Dr. Deborah Simpkin King is a conductor, new music advocate, and master teacher. She plays an active role in the vibrant Manhattan choral scene and serves the national and international music community through her guest conducting and body of published work.   

Her current active affiliations include those as Founding Artistic Director of the semi-professional Ember, of Ember Choral Arts; Vocal Faculty at Manhattan School of Music;  Founder and Director of PROJECT : ENCORE; Chair of the New York Choral Consortium; and Director of Music and Arts at the historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Asbury Park, NJ.

She also serves as a conductor with Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, is a monthly columnist with ACDA’s Choral Journal, and a host of public radio’s Sounds Choral (syndicated through WWFM).

Connect with her at DeborahSKing.com.