Geoffrey Boers is Director of Choral Activities and the Ruth Waters Professor of Music at the University of Washington Seattle, where he leads a program widely recognized as innovative and forward thinking, focused on nurturing the whole student as conductor-teacher- scholar-servant-leader. His research is focused toward developing new thoughts on conducting gesture and rehearsal pedagogy as informed by vocal science, neuro-science, and recent vocal pedagogies; and their impact on empathy, perception, learning, and personal transformation.

His primary passion during his career is to foster the love of choral music in young people, and to equip them with the joy of discovery in becoming a choral artist. When he works with young singers and their teachers, the word most often spoken is “connection”—singers feel connected to their instrument, each other, and to the music they are singing. Alongside his work with young singers, his hope was to affirm and enable the work of choral teachers, and provide opportunities for growth and inspiration.  TOGETHER, WE SING, is a tool for teachers, leaders of group singing, and singers to find pathways for growth and success at every level of experience! Formerly known as CLaS, this tool for teachers has been recognized by National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS), American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Canadian Music Educators Association (CMEA) Choral Canada, and has been adopted by NAfME as the national standards for choral performance. This ground-breaking work is being explored and practiced across the North American continent, and is renowned for its visionary approaches to Student-Centered learning, Co-Creation of learning outcomes, non-biased vocal goals, artistic goals which lead to any style, and helping teachers know "what is now possible."