Faculty Profile

Annabelle Pollard, alumna of Spring Arbor University’s music department and current professor of voice and director of the Concert Choir and Rooted singing groups at SAU, has been praised for her effortless lyric coloratura. As a graduate from Bowling Green State University, she studied vocal performance with tenor Christopher Scholl, and voice science and pedagogy with soprano Jane Shoonmaker Rodgers, and world-renowned vocologist Ronald Scherer, Ph.D.

In her graduate and undergraduate studies, she performed opera roles such as Eurydice in O enbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld and Mabel in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. Ms. Pollard also frequently performs in the Opera Grand Rapids chorus and the Fountain Street Church Oratorio Choir. In addition, she often works as a freelance artist for many churches and non-profit organizations, such as St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Zion Lutheran Church, and The American Gold Star Mothers of Ohio, to name a few. Ms. Pollard currently studies voice with soprano, Emily Douglass.

I first came to Spring Arbor University as a freshman in 2016. I was originally drawn to campus as an English major but soon switched my major to Music after participating in SAU’s many musical ensembles and drama club. When I visited as a high schooler, I could feel the rich community that was fostered at Spring Arbor, especially from the faculty who I felt cared deeply about the students and each other. I knew that at SAU, I could grow in my faith, meet amazing friends, and get a high-quality education. Now, as a faculty member myself, it is my joy to work with students of all disciplines. I find teaching in SAU’s choir program incredibly rewarding; the students are a delight to be around and it is a pleasure to watch their minds (and voices) expand, as well as their love for Jesus and each other.