• Dr. Gary Seighman is a Professor, Director of Choral Activities, and Chair of the Music Department. Under his leadership, Trinity’s choirs have earned numerous accolades, including invited performances at state and national conferences, tours across the United States and abroad, unique artistic collaborations, and commercial recordings. A charismatic and passionate artist, Seighman is highly sought after as a clinician, guest conductor, and speaker. He received the 2023 Innovative Concert Programming Award from the Texas Choral Directors Association and, more recently, the Guy H. Ranson Memorial Award for excellence in teaching, research, and service from the Carlos Alvarez School of Arts and Humanities. He is honored to conduct the 2025–2026 Texas Private School All-State Choir.

    Since 2015, he has conducted in East Asia six times, including leading the Peking University Summer Opera Program, offering graduate masterclasses in Taiwan, and participating in engagements in Japan. In 2019, he was artist-in-residence at University College Dublin, with additional work in London, Cambridge, and Liverpool. He served as chorusmaster at the Classical Music Festival in Vienna (2018) and led the TU Chamber Singers on a 2024 tour of the U.K. and France, featuring a live-broadcast evensong from Winchester Cathedral. His Carnegie Hall conducting debut came in 2022, followed by returns in 2023 and 2025 to conduct the National Honor Choir.

    In 2021–2022, Seighman served as a TU Public Humanities Faculty Fellow. He has authored over a dozen publications in book chapters and peer-reviewed journals, released a published conducting masterclass video with Forward Motion, and presented more than thirty sessions at conferences nationwide. Always eager to explore new artistic and creative outlets, Seighman has been signed as a model and actor with Avant Agency since 2018, appearing in print, online, on billboards, and in radio and television. In his spare time, he coaches soccer, softball, and baseball for his children, Gabrielle (8) and Justin (10).

    • D.M.A., University of Maryland
    • M.M., University of Oklahoma
    • B.M., Westminster Choir College

    • “Examining Choral Music with a Rhetorical Perspective: A Practical Guide.” American Choral Review 57/1.
    • “Exploring the Science of Ensemble.” Choral Journal 55/9.
    • Resveillez vous, chascun fidele [Pseaume 33] by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (ed. Gary Seighman). GIA Publications 2015
    • "Getting the Most out of Your Minutes." Southwestern Musician 80/7.
    • Johannes Brahms: Secular Choral Songs, RIAS Kammerchor [Compact Disk Review]. Choral Journal 52/8.
    • "Agostino Steffani's Stabat Mater: A Hidden Pearl of Dramatic, Expressive, and Structural Brilliance." Choral Journal 47/2.
    • "Some Thoughts on Accessibility and the Choral Art." Bel Canto XIII/2.

    • Trinity Choir
    • Voix d'Esprit
    • Chamber Singers
    • Choral Union
    • Advanced Choral Conducting
    • Secondary Choral Music Instruction and Practices
    • Advanced Music Pedagogics and Clinical Practice

    • Director of the annual TU High School Choral Festival
    • Choral Union, conductor
    • Adviser for the College Men's Conference
    • Organizer for Trinity's Celebration of Women's Voices event
    • Admissions, Scholarships, and Financial Aid Committee
    • Faculty Adviser
    • Grant Evaluator for the Texas Commission on the Arts
    • Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) coach