Dr. Liz Olson is the Director of Choral Activities at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where
she leads the choral arts program by conducting the choirs, music directing the
annual musical, and teaching courses within the music department. She is a frequent guest
clinician and adjudicator, and enjoys working with honor choruses and workshops with choirs of
all ages.
Prior to this appointment, Olson served as the Associate Director of Choral Activities at Lehigh
University, where she conducted two curricular choirs and taught aural skills and music history.
She has also held a teaching position at Hartsville High School in Hartsville, SC.
A versatile conductor and educator, Olson intentionally creates and holds spaces for safe
musical exploration within each ensemble she encounters. During her doctoral studies, she
founded and served as the Artistic Director of a community choir called Cheers, Madison! LLC,
which has grown to serve over 230 singers for each concert cycle in the greater Madison area.
Dr. Olson earned her DMA in Choral Conducting with a minor in Vocal Performance at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, her MM in Choral Conducting from the University of
Colorado Boulder, and her BM in Music Theory from the University of South Carolina.