Tucker Biddlecombe, PhD, is professor of choral studies and associate dean for undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where he conducts the Vanderbilt Sixteen and teaches courses in conducting and music education. In addition, Biddlecombe has served as chorus director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra since 2016. During his tenure, the Nashville Symphony Chorus has produced several major world-premiere recordings, John Harbison’s Requiem, Gabriela Lena-Frank’s Conquest Requiem, and the upcoming release of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Sacrifice of Isaac. He has conducted honor choruses in a dozen states, residencies in the United Kingdom and China, served as president of Tennessee ACDA, and was co-conductor for the UCTB honor choir for the 2022 Southern ACDA Region ACDA Conference. He resides in Nashville with his wife, Mary.