Dr. Brian C. Murray

Brian C. Murray is the Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Wyoming. At UW, he leads a program of seven choral ensembles as well as graduate studies in choral conducting. In addition to individual concerts and recruiting festivals, the University of Wyoming Choirs frequently perform choral masterworks. Recent collaborations include Brahms’ ein Deutsches Requiem (2022), Hagenberg’s Illuminare (2023), Mozart’s Requiem in d minor (2024), and Orff’s Carmina Burana (2025). Notably, in 2024 the UW Singing Statesmen gave invited performances for the Wyoming Music Educators Association and the Northwestern American Choral Directors Association. 

 

Prior to earning his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting at the University of North Texas, Dr. Murray taught high school choir for seven years in Carrollton, Texas. He received a Master of Music Education degree from the Florida State University and a Bachelor of Music degree in choral music education, summa cum laude, from the University of North Texas. He remains connected to his alma mater by returning each summer and serving as an associate director of the UNT All-State Choir Camp and a faculty member for the UNT Choral Conducting Symposium. 

 

Dr. Murray has presented interest sessions for state, divisional, and international choral conferences and he has published in ChorTeach and the Choral Journal. He is a frequent clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor, and has led professional engagements in 15 states as well as Canada, the Czech Republic, and South Korea.