Dr. Michelle Kwok is a conductor, singer, and music educator from Hong Kong. She was named the 2nd runner-up of the 2024 American Prize in Conducting: The Dale Warland Award. Kwok has led performances in Italy, the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Previous appointments include Director of the Indiana University Chorale and treble ensemble Pro Cantare, and Assistant Conductor of the Westminster Schola Cantorum & Chapel Choir. She has taught courses in undergraduate conducting and music theory. Kwok is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the award-winning community choir, Fluente Chorus. She currently serves as Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor at The College of William & Mary, where she directs the Botetourt Chamber Singers and the Barksdale Treble Chorus. She will be leading the school’s ensembles on their domestic and international tours in Spring 2026. Kwok earned a D.M. in Choral Conducting from Indiana University, and a M.M. with distinction in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College. For a full biography, please visit www.michellekwok-music.com.
William Weiser, President of the Williamsburg Choral Guild stated, “On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Search Committee, I am extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Michelle Kwok has accepted the position as our next Artistic Director. She is starting immediately and will be diligently working on inspired programming for the December concert. We are delighted and thrilled to recruit someone of Michelle’s caliber and talent to our Guild. She is eager and excited to get started and I am confident she will continue to grow and inspire the organization”.