Teachers and Staff | Lee Wright

Lee Wright maintains an active career as an educator, conductor, organist, and ensemble singer. He regularly serves as conductor both regionally and nationally for all-county, area all-state, and festival choirs. Since 2004, Lee has served as Director of Music Ministry at Downtown Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York, where he oversees a diverse ministry including the Downtown Arts Link Concert Series, and events for the Downtown Center. Lee founded the choral ensemble, First Inversion in the fall of 2014. Driven by his deep commitment to community, First Inversion brings together both professional and avocational singers from Greater Rochester with the goal of true personal and musical growth through a focus on selfless and fearless musical expression. Lee regularly sings with the the professional chamber choirs Sounding Light (Tom Trenney, director) and Voices (William Weinert, director). Recently, Lee has guest conducted the Center Stage Pops Orchestra, the Catskill Symphony Orchestra and served as Director of Choral Activities at Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY) from 2016-2018.

Lee completed his Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance at the Eastman School of Music in 2003, studying with renowned American organist, David Higgs. He received the Master of Music in choral conducting from Ithaca college in 2011, and the Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting from the Eastman School of Music in 2018. His research focuses on the development of the concert spiritual in the late 19th century.