Dr. Jeremiah Selvey, named the winner of The American Prize 2017 in Conducting, professional choir division, is Professor of Music and the Director of Choral Activities at Santa Monica College, where he directs the SMC Concert Chorale, SMC Chamber Choir, and the Jazz Vocal Ensemble and also teaches applied and class voice and theory. He is proud to serve as a role model for underrepresented queer and Hispanic people in his community. In addition, Jeremiah co-directs Chorosynthesis Singers, runs the nonprofit Chorosynthesis, and adjudicates for The American Prize. Frequently, Jeremiah clinics choirs, performs as a baritone/countertenor, and guest conducts. Jeremiah’s compositions have been performed on four continents, and his research on equity in rehearsal and performance, choral expressivity, and being a singing entrepreneur has been presented in Asia, Europe, and throughout the United States, including regional, national, and international conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), College Music Society, Chorus America (CA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and the international Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses Festival. His work is referenced in flagship journals of the ACDA, CA, and NAfME, and he is published by The Choral Scholar and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, and is featured on two recently released Centaur Records CDs as both singer and conductor. Jeremiah holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance and advanced degrees in choral conducting from Emory University and the University of Washington.

Dr. Wendy K. Moy is Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Chorosynthesis Singers. Dr. Moy is also an Assistant Professor of Music Education at Syracuse University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate coursework in music education, conducting, vocal techniques, rehearsal techniques, choral literature, and directs the Crouse Chorale.

Under her co-direction, Chorosynthesis Singers was named the 2nd place winner of The American Prize in Choral Performance, professional division with a special citation for Extraordinary Commitment to New Music in 2018. They recently released on the Centaur Records label Empowering Silenced Voices, a 2-CD collection of new music on themes of social consciousness and established the Empowering Silenced Voices Database for Socially Conscious Choral Music. Chorosynthesis Singers was selected to be in residence as Choral Scholars at Santa Monica College and as Dayton Artists-in-Residence at Connecticut College. A strong advocate for collaboration and new music, Dr. Moy has premiere and commissioned numerous new works by established and emerging composers. She also sings soprano in Chorosynthesis Singers and 21V.

Dr. Moy is a frequent clinician and guest conductor with ensembles of all levels. Passionate about mentoring and inspiring young musicians, she has conducted New York Area All State Choirs, Rhode Island All-State Senior High School Chorus, Connecticut Eastern Region High School Honor Choir, Heartland High School Honor Choir, Northshore Junior High Honor Orchestra, and Edmonds School District Elementary Honor Choir. Selected as an American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) International Conducting Fellow, Dr. Moy made her international conducting debut with the Coral da Universidade Federal da Gazzi de Sá at the Festival Paraibano de Coros in João Pessoa, Brazil. She soon followed this with her Asia conducting debut in Shenzhen, China.

Dr. Moy's honors include being selected to participate in the National Endowment for the Humanities Bach Institute in Germany, the Conductors Retreat (orchestral) at Medomak with Ken Kiesler, the Westminster Chamber Choir with Joe Miller, the Tallis Scholar Summer School with Peter Phillips, the Carnegie Hall Choral Institute/Transient Glory Symposium as a conducting associate with Francisco Nuñez, and the Yale/Norfolk Chamber Choir under the direction of Simon Carrington.

Dr. Moy's research focuses on the culture of singing communities and the cultivation of social capital in successful choral organizations. Her dissertation was an ethnographic study of the Seattle Men's Chorus (SMC), the largest gay men's chorus in the world and the largest community chorus in North America. Oxford University Press published her study in Together in Music: Participation, Co-Ordination, and Creativity in Ensembles. She also has a forthcoming book, Resurrecting Song: A Pathway Forward for the Choral Art in the Time of Pandemics to be published by Routledge. Dr. Moy has also published articles in The Choral Journal and The Voice of Chorus America. She has presented at national conferences sponsored by the ACDA; College Music Society; GALA Choruses; National Association for Music Education (NAfME); College Music Society; and Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research. She recently presented at the Chorus America Conference as well as the National Collegiate Choral Organization Conference on fostering equity, diversity, and culture in the choral rehearsal and performance through the music of social consciousness. Dr. Moy has been interviewed for featured articles in The Choral Journal, The Voice of Chorus America, and Teaching Music Journal on the subjects of entrepreneurship and culture-building in the choral arts. 

Dr. Moy serves on the ACDA Standing Committee on International Activities and the New York ACDA R&R Board. She reviews music grants for the National Endowment for the Arts and Chorus America. Dr. Moy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Seattle Pacific University, a Master of Music Education with an emphasis in choral music from Westminster Choir College, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting (Music Education cognate) from the University of Washington.