Leadership

Boise Choruses are governed by a volunteer board of directors, which is guided by its salaried artistic leadership and dues-paying active membership. Our members don’t just learn music, sing and perform; they also take an active role in supporting and leading all our activities, including rehearsals, performances both formal and informal, production and fundraising. Thank you!

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Artistic Director, Boise Gay Men’s Chorus

David Burton

David has been a choral director in public schools for 17 years. He has taught in Las Vegas and Caldwell, Idaho, and is choral director at Boise High School. He was named Teacher of the Year for Caldwell High School (2012-13), Caldwell School District (2012-13) and District III Music Educators Association (2021). Also serving as Chancel Choir Director at Boise First Congregational United Church of Christ for the past nine years, he joined Boise Gay Men’s Chorus in August 2023. He received his Bachelor of Music from Idaho State University.

David has taken choirs to Carnegie Hall (2016) and the Idaho Music Educators Association Inservice Conference (2016). He has served as guest conductor for the District V Treble and District III SWIMS honor choirs and is a frequent adjudicator for choral festivals areawide. Selected as one of 12 Choral Directors of Note in the January/February 2014 issue of Choral Director magazine, he also contributed to a three-part series, “Notes for Success: Advice for the First-Year Choral Teacher,” published in Choral Journal.

In addition to his passion for choral music, David enjoys the many outdoor activities in Southwest Idaho and is an avid woodworker with his own custom woodworking business.

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Artistic Director, Boise Women’s Chorus

Lindsay Whittig

Lindsay grew up singing at Meridian Gospel Tabernacle, where her father was choir director. She continued musical activities throughout high school, pursuing chorus, marching band, drum major, musical theater and all-state choirs, leading to her performing arts degree in voice at the College of Idaho. She joined the Seattle Opera Chorus and took on solo roles, including Susanna in the Marriage of Figaro.

Returning to the Treasure Valley, she received her certification in music education and took teaching positions at Lakevue Elementary School in Nampa (K-5) and Centennial High School in Boise where, over a period of five years, she grew the choir from 45 to 213 voices. She also teaches music theater at XPressions Dance Academy in Nampa and codirects Inicio, a semi-professional chorus in Caldwell and Nampa.

Lindsay helped found Boise Women’s Chorus in 2016, working in conjunction with Boise Gay Men’s Chorus to create a more comprehensive community and choral sound. After taking time off to raise her daughter, she returned as artistic director in August 2022. In addition to her musical pursuits, she is a stay-at-home mom and wife and shares a farm with her husband, raising alpacas, goats, chickens, rabbits and cows.

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Accompanist

Becca Taylor

First studying piano with a teacher who also taught clarinet and saxophone, Becca started accompanying some of those instrumentalists in her early teenage years. She joined Boise Women’s Chorus in August 2021, followed by Boise Gay Men’s Chorus in January 2022. She also accompanies Whitney United Methodist Church choir as well as several private voice studios and school choirs in the Treasure Valley. Becca has been the collaborative pianist for the Idaho American Choral Directors Association, where she has accompanied award-winning composers and conductors, including Francisco Núñez (New York) and internationally renowned María Guinand (Venezuela).

Becca also teaches private piano lessons and frequently adjudicates piano competitions and festivals throughout Idaho. She has won several awards, including placements at the Sonatina and National Federation of Music Clubs Festivals, the Danny Marona Performing Arts Award and the Joyce A. Chaffer Trust Award. She graduated summa cum laude with her bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Boise State University, where, as a freshman, she was recognized as Music Student of the Year

When Becca isn’t playing the piano, you can find her at home kicking the soccer ball with her two sons, biking with her husband or digging dirt in her garden.

Artistic Support Staff And Volunteers

Board Of Directors

Bethany Edwards, Volunteer Coordinator
Blythe Forman, Outreach
Suzanne Gore, Fundraising
Colin Howard, BCMC President
Natalie Koskella, Production
Michaela McElroy, Grants
Patricia Meagher, BWC President
Reilly O’Connor, Community Engagement
Geoffrey Parks, Marketing