Karen P. Thomas, composer and conductor, is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Seattle Pro Musica. As a conductor, Ms. Thomas has produced seven critically acclaimed commercial CD recording with Seattle Pro Musica and has received the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence and the ASCAP-Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. She has appeared as guest conductor at the Bergen International Festival, International Conference on Women in Music, the Alliance World Festival of Women's Singing, Festival Vancouver in Canada, the NPR radio show Saint Paul Sunday, and at the American Guild of Organists National Convention and the American Choral Directors Association NW Division Convention, among numerous others. Ms. Thomas has presented lectures for the American Guild of Organists National Convention, the Chorus America National Convention, the American Choral Directors Association and the World Festival of Women's Singing.
Currently serving on the board of the American Choral Director's Association for the Northwest Division, the Board of Governors for the Pacific NW division of the Academy of Recording Arts (Grammy), the board of the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium, and the Advisory Board of the Seattle Girl's Choir, she has served on the boards of the Conductor's Guild, the International Alliance for Women in Music, and the League-ISCM. She has served on the faculties of Pacific Lutheran University, Evergreen State College, Cornish College and Edmonds Community College.
Credentials
- Artistic Director & Conductor
- Seattle Pro Musica
- Artistic Director & Conductor, Seattle Pro Musica