Artistic Direction
Liz Geisewite
Artistic Director
Liz Geisewite is a Brooklyn-based conductor, singer, teacher, and choral music enthusiast. Brooklyn Treble Choir’s Artistic Director since 2019, Liz serves as the Director of Choral Education for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and teaches choral conducting at Manhattan School of Music.
Previously, Liz taught music and developed curriculum in NYC public high schools for more than a decade. She is the current President-elect for the NY chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and previously served as the NY-ACDA Treble Choir Repertoire and Resources co-chair.
As a student of the Kodály method of music education, Liz studied Kodály methodology at NYU, the British Kodály Academy, and the International Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary. She has taught Kodály musicianship classes for the National Children’s Chorus (NCC) and delivered presentations on the use of Kodály methodology in the choral classroom at Brooklyn College, Queens College, SUNY Potsdam, NY-ACDA and the NYC Department of Education.
In 2009, she co-founded Accord Treble Choir, which was selected to perform at the 2012 and 2020 ACDA Eastern Division conferences.
Borah Han
Collaborative Pianist
Borah Han is a Korean-American pianist, a co-founder of Brooklyn Piano Lab, and a former Adjunct Piano Faculty at New York University. She has performed in recitals and masterclasses in Italy, Spain, Korea, and the United States at venues notably Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Symphony Space, and National Sawdust. In 2009, she appeared as a soloist with Michigan State University Philharmonic Orchestra.
As a performer of new music, she collaborates with composers in the Tri-State area, highlights including features in New Amsterdam Records, NY Times, and WNYC New Sounds Live.
Her past projects include performing in Dynamic New Music Festival, NYU Percussion Studio (music of Steve Reich, George Antheil, John Psathas), World Youth Wind Symphony with Epoch Percussion Quartet, Red Cedar Trio (clarinet, violin, and piano), and Echo Chamber (a contemporary music sextet.)
She received a Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance with honors from MSU and a Master's degree in Collaborative Piano with honors from NYU where she privately studied with Anne-Marie McDermott, Grant Wenaus, and Jose Ramon Mendez. Her passion for teaching led her to open and run Brooklyn Piano Lab while residing in Park Slope with her husband and two young kids. www.brooklynpianolab.com
Leadership: Board of Directors
o Nancy Hernández, Chair
o Heather Janis Gaw, Vice Chair
o Vanessa Morro, Secretary
o Valerie Price Ervin
o Joanna Weiner
o Lesley Campbell