Conductor
Andrew Crane, conductor
Andrew Crane joined the BYU faculty in 2015, where his main duties include conducting the Brigham Young University Singers and teaching courses in the graduate conducting curriculum. Previous to this appointment, he served for four years as Director of Choral Activities at East Carolina University (ECU), and six years in the same position at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). He is also the former choral director at Provo High School. Teaching honors include the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications Excellence in Mentoring award, and the CSUSB Outstanding Professor award for scholarly, research, and creative activities.
Choirs under his direction have appeared by invitation at numerous state, regional, and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, and National Collegiate Choral Organization. Recent examples include the 2025 ACDA national conference in Dallas, TX, the 2022 ACDA Western Division conference in Long Beach, CA, the 2019 ACDA national conference in Kansas City, MO, and the 2017 NCCO national conference in Baton Rouge, LA.
On the international stage Dr. Crane has led the BYU Singers to first place awards in the following European competitions: World Choir Festival and Competition on Musicals (2025, Thessaloniki, Greece); Fleischmann International Trophy Competition at the Cork International Choral Festival (2024, Cork, Ireland); International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (2022, Klaipėda, Lithuania); Aegis carminis (2021, Koper, Slovenia). In 2015, he conducted the ECU Chamber Singers to first place honors at the International Choral Competition Gallus (Maribor, Slovenia), and in 2012 the same ensemble, under his direction, was named winner of The American Prize in Choral Performance, College/University Division.
From 2011-2024 Crane enjoyed a secondary career as a professional ensemble tenor, appearing with such esteemed groups as Seraphic Fire, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Yale Choral Artists, Spire Chamber Ensemble, Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus, and others. As a soloist, he has performed the tenor roles in much of the standard concert repertoire for chorus and orchestra.
Active as a conductor of honor choirs, clinician, adjudicator and presenter, Crane has appeared in these capacities in 21 U.S. states as well as in Switzerland, China, Indonesia, Italy, Vietnam, and the French Caribbean. In addition, Crane curates a choral series under his name through Walton Music. He and his wife Casandria (also a BYU alumna) reside in American Fork, UT and are the parents of four adult children.
Choirs under his direction have appeared by invitation at numerous state, regional, and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, and National Collegiate Choral Organization. Recent examples include the 2025 ACDA national conference in Dallas, TX, the 2022 ACDA Western Division conference in Long Beach, CA, the 2019 ACDA national conference in Kansas City, MO, and the 2017 NCCO national conference in Baton Rouge, LA.
On the international stage Dr. Crane has led the BYU Singers to first place awards in the following European competitions: World Choir Festival and Competition on Musicals (2025, Thessaloniki, Greece); Fleischmann International Trophy Competition at the Cork International Choral Festival (2024, Cork, Ireland); International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (2022, Klaipėda, Lithuania); Aegis carminis (2021, Koper, Slovenia). In 2015, he conducted the ECU Chamber Singers to first place honors at the International Choral Competition Gallus (Maribor, Slovenia), and in 2012 the same ensemble, under his direction, was named winner of The American Prize in Choral Performance, College/University Division.
From 2011-2024 Crane enjoyed a secondary career as a professional ensemble tenor, appearing with such esteemed groups as Seraphic Fire, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Yale Choral Artists, Spire Chamber Ensemble, Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus, and others. As a soloist, he has performed the tenor roles in much of the standard concert repertoire for chorus and orchestra.
Active as a conductor of honor choirs, clinician, adjudicator and presenter, Crane has appeared in these capacities in 21 U.S. states as well as in Switzerland, China, Indonesia, Italy, Vietnam, and the French Caribbean. In addition, Crane curates a choral series under his name through Walton Music. He and his wife Casandria (also a BYU alumna) reside in American Fork, UT and are the parents of four adult children.
Ronald Staheli, conductor emeritus
Dr. Staheli founded BYU Singers in 1984 and conducted the choir until his retirement in 2015. His long and distinguished international career has brought recognition and acclaim from the choral world. Dr. Staheli’s influence on the thousands of students who sang in his choirs will continue as they teach their own students the art of music-making, along with his passion for excellence.