About
Greenville Youth Chorale (GYC) serves 100+ singers each season in grades K5 to 12 across four age-divided treble choirs. Established in 2019, GYC holds weekly rehearsals at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Greenville and performs at the Peace Center, Gunter Theatre, and throughout Greenville for regular concerts. We value community, growing together, care for one another, and excelling in choral arts. You can learn more about our programs in our Program Handbook.
Laura Brundage
Artistic Director
Laura Cook Brundage conducts Chamber Singers (8th-12th grade) and serves as Artistic Director. Laura also serves as an Assistant Professor on the Vocal Studies faculty at Bob Jones University where she conducts the BJU Concert Choir and teaches private voice lessons. Since 2019, Laura has also served as Executive Director of the award-winning community choir Rivertree Singers that has been featured throughout the southeast including at The Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC and at the ACDA Southern Division Conference in Jacksonville, FL.
Steven Brundage
Executive Director & Principal Accompanist
Steven Brundage is the founder and Executive Director of Greenville Youth Chorale. Additionally, Steven serves as pianist for Apprentice Choir and Chamber Singers. He is passionate about choral music and children’s music education, having been a founding member of Rivertree Singers and having established Copland Sound in 2013, a piano studio for pianists ages 5-18. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano pedagogy from the University of South Carolina and previously served on the editorial board of the Frances Clark Center’s Piano Pedagogy Journal.
Jon Reid
Concert Choir Conductor
Joanie Pegram
Apprentice Choir Conductor
Joanie Pegram serves as the conductor for 2nd-4th grades. She has taught elementary music and choirs at Bob Jones Elementary School since 2003 where she leads more than 100 elementary singers throughout three choirs. Her elementary choirs were featured performers at the 2023 South Carolina Music Educator’s Association Professional Development Conference and also at Furman University for the 2023 South Carolina American Choral Director’s Association Fall Conference.
Amanda Bright
First Impressions Conductor
Amanda Bright serves as conductor for First Impressions, GYC’s ensemble for young singers in K5-1st grade. Amanda masterfully works with these little ones. She is also a music teacher at Robert E. Cashion Elementary School and sings with the Rivertree Singers.
