Kathy Geyer McNeil was Director of the Haywood Choral Society from 2016 until December 2022 and was their accompanist from 2013 until she assumed the Director’s role. She was also Assistant Director of Music and Worship Arts and Organist at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville, Organist for Lake Junaluska Conference Center, and Associate Director and Accompanist of the Lake Junaluska Singers. She received her Bachelor of Music in Education and her Master of Music in Organ Performance from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.
Kathy Geyer McNeil passed away in December of 2022, after a long and hard-fought battle with cancer. Her zest for life, her determination, and her love and desire to share music will be greatly missed by the Haywood Choral Society membership, her fellow musicians. and the Haywood County North Carolina community.