Our Leadership
BRYANT MOXLEY
Director
Bryant Moxley joined the Northeast Piedmont Chorale in 2015 as a member of the baritone section. He is very excited to continue serving as director of the Chorale!
A summa cum laude graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, he received his masterʼs degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Bryant has served as Coordinator of the Segue Youth Choir Festival and Camp Director for the Music and Worship Arts Camp of Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center. He is an active member of ACDA and the Virginia Baptist Male Chorale.
Bryant is a licensed Musikgarten instructor regularly exploring music with a room full of toddlers and babies. Bryant currently
serves as Associate Pastor for Music and Pastoral Care at Oxford Baptist Church.
An avid runner, Moxley has survived several half marathons. He enjoys tennis, cooking, travel and spending time with his daughters, their husbands and their dogs as much as possible.
KRISTEN ALLRED
Accompanist
Kristen Allred joined the Northeast Piedmont Chorale as an alto in the fall of 2018. Upon the retirement of Stan Benton, the Chorale welcomed her as its new accompanist in the fall of 2019.
Kristen has a degree in Piano Pedagogy from Utah State University, where she taught piano and was awarded “Teacher of the Year” through the Utah State University Youth Conservatory. During the past 30 years, Kristen has continued to teach private piano lessons, as well as music composition and theory, and her students have placed in statewide composition contests.
For many years, Kristen has served as an accompanist for her church, choir, congregation, and for special musical numbers. She is also an accompanist for instrumentalists in the community. In addition, Kristen has served as the Composition Chairperson for North Carolina Music Teachers Association (NCMTA), and she is a member of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), the Raleigh Piano Teachers Association (RPTA), and the American Society of Composers and Publishers (ASCAP).
Kristen has written five piano books for the elementary and intermediate pianist which were published by the Neil A. Kjos Music Company. Many of the pieces from these books are included on the National Federation of Music Club’s repertoire list, as well as on various state contest repertoire lists. Kristen has also written several choral works, simplified piano arrangements of hymns, and children’s songs published by Jackman Music.