Gretchen Kuhrmann

Artistic Director Gretchen Kuhrmann is the founder and visionary of Choralis. A true advocate for choral music in all schools and communities, she has spent her career honing choral ensembles into musically sensitive performers and encouraging young singers to develop their skills.

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Ms. Kuhrmann has traveled and lived around the world, including Hamburg, Germany, where she spent her formative years. Before leaving Europe, she toured with her own ensemble throughout Western Europe. In addition to being a sought-after conducting and choral clinician. Ms. Kuhrmann has shown great success with building choral organizations and is in demand as a speaker and consultant on the topic at choral conventions and workshops around the world.

Audiences and critics alike have recognized Choralis for its musical excellence. Ms. Kuhrmann’s detailed preparation and skillful conducting have earned Choralis ensembles acclaim throughout the United States and Europe. 

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Ms. Kuhrmann also has prepared choruses for many  U.S. and international conductors as well as area diplomatic and political events. She is the Director of Music for Fairfax Presbyterian Church and holds performance degrees in conducting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and George Mason University.

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Wei-Han Wu
Associate Conductor and Keyboard Artist

 Wei-Han Wu is active as a soloist, chamber musician, ensemble pianist, and vocal coach. He has been a featured performer at the Tanglewood, Aspen, Castleton, Lake George, and Walla Walla Chamber Music Festivals  

Dedicated to the performance and promotion of new music, Wu is currently pianist for the [Switch~ Ensemble] as well as Duo Axis.

He is on faculty at Peabody Conservatory, the Taos Opera Institute, and WNO’s Opera Institute. More recently, Wu has served as music director for several opera productions, including  Carmen  with Loudon Lyric Opera, and Hydrogen Jukebox by Philip Glass at Shenandoah University. Wu is the pianist for The Washington Chorus, and he works frequently with the Washington Bach Consort, and the Exigence Vocal Ensemble of the Sphinx Organization. 

A member of Pi Kappa Lambda, he is the recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Juilliard School, the Felicia Montealegre Fellowship from the Tanglewood Music Center, and the Collaborative Piano Fellowship from Bard College. Wu holds degrees from Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, and the Eastman School of Music, where he earned two doctoral degrees in piano performance and collaborative piano.

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Julie Huang Tucker
Conducting Fellow and Keyboard Artist

Julie Huang Tucker is a conductor and keyboard artist who serves as music director at First Presbyterian Church of Arlington, associate conductor and accompanist of Washington Men’s Camerata, and conducting fellow of Choralis.

As a collaborative organist, she has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic, Choral Arts Society of Washington, and Washington Chorus at the Kennedy Center, Strathmore Hall, and National Cathedral.

Her experience as an educator is diverse, and spans the gamut from teaching tango music workshops in Mexico, coaching young artist opera choruses in Italy, and directing township youth and prison choirs in South Africa.  She also shares her knowledge of music as an on-air host on WETA, Washington’s classical music radio station.

Tucker holds degrees from Cornell University, the University of Oklahoma, and is currently pursuing a DMA in choral conducting at the University of Maryland.​​​​​​

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Greg Mugione
Conducting Fellow

Greg Mugione is a graduate from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania and The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC receiving degrees in Music Education and Piano Pedagogy, respectively. He has been mentored by Galen H. Deibler, Dr. Barbara English Maris, Dr. James Litzleman, and the late Cyril M.Stretansky. 

Mugione began his career teaching K-8 General Music at St. Catherine Labouré School in Wheaton, Maryland, and also taught piano classes and private lessons at The Academy of Fine Arts 

As a performer he has played concerts and accompanied artists throughout the Washington, DC metro area, including the Kennedy Center and the White House.  As a member of the faculty for over two decades, Mugione currently serves as the Chair of the Performing Arts Department at McLean School in Potomac, Maryland where he directs three choruses, teaches a drama class and directs two major drama productions each year.  He is the piano accompanist for Catholic liturgies sponsored by Dignity-Washington. 

Mugione has been a member of Choralis and Ēchos since 2007 

As an avid Lionel Electric Trains enthusiast, he is a member of the Train Collectors Association’s Eastern Division. His collection includes toy trains from the 1920s to the present. He enjoys spending time with his partner, Brad, and dog, Chesska