Staff & Board of Directors

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Danya Tiller

DANYA TILLER has been performing, conducting and teaching in the Phoenix Valley for the past 25 years. Ms. Tiller has conducted and taught choirs of all age ranges and levels, working with numerous adult and children’s community and church choirs, coaching and conducting professional choral ensembles, and serving as conductor/clinician for workshops and honor choirs nationwide.

For ten years, Ms. Tiller was the Artistic Director of the Phoenix Girls Chorus and served as a member of the AzACDA board for seven years. She made her conducting debut at Carnegie Hall in 2016 with Vivaldi’s Gloria and 200 singers from across the USA and has toured extensively performing with choirs both in this country and worldwide. In 2019, Ms. Tiller was Acting Assistant Conductor for the Phoenix Chorale.

Ms. Tiller is an accomplished vocalist and a founding member of Helios, a professional early music ensemble, beginning its seventh season and releasing its first recording this fall. She was also engaged in nineteen seasons singing with the Grammy Award-Winning Phoenix Chorale.

Aria Music Studio, which Ms. Tiller founded in 2019, offers solo and group instruction, providing quality private lessons in both voice and piano. She is also currently Adjunct Professor of Voice at Glendale Community College and Assistant Music Director at Valley Presbyterian Church in Phoenix.

The Prescott Chorale is a community-based ensemble dedicated to presenting high-quality choral performances in Prescott and the surrounding region.

ACCOMPANIST

Heidi Pierce

Heidi Pierce developed her musicianship from an early age under the guidance of her parents, both accomplished musicians and educators. She earned a degree in Music Education and later completed a Master of Arts in Teaching from Grand Canyon University, with piano as her instrument.

For ten years, Heidi served on the music faculty at Riverdale High School in Portland, Oregon, where she taught Choir, Band, and Music Theory. Alongside her teaching career, Heidi maintained an active performance life as a collaborative pianist and accompanist, working regularly with vocalists, instrumentalists, choirs, ensembles, studio musicians and a variety of recording projects. She also served as the Keyboardist for Central Lutheran Church in downtown Portland.

Heidi is a highly skilled music reader and arranger, with extensive experience creating custom arrangements and adaptations for choirs and ensembles. She is especially valued for her ability to step into new repertoire quickly, support performers with confidence and sensitivity, and navigate complex scores with ease. Heidi’s musical voice is rooted in expressive, rhythmically alive performance, with a particular love for Gospel Jazz.

In June 2025, Heidi and her family relocated to Prescott, Arizona, where she now serves as Director of Music Ministries at Prescott United Methodist Church. Outside of her professional work, Heidi enjoys life in Prescott with her husband and their three-year-old son: a family bound together by a shared love of music and deep commitment to faith and community.

Board Officers
Don Brenneman, President
Roger Olson,
Vice-President
Linda Hoover, Treasurer
Diane Gesell, Secretary

Prescott Chorale Organization
& Board of Directors

Organization Members
Danya Tiller, Artistic Director
Heidi Pierce, Accompanist
Dennis Houser, Artistic Director Emeritus
Board Directors
Craig Burns, Director
John Euson, Director
Kay Wood-Houser
Larry Levenson, Director
Marcia Lyman, Director

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