Dr. Lynne Morrow was named Music Director of PME in 2005, the ensemble’s 25th anniversary season. Dr. Morrow had previously served as vocal coach and then Assistant Music Director of PME from 1988 to 1997. In 2005, Dr. Morrow, along with PME Artistic Director Richard Grant, prepared the chorus for the Berlin performance and recording of Bernstein’s Mass with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester under the direction of Kent Nagano; this Harmonia Mundi recording went on to receive a 2006 Grammy® nomination for Best Choral Performance.
Dr. Morrow teaches at Sonoma State University, where she directs the Vocal and Opera/Music Theatre Programs, and also serves as Music Director of the Oakland-East Bay Symphony Chorus. Dr. Morrow received her DMA in Opera Coaching and Choral Conducting from Indiana University-Bloomington.
In fall 2003 Dr. Morrow helped to found Quantum Opera Theatre, which seeks to broaden the formal and stylistic links between opera and musical theatre by working with composers on new works and hopes to provide an environment to workshop new music theatre each year. She is also the host for the Stern Grove Music Festival.
