Abbey Siegfried
“I always say that I love music—obviously, I’m a musician—but for me it is the people that I truly love.”
Described by Gramophone Magazine as playing with “bountiful refinement, virtuosity and gusto,” Dr. Abbey Hallberg Siegfried is a dynamic solo concert artist, choral director and teacher. Siegfried serves as Chair of the Music Department, Choral Director and School Organist at Phillips Academy (Andover, MA).
As a member of the faculty at Phillips Academy, she directs the Academy’s choral program, teaches music theory and history, is the musical director for musical theatre program, and oversaw the Department’s move to the new 32,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art, purpose-built Falls Music Center. In addition to her academic duties, Siegfried is also deeply committed to the school’s residential life, working as a House Counselor (“Dorm Mom”) and Advisor.
As a solo organist, Siegfried has won prizes in numerous organ performance competitions. She has performed throughout Europe, Eastern Europe, and the United States and gives frequent master classes for young aspiring organists as well as lecture concerts on contemporary organ music.
Siegfried received the Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters of Music in organ performance from the University of Washington in Seattle. She also holds degrees in Organ and German from the University of Iowa and the Conservatory of Music in Freiburg, Germany.
Siegfried lives in Morton House with her husband (composer and Boston Conservatory Professor, Kevin Siegfried), their two beloved children Skyler and Rika, and their puppy Zoey.
