Elizabeth Avakian, has been a member of the San Francisco Girls Chorus' music faculty since 1983. She directs and supervises The Chorus School and conducts Level IV, The Chorus School's most advanced ensemble. Ms. Avakian prepares singers for performances with San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, and San Francisco Bach Society; supervises the Chorus' Conducting and Music Theory Apprenticeships; and directs the Graduate Conducting Seminar taught each summer at SFGC's Summer Music Camp. Ms. Avakian studied conducting at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music, received a BM degree from the University of Georgia, and worked on Postgraduate studies at Arizona State University. She conducts sight-reading clinics for the American Choral Directors Association, adjudicates at choral and vocal music festivals, serves as clinician for youth choruses throughout Northern California, and has provided in-service demonstrations and workshops in choral and vocal development and technique.