Lynne Williams, Music Director

Aspinwall Presbyterian Church

Originally from Endwell, NY, Lynne graduated from the College of Wooster, OH with a degree in Music Education. She taught elementary vocal music, and studied and performed with the Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton from 1972 until 1978 when she moved to Pittsburgh to attend Carnegie-Mellon University.  She holds a Masters in Fine Arts in Opera from C-MU and has performed opera, recitals, and oratorio in Pittsburgh, Grand Rapids, Michigan, as well as Binghamton and Wooster.  She has studied with Frances Yeend, James Benner, Peyton Hibbitt and Carmen Savoca.

Lynne was a Metropolitan Opera District winner and also performed on the Pittsburgh Concert Society roster.  Lynne performed with the Chautuaqua Symphony Orchestra as a winner of a Sigma Alpha Iota competition.  She has sung works such as Handel’s  “Messiah,” Haydn’s “Creation,” Bach’s “Easter Oratorio” and “Magnificat,” Mozart’s “Requiem,” and Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony” with the Bach Choir and Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, the Westmoreland Symphony and Choral Society and the St. Vincent College Choir.

She is an adjunct voice teacher at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA.Lynne is Music Director for the Aspinwall Presbyterian Church where she serves as organist and directs the Chancel Choir, Bell Choir and Joyful Noise Choir.  Lynne has a private studio of 20 piano and voice students.  She and her husband Glen live in Springdale, PA.