Mrs. McNiff has led various choirs and instructed courses in music education, student teacher preparation, choral literature, music appreciation and opera workshops at Southern New Hampshire University, the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. She has also guest lectured at San Diego State University and Oklahoma State College.
Mrs. McNiff has conducted works from unaccompanied medieval chant, to Renaissance polyphony, to fully orchestrated works by Handel, Mozart, Faure, Durufle, Bernstein, Rutter, Martin, Forrest, and Hagenberg.
University Ensembles:
Arizona State University Canticum Bassum
Arizona State University Sol Singers
Arizona State University Gospel Choir
University of Arizona Opera Chorus
University of Arizona Recital Choir
University of Arizona Honor (Treble) Choir
University of Arizona University Singers and Kantorei
Community Ensembles:
Tucson Masterworks Chorale
Bisbee Community Chorus
Church Ensembles:
St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church of Oro Valley Volunteer and Auditioned Choirs
Christ the King Catholic Community of the Davis Monthan Air Force Base Adult Choir
Christ Presbyterian Church of Tucson Adult Choir, Children's Choir and Handbells
Mountain Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation Adult Choir
Church of the Painted Hills United Church of Christ Adult Choir
First Southern Baptist Church of Tucson Adult Choir
Huron Hills Church of Ann Arbor Adult Choir
K-12 Ensembles:
Leman Academy of Excellence General Ensembles and Auditioned Choirs
Academy of Tucson Elementary School General Choirs
Wheeler Elementary of Tucson Unified Public Schools General Choirs and Auditioned Choir
Banks Elementary of Tucson Unified Public Schools General Choirs
