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Dr. Pamela Blackstone is a renowned and respected conductor, voice instructor, choreographer, and healer on the national and international levels, where her expertise and innovative approach to music, health, and life skills have empowered individuals of all ages to achieve their highest levels of musicianship, creative artistry, and wellness.

For over three decades, Dr. Blackstone has devoted herself to the art of performance and music education with passion and her signature high-energy excellence. Currently, she serves in her 16th year as Associate Artistic Director and Chief Programming Officer of the GRAMMY® Award-winning National Children’s Chorus. Her concert appearances have included Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Royce Hall, and The Broad Stage, with international appearances in London, Oxford, Wales, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Rome, Florence, Venice, Vatican City, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona, Beijing, Xi’an, Seoul, Tokyo, Kyoto, Oslo and Copenhagen. Her recent musical collaborations include projects with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Grant Gershon and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, American Youth Symphony, VOCES8, Eric Whitacre, Sharon Farber, Nico Muhly, Caroline Polachek, Ola Gjeilo, and Meredith Monk. As a college educator, Dr. Blackstone held the position of Director of Choral Activities and Vocal Studies at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, and emerged as one of the Midwest region’s most sought-after choral clinicians, judges, and choreographers. She also served as the Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles-based Angeles Chorale, and has taught choral and vocal music at the University of California Los Angeles, Santa Ana College, and church organizations across the nation.

Dr. Blackstone obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Kansas, a Master of Music degree in choral conducting from the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting from the University of California Los Angeles. Combined with her expertise in the healing arts profession, Dr. Blackstone has advocated for an integrated, holistic approach to music education that embodies an eclectic array of modalities and methodologies, enriching her students mentally, emotionally, and kinesthetically. In addition, Dr. Blackstone’s awe-inspiring energy, revered as positively contagious, has established her as an invaluable vocal instructor and in-demand performance coach across the nation. Recent students have been accepted with scholarships at top-level programs including the University of Southern California, University of California Los Angeles, Manhattan School of Music, New York University, Mannes School of Music, Northwestern University, Boston Conservatory, Berklee, Oberlin, University of Michigan, Peabody Institute, Indiana University, Stanford and Harvard.

Dr. Blackstone is available for conducting appearances, masterclasses, vocal training, piano studies, conductor training, and choreography.