Alyssa Cossey

Dr. Alyssa J. Cossey (she/her) is a conductor, singer, educator, and scholar. She is a contributing author for a new choral text on women composers (edited by Hilary Apfelstadt), an inaugural member of the professional women’s choir, mirabai, a 2023 Finalist for the Dale Warland American Prize in Conducting, and is currently serving as Associate Director of Choral Activities at Coastal Carolina University. Before relocating to the East Coast for love, she was an Assistant Professor of Choral Music at the University of Arizona and prior to that, she taught both middle and high school choir in Southern California for nearly a decade. Dr. Cossey holds a DMA from Michigan State University, an MM from California State University, Fullerton, and a BA from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.