Alison Wahl is a musician whose work as a singer, composer, and songwriter spans many musical worlds and seeks to center authentic human presence. Her music invites performers and audiences to bring their whole true selves to the process of sharing art together, and to value their own perspectives with tenderness and pride. It is her hope that her music makes people feel connected, helping to heal feelings of loneliness and isolation.

Alison was a regular member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the Grant Park Chorus, and Music of the Baroque. She was a 2015 vocal fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and a 2012 young artist at the Steans Music Institute at the Ravinia Festival. She was the second-place winner of the 2013 University of Madison Early Music Festival’s Handel Aria Competition and received an Encouragement Award at the 2012 Met National Compeition.

Alison has taught Voice, Composition, Theory, and Aural Skills at Judson University and Ithaca College. She graduated with highest honors from Amherst College, winning the Eric Edward Sundquist Prize and the Consulate General Prize for Excellence in Music Composition and Performance. A recipient of the Edward Poole Lay Fellowship, she holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts and a Masters degree with honors in Voice Performance and Literature from Northwestern University, where she was awarded the Eckstein Scholarship. She was the first graduate of the Peabody Conservatory’s Low-Residency Masters program, where she studied composition with Sky Macklay.