seguin (Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra), Sir Simon Rattle (Berlin Philharmonic), Jacques Lacombe (NJ Symphony Orchestra), James Jordan (Westminster Choir College), Amanda Quist (Westminster Choir College) and Joe Miller (Westminster Choir College). During his time at Westminster he also studied voice with the late Julian Rodescu and Christopher Arneson and further studied with Matthew Anchel after graduation.
His graduate voice research studied the effects of musical exercises in combination with Stemple’s vocal function exercises for voice feminization. He completed his graduate recital studying with Dr. Christopher Arneson performing works by Ravel, Rorem, Mozart, Dørumsgaard and Rossini. Upon completion of his Master of Music in Voice Performance and Vocal Pedagogy, he held a private voice studio in the Princeton community teaching students of all skill levels as well as specializing in transgender voice modification.
Dillon has served as a guest clinician and conductor and taught vocal master classes in schools across Nebraska, Arizona, South Dakota, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
He is also currently enrolled at Teachers College-Columbia University where he is completing coursework towards the Doctor of Education in College Teaching-Music and Music Education. His research interests intersect queer studies, vocal and choral pedagogy, and music education. His current research focuses specifically on transgender choral pedagogy within trans choral ensembles.
His professional memberships include the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Pennsylvania Choral Directors Association (ACDA-PA), The College Music Society, Omicron Delta Kap pa (ODK), Alpha Psi Omega (APO), and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (PMA).
Tracy Wieseman is the Assistant Director and Principal Accompanist for HGMC. Tracy is the Music Associate at Silver Spring Presbyterian Church. At Silver Spring, she directs the Intergenerational Choir, runs and performs in the Praise Band during the summer months, and performs as a vocalist and pianist in both the traditional and contem
Tracy Wieseman is the Assistant Director and Principal Accompanist for HGMC. Tracy is the Music Associate at Silver Spring Presbyterian Church. At Silver Spring, she directs the Intergenerational Choir, runs and performs in the Praise Band during the summer months, and performs as a vocalist and pianist in both the traditional and contemporary services. Tracy is currently a high school music teacher at Commonwealth Charter Academy and a vocal and piano instructor in Mechanicsburg, PA. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Choral Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College. Tracy has taught in various school districts across Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Threefold Cord Women’s Choir sponsored by Messiah College. She has been the accompanist for choral festivals in Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties
She has accompanied and musically directed various musicals in Cumberland and Dauphin Counties. Tracy has a B.S. in Music Education from West Chester University and has studied voice with Dr. Jane Wyss, Dr. Randi Marrazzo, Dr. Alan Wagner, Dr. Joy Meade, Dr. Larry Marietta, and Dr. Sean McCarther. While at West Chester University, Tracy studied piano with Dr. Terry Klinefelter. Tracy has performed with the West Chester University Alumnae Concert Choir in Italy, London, Amsterdam, and Paris. She was a member of the prestigious Bethlehem Bach Choir when she lived in the Allentown area. She has performed with the Cedar Cliff Chamber Singers Alumnae Choir as both a singer and accompanist.
Tracy enjoys composing both vocal and piano music.
Dr. Genevieve Karki is an adjunct faculty member at both Penn State Harrisburg and Harrisburg Area Community College and the Director of Worship at Lampeter UMC in Lancaster, PA. She recently completed her doctorate in musical arts at Boston University where her dissertation research was on the self-efficacy of non-professional musicians
Dr. Genevieve Karki is an adjunct faculty member at both Penn State Harrisburg and Harrisburg Area Community College and the Director of Worship at Lampeter UMC in Lancaster, PA. She recently completed her doctorate in musical arts at Boston University where her dissertation research was on the self-efficacy of non-professional musicians with a focus on gender and cultural influences. She was the conductor of a multi-campus choir at HACC and currently directs a community children’s choir. She has also been the musical director for several musicals at both HACC and Penn State Harrisburg including “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” and “Little Shop of Horrors”.
Dan Snyder has been toying around with audio since he was about 10 years old and dealing with computers even before that. He's been doing both live and studio audio productions since 2017 and received a Music Audio & Recording Technology Diploma from HACC in winter 2019. Dan was introduced to HGMC via a mentor when he was asked to assist
Dan Snyder has been toying around with audio since he was about 10 years old and dealing with computers even before that. He's been doing both live and studio audio productions since 2017 and received a Music Audio & Recording Technology Diploma from HACC in winter 2019. Dan was introduced to HGMC via a mentor when he was asked to assist them in recording and streaming a virtual concert in 2021. Dan says, "I fell in love with them all due to their wonderful voices, lovely banter, and frankly phenomenal musical selection. They asked for me to come back in 2022 and I of course had to say yes and have been working with them since."
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