Pamela Pierson has enjoyed working with articulate, engaged and empathetic young people, who just happen to want to sing, for 45+ years. She taught primarily at Coloma Community Schools and West Ottawa High School in Holland, and she currently teaches at Hope College.

Her goal with every choir is to build a family that takes ownership of their prospects, to understand their music’s meaning and to create outstanding performances. An active adjudicator and clinician, she conducted the High School SSAA State Honors Choir in 2012, led multiple sessions at the Michigan Music Conference and the Michigan School Vocal Musical Association (MSVMA) Summer Workshop, provided choirs for workshop panels, was the MSVMA Teacher of the Year 2015, and her choirs performed multiple times at the Michigan Music Conference and American Choral Directors Association conferences.

Her choirs have performed in many cities in the U.S. and in Canada and six European countries Her choirs have worked one-on-one with some of America’s leading composers, conductors and performers. In the summers of 2019 and 2024, she was the director of the 80-voice Michigan Musicians Abroad Choir on their 16-day European trip.

She has held multiple positions in the hierarchy of Michigan School Vocal Music Association including the executive board. She volunteers with the Fennville High School Choral program and the Lakeshore Community Chorus, and she conducts the West Ottawa Alumnae Choir, Las Almas.