Sydney Mukasa

Sydney Mukasa is a conductor, tenor, and pianist from Baltimore, Maryland. He has recently completed his final year of doctoral study in choral conducting at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Studying in the studio of Dr. Eugene Rogers, Sydney has served at the University as Music Director of Arts Chorale, Assistant Conductor of the Men’s Glee Club, Chorus Director of the Opera Studio’s production of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, and Music Director of the prison-outreach chamber choir, Out of the Blue. Sydney received a bachelor’s degree in Music from Harvard University in 2018, and enjoyed singing with The Harvard University Choir and the jazz acapella group, The Harvard Din & Tonics. Sydney also conducted several musical theater productions while studying at Harvard, including Sweeney Todd in the Oberon Theater. More recently, he graduated in 2022 with a master's degree in choral conducting from Yale's Institute of Sacred Music; in addition to co-directing the Battell Chapel Choir, he sang with several Yale choral ensembles including Yale Schola Cantorum under the direction of David Hill. Between his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Sydney spent two years working in administration for the artistic department at Boston Lyric Opera, and was an active singer with several Boston choral ensembles including Triad, Voices 21C, and Analog Chorale. He looks forward to lending his training and diverse experience to the exploration of works for choir, musical theater, opera, and orchestra