B.M.E., Indiana University; M.M., University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory; D.M.A., University of Arizona. Dr. Billingham conducts the University Chorale and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral music education. She is the co-advisor for the GMU student chapters of American Choral Directors Association and Music Educators National Conference and is President- Elect of Virginia ACDA. As a Certified Laban Movement Analyst, Dr. Billingham's research interests include the incorporation of Laban Movement Theory in conducting pedagogy and the choral rehearsal. Her textbook on Laban Movement Theory and Conducting Practice: The Complete Conductors Guide to Laban Movement Theory is available from GIA Publications. Dr. Billingham is active as a clinician and guest conductor for conferences and choirs throughout the United States and Internationally.
Her conducting mentors include Bruce Chamberlain, Eph Ehly, James Jordan, Maurice Skones and Volker Hempfling. She is a former faculty member of Central Missouri State University, and has vast public school experience at the middle school and high school levels from Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois and North Carolina.