Margaret Burk

Margaret Burk is a conductor and soprano currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting at the University of Michigan, where she studies with Eugene Rogers. At Michigan, Margaret is the Assistant Conductor of the Women’s Glee Club and primary instructor of Sounds from Within, a music workshop at Saginaw Correctional Facility. She also serves as Director of Music Ministries at Westside United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor.

Prior to her time at Michigan, Margaret earned the Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music, where she studied with Marguerite Brooks, Jeffrey Douma, and David Hill. At Yale, she received the Robert Shaw prize for outstanding achievement in choral conducting and the Institute’s Faculty Prize for academic excellence and community engagement. She was a featured soloist with the Yale Schola Cantorum and the Yale Camerata as well as a professional singer with the choir of Christ Church, New Haven. She was a fellow at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in 2018.

Margaret earned the Bachelor of Music degree from St. Olaf College, where she studied with Anton Armstrong and sang in the St. Olaf Choir. She taught middle and high school choral music in Minnesota and Kansas for four years; she also served as Assistant Organist/Choirmaster at Grace Cathedral, Topeka, KS. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, running, and spending time with her two senior cats, Bob and Leo.