Jeanmarie A. Nielsen

Music Director, Jeanmarie A. Nielsen, has directed St. Eugene music since 2014, notably the Adult Choir and a vocal quartet that has served during the pandemic. Jeanmarie is a native Nebraskan, educated in Music/Vocal Performance at the Universities of Michigan and Nebraska. She was a longtime professor of voice and music history at a private liberal arts college in Nebraska, where she also directed the chapel music program and a women’s choir. Jeanmarie sang professionally in the upper Midwest, specializing in Baroque, Classical, and 20th C. repertoire.​

When her family moved to OKC in 2004, Jeanmarie taught voice, music history, and graduate review courses at Oklahoma City University, leaving in 2007 to direct the Middle & Upper School Choirs, music direct musical theatre productions, teach music theory, and serve as Chair of the Performing Arts at Casady School, 2007-2020. Jeanmarie retired from teaching in June 2020 and is planning to return to graduate school in 2022 to pursue an MFA in writing.

​Ms. Nielsen is a professional quilter, an avid reader, a freelance copy editor, and she fosters Labrador Retrievers for a local rescue organization. She is married, has two adult children, a son-in-law, and a grandson.