Dr. Sarah Frook Gallo
Director of Choral Activities
Dr. Sarah Frook Gallo is the new Director of Choral Activities at Lehigh University, where she leads the Lehigh Choral Arts, conducts three curricular choirs, University Choir, Choral Union, and Glee Club, as well as teaching courses in the music department. She is a frequent guest clinician, presenter, and adjudicator, and enjoys working with honor choruses and workshops with choirs of all ages.
Prior to her appointment at Lehigh, she taught at the University of Georgia, where she conducted four curricular ensembles and taught courses in conducting and music education. She has also held teaching positions at William & Mary, Christopher Newport University, and the University of Richmond. Dr. Frook Gallo also served as the Artistic Director of the Virginia Choral Society, a 100-member community choir in Newport News, VA.
Dr. Frook Gallo is a vibrant and versatile conductor, teacher, and singer, and aims to foster intentional musical communities in all aspects of her work. Her research interests include the music of a 19th century Mexico City girls’ school, incorporating Dalcroze Eurhythmics into the conducting classroom, and incorporating vocal pedagogy into the choral rehearsal and teacher training. Her choirs have commissioned and premiered works by Tawnie Olson, Lori Laitman, and Ysaÿe Barnwell.
In her time as a doctoral student at the University of Georgia, she was awarded the prestigious Presidential Fellowship, and was selected for several masterclasses and conducting programs, including the National Collegiate Choral Organization Graduate Fellowship, Baylor International Choral Conducting Masterclass, the Wintergreen Music Academy Conductor’s Summit, and as a conductor in the 2020 ACDA Southern Graduate Conducting Masterclass.
Dr. Frook Gallo earned her DMA in Choral Conducting at the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music, her MM in Choral Conducting from the Eastman School of Music, and her undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary with a concentration in piano, voice, and harpsichord.
Prof. Nicholas Sienkiewicz
Interim Associate Director
Nicholas Sienkiewicz is a Visiting Assistant Professor and the Interim Associate Director of Choral Activities at Lehigh University. Nicholas also serves as Artistic Director of the Lehigh Valley Chorale and of the Stonewall Chorale of NYC. Previous appointments include Director of the Youth Pride Chorus and Conducting Fellow with the Queer Urban Orchestra.
Known for his dynamic artistry and commitment to building inclusive musical communities, he has led ensembles in performances at Carnegie Hall, Miller Symphony Hall, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Cooper Union, and UBS Arena, and collaborated with artists such as Pentatonix, Peppermint, and Murray Hill. His ensembles have received national recognition with the Lehigh Valley Chorale honored as a finalist for the American Prize in Choral Performance (community, 2025) and receiving second place for the Marian Anderson Award in Social Justice (2025).
An active and versatile vocalist, Sienkiewicz has performed extensively throughout the New York region in concert, cabaret, musical theater, and choral settings. Nicholas has performed as a vocalist at Feinstein's 54 Below, Green Room 42, Don't Tell Mama, and the Rat NYC. In the choral space, Nicholas was featured soloist in March 2026 for Stephen Schwartz's Testimony at Lincoln Center, and Moira Smiley's Wire You Here premiered at the Harris Theatre in Chicago.
Equally at home in music direction, Nicholas has served regional theaters including Timberlake Playhouse, the Barn Theater, and Vanguard Theatre. Nicholas has a particular passion for the development of new works, and has served on the music team for projects such as Ben Diskant's Much Ado About Nothing, Scott Wilkinson and Eric Webb's Rise: A New Musical, and Dominique Morisseau and Kenny Seymour's Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical.
Sienkiewicz serves as Treasurer of the Eastern Region of the American Choral Directors Association and served as the Interest Session Chair in 2024, and as the Conference Co-Chair in 2026. He previously served as New York ACDA's Repertoire & Resources Co-Chair for Research and has contributed scholarship and writing in the Choral Scholar and the Choral Journal.
Nicholas holds a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Indiana University, and Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Bachelor of Musical Arts in Voice from Western Michigan University.
Prof. David Macbeth
David B. Macbeth is a founding vocal/choral faculty member of the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, where he conducts two of the school’s five choral ensembles, along with teaching responsibilities in advanced placement (AP) music theory, piano, and applied vocal techniques. David also serves as the Choirmaster and Director of Music Ministries at First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, Pa, leading a distinct and comprehensive sacred music program.
David holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Music Education from West Chester University, with concentrations in choral conducting, applied voice, organ, and collaborative piano. David holds the American Guild of Organists Choir Master certification (ChM), ranking third nationally among 2013 examinees, and the AGO Associate Certification in Organ Performance (AAGO), awarded 2025. David received consecutive fellowships with the Yale School of Music Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in both choral conducting and vocal performance, working under Yale emeritus Simon Carrington. He has conducted choral ensembles at world class venues such as the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC, Carnegie Hall, New York, King’s Chapel, Boston, and the Dome Cathedral, Riga, Latvia. In 2012 David led the Touring Choir of the Lehigh Valley Charter HS for the Arts to a third place finish in the advanced mixed youth division of the World Choir Games. David most recent performance engagements include organ accompanist/soloist with the Artefact Ensemble under Grammy nominated choral composer/conductor Benedict Sheehan, as a member of the studio accompanist staff of the New School, Mannes Conservatory, New York, and as bass chorister with the Royal School of Church Music National Choir, serving a residency at Canterbury Cathedral, UK.