Gerrit Scheepers

A native of South Africa, Gerrit Scheepers is the founding artistic director and conductor of Armonia Chamber Singers, an adult mixed chamber chorus based in Pretoria, South Africa. Gerrit currently resides in Seattle, Washington serving as a pre-doctoral teaching associate at the University of Washington School of Music, where he serves as one of the conductors of the University of Washington Women's choir as well as one of the assistant conductors for the University of Washington Choral. Gerrit has held choir director positions at both a middle- and high school for four years before relocating to the United States in 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Music (University of Pretoria) and a Master of Music (Missouri State University) in choral conducting studying under Dr. Cameron LaBarr. Scheepers is active as an ensemble adjudicator and clinician, working regularly with Highschool choirs. He has presented on traditional South African choir music at various regional and state conferences in the Midwest.