Graham Bier

Graham Bier began his musical studies at the Duquesne City Music Center in Pittsburgh, continuing his education at Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, where he earned a BA in 2005. In 2008 he attended the University of York to study ensemble singing with John Potter, and received an MA with distinction in 2009. He completed his PhD in Musicology at the University of York.  Dr. Bier has been director of the Bryn Athyn College Chorale since he joined the faculty in 2014, has taught courses in music history, private voice, and music theory, and served as music director for the Bryn Athyn College Theater production of Godspell (2018).  He also serves as the Director of Music for the Bryn Athyn Church where he started a Chorister program and conducts the Cathedral Choir and Festival Chorus, and the Music Director of the Reading Choral Society.

In addition to the above positions, Dr. Bier stays active as a performing singer, most regularly with his own ensemble Les Canards Chantants.  In recent years he has sung roles in festival performances of Handel’s Semele (American Bach Soloists Academy), Handel’s Orlando (Baroque Festival of Corona del Mar), Purcell’s King Arthur (Amherst Early Music Festival) and Cesti’s L’Orontea (Haymarket Summer Opera Course), performed as a soloist for Choral Arts Philadelphia and Big Apple Baroque, and sung with The Crossing, The Thirteen, and Variant 6.  During his studies in England, Dr. Bier sang with numerous ensembles including I Fagiolini and the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, and joined Stile Antico on their acclaimed recording The Phoenix Rising.  He conducted the University of York’s chamber choir The 24 during two extensive tours of China and a cultural exchange with the University of Niš and a broadcast service on BBC Radio from York Minster.