TULSA BOY SINGERS
ARTISTIC BIOGRAPHIES
Artistic Director: Casey
Cantwell
Casey
Cantwell, a native of Dallas, Texas, is Organist and Director of Music at Trinity
Episcopal Church in Tulsa. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Organ Performance
at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. He served as Associate Organist/Music
Director at Boston Avenue United Methodist Church from 1989 until 2001. Mr.
Cantwell is a member of the American Guild of Organists and The Association
of Anglican Musicians. He has served the Tulsa Chapter of the AGO as Dean
and Sub-Dean and is the 2005 coordinator for the AGO Region VII Convention in
Tulsa.
Assistant Director : Ms. Jackie Boyd
Jackie Boyd
teaches music at Frontier School in Red Rock, Oklahoma and is organist and children's
choir director at Grace Episcopal Church in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Ms.
Boyd is accompanist of Coventry Chorale in Tulsa. She earned her Bachelor's
degree in Organ Performance at Wichita State University.
Assistant Director: Ms. Elizabeth Geer
Elizabeth
Geer has worked with the Tulsa Boy Singers since 1998. She received a
Bachelor of Music degree from The University of Alabama and a Master's of Music
from The University of Oklahoma, both in choral conducting. She has taught
K-12 vocal music in Tulsa area public schools and in Louisiana, directed all
levels of church choirs and ensembles, and played flute and sung in church and
community choirs for more than 30 years. Ms. Geer has been active on the
boards of directors of Oklahoma Choral Directors Association, Southwestern Division
of the American Choral Directors Association, Oklahoma Music Educators Association,
Tulsa Opera, and the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus.
Assistant
Director and Accompanist:
Eric Gibson
Eric Gibson is Artistic Director of Light Opera Oklahoma. He served
earlier on the staff of Tulsa Opera, Inc. While there, he was Director
of Education and Director of the Tulsa Youth Opera. Mr. Gibson has a Bachelor's
in Music Education and Voice from The University of Michigan and a Master's
in Stage Direction of Opera from Indiana University. Eric is a staff vocalist
at Trinity Episcopal Church in Tulsa and joined the Tulsa Boy Singers as Assistant
Director and Accompanist in 2004.