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BIO

Dwight Bigler is currently Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Virginia Tech and Music Director of the Blacksburg Master Chorale. He has also held positions as assistant conductor and pianist of the Dale Warland Singers and faculty positions at Colorado State University–Fort Collins, Trinity University–San Antonio, and The University of Texas at Austin. His work has been featured at Virginia Music Educators Association conference, NCCO national conference, ACDA regional and national conferences.

Bigler has led international choir tours to Austria, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, and Spain, and conducted the Virginia Tech Choirs and Wind Ensemble in a performance at Carnegie Hall. He has also conducted masterworks for choir and orchestra including Carmina Burana (Orff), Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms), Elijah (Mendelssohn), Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Vaughan Williams), Harmoniemesse (Haydn), In terra pax (Finzi), Messiah (Handel), and Requiems by Faure and Mozart. Bigler enjoys leading choir workshops & festivals and has done so throughout the United States and in China, Indonesia, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Ireland, and Ecuador.

Bigler’s choral compositions are published by Alliance Music, Boosey & Hawkes, ECSchirmer, Hinshaw Music, Oxford University Press, and Walton Music. He has received commissions by the Barlow Endowment and from choirs across the nation. Bigler holds degrees from Brigham Young University (B.M. Piano Performance, M.M. Choral Conducting) and The University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A., Choral Conducting, emphasis in composition).

As a member and advocate of the LGBTQ+ community, Bigler hopes his work will build community, harmony, understanding, and a sense of awe for the beautiful diversity in our world.