Lynne Gackle is an active clinician, conductor, and adjudicator for various choral clinics, honor choirs, workshops, and festivals throughout the United States. She has conducted All-State Choirs in 20 states and has served as conductor for several Divisional ACDA Honor Choirs and one National Junior High Honor Choir. She has served as conductor of the Australian National Choral Association's High School Women's Choir in Brisbane, Australia and the Alberta Choral Federation's High School Honour Choir in Calgary, Canada. In 2005-06, she will conduct various workshops, honor choirs and All-State Choirs in Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oregon, New York, Utah, West Virginia, and again in Australia.
Dr. Gackle has taught at all levels, elementary through college, in Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi. She is the Founder/Artistic Director of the Gulf Coast Youth Choirs, Inc., a community choral arts organization in Tampa, Florida where she also serves as the conductor of the advanced touring ensemble, Le Petit Choeur and the mixed ensemble, Voce di Vita. Currently, she also serves as Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of South Florida. Previously, she served as the Vocal/Choral Coordinator at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL, Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Mississippi and Adjunct Professor, Music Education at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL.
She received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Louisiana State University and her Master of Music Education as well as her Doctorate of Music Education from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
Her choirs have performed at the State, Divisional and National Conventions of the American Choral Directors Association as well as the Music Educators National Conference Bi-ennial Convention. She served as President of the ACDA Southern Division as well as ACDA - Florida. Lynne received the Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award from the Florida ACDA Chapter for dedicated service, leadership, and excellence in choral music in Florida. In addition to ACDA, she holds memberships in the Florida Music Educators Association, MENC, the Florida Vocal Association, and NATS. She currently serves as the National R & S Chair for Children's Choirs for the American Choral Directors Association.
Dr. Gackle was a contributing author to the MENC publication, Music at the Middle Level: Building Strong Programs, and has had several articles published in the Choral Journal. Additionally, she is the editor of the Lynne Gackle Choral Series for Colla Voce Music, Inc. and of Choral Artistry for the Singer with Walton Music.