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STEVIE HIRNER

Founder, (Trans)itioning Voices | Artistic Director, Long Beach Youth Chorus | Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach
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Stevie J. Hirner (she/her) is a choral conductor, composer, singer, and educator who specializes
in cultivating transgender and gender expansive inclusivity in singing through empathetic
practices and science-informed vocal pedagogy. As a transgender musician and one of the
leading researchers in her field, Hirner is a sought-after lecturer and clinician. Her recent credits
include a featured article discussing her methodology, “Line Recombination,” in the
November/December 2022 issue of the Choral Journal as well as frequent lectures at
professional conferences—the 2023 ACDA National Conference and the 2023 World
Symposium on Choral Music being the most recent, and she is scheduled to present her new
gender-affirming singing protocol, “Flexible Fach,” at several ACDA conferences in 2024.
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Hirner joined the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music as a Lecturer in Choral and Voice Methods in
the Fall of 2023 and is nearing the completion of her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral
Music at the University of Southern California while also entering her fourth season as the
Artistic Director of the Long Beach Youth Chorus. During her time at USC, she served as the
lead conductor for the USC Thornton Apollo Chorus and the University Chorus in addition to
teaching Choral Conducting I/II to undergraduate and graduate students. Prior to her studies,
Hirner taught high school choir for six years in Chicago and Miami after completing her Bachelor
of Music Education at Auburn University (2012) and her Master of Music in Choral Conducting
at the University of Missouri (2014).

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