About Greenville Youth Chorale
Founded in 2019, Greenville Youth Chorale (GYC) rehearses in beautiful downtown Greenville and serves approximately 100 singers each season in grades K5-12. Our children’s choir offers four age-divided, treble-choirs that challenge singers in a caring learning environment. GYC provides a place for every young person who loves to sing and is committed to personal growth and vocal development.
Laura Brundage
Artistic Director
Laura Cook Brundage conducts Chamber Singers, GYC’s SATB choir, and serves as GYC’s Artistic Director. Laura also serves as an Assistant Professor on the Vocal Studies faculty at Bob Jones University where she conducts the BJU Lyric Choir and teaches private voice. 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
Artistic Director
Jon Reid serves as conductor for Concert Choir, GYC’s largest ensemble for unchanged voices in grades 5th-7th. Jon is an award-winning composer and arranger, published with Beckenhorst Press, Chorister’s Guild, Soundforth, and others. He serves as the chorus conductor for Blue Ridge High School and is a frequent clinician throughout the Southeast.
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.
