Dr. Angelica Dunsavage [she/they] serves as Artistic Director of the Phoenix Girls Chorus in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to PGC, she has served in higher education as Director of Choral Activities at Tennessee State University, where she has conducted ensembles and taught classes in conducting and music education. She received her DMA in Choral Conducting and Music Education from University of Arizona, her MM in Choral Conducting from Bowling Green State University, and her BS in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Angelica serves as Chief Editor of Publications for the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and has previously served as editor for state and regional journals. Her writing has appeared in the Choral Journal and the Choral Scholar. She has presented posters and interest sessions for NCCO, ACDA, NAfME and College Music Society conferences, and regularly serves as a clinician for area schools. Angelica’s primary research interests are the application of Alexander Technique to choral and conducting pedagogy, the decolonization of scholarship, and secular music of the German Baroque. She is a published composer and arranger with Canorous Music.

Angelica has served in church, community, and public-school teaching positions in the Arizona, Ohio and Pennsylvania areas, and remains in demand as a clinician, vocal teacher, professional chorister, and mezzo-soprano soloist.

Outside of music, Angelica advocates for holistic health and mindfulness, especially for teachers and those in caretaker roles. She is a published author in the best-selling book Dreaming With Bees: Sacred Medicine Beyond the Veil of Grief. Angelica is a certified Reiki practitioner and operates a studio from her home, where she combines modalities of Reiki with crystal healing and body mapping. She is an avid reader of historical fiction and fantasy, a participant of Renaissance fairs, and believes that everyone can embrace their inner pirate! Angelica is a proud Leo, wife to Joe, and dog mom to Riley and Eliza.