Director Biography: Nhung Truong

Nhung Truong is the Director of Music at the Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, MA. At Nobles, she she oversees the music program that serves over 250 students, conducts and directs various choirs and a cappella groups grades 7-12, and teaches music theory courses. Outside of classroom teaching, Nhung is active in many organizations that allow her to serve the greater choral community, and learn from and share knowledge with choral colleagues. A frequent guest conductor and clinician, Nhung has been invited to conduct the Laurel Music Camp Choir for three summers in Connecticut, the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) Western, Southeastern, and Central Junior District Honor Choirs, the CMEA Southern Region Junior Festival and Berkshire League Music Festival in Connecticut, and clinic middle and high school choirs in New England as they prepare for adjudication festivals.

Nhung is a member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), for whom she has served as the Middle School Repertoire and Resources Chair, Diversity Chair and Publicity/Social Media Chair. An advocate for innovation and community building in the choral rehearsal space, she has presented sessions titled “Vocal Improvisation in the Virtual World” and “Building Community Through the Choral Warm-Up” at the NAfME Eastern Region Conference and the Massachusetts ACDA Summer Conference respectively, and also presented a Middle School Choir Repertoire Session at this year’s MMEA All-State Conference. She also participated in the Sarteano Choral Conducting Workshop in Sarteano, Italy as an invited Full Conductor. As a performer, Nhung has previously sung with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and the Seraphim Singers.

Nhung holds a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from UMass-Amherst and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Providence College.