Baltimore-based musician, Heidi Ackerman, is a sought-after conductor, clinician, and vocalist. With extensive experience conducting professional ensembles, she has retrained her focus on community choruses; diversifying ensembles through dynamic programming and invigorating membership by harnessing the joy of singing together.
Heidi Ackerman is the founder and Artistic Director of Charm City Sings, a vibrant community chorus in Baltimore. More than just a chorus, Charm City Sings exists to connect Baltimore through song. Since its founding in 2022, Heidi’s passion, magnetic personality, and energetic rehearsal style have driven the chorus’s rapid growth—from a single ensemble of 29 singers to three thriving ensembles with over 250 members. Today, Charm City Sings includes:
Community Chorus: a large mixed-voice ensemble
Treble Voices: a new soprano/alto chorus
Chamber Voices: an auditioned small group focused on collaborating with ensembles across Maryland
As Musical Director of The Frederick Chorale, Heidi continues to bring her artistry and leadership to another celebrated choral organization. Under her direction, the Chorale has doubled in membership over three seasons and has presented high-caliber performances alongside the Frederick Symphony Orchestra, the Spires Brass Band, the Deer Creek Chorale, and the Soldiers’ Chorus. Heidi looks forward to leading the Chorale on tour to Ireland in 2026, sharing her love for diverse and beautiful choral music with audiences abroad. Ms. Ackerman also serves as assistant conductor to Maestro Anthony Blake Clark with the esteemed Baltimore Choral Arts Society. As a prior educator, Heidi is in demand as a choral clinician and enjoys guest conducting engagements across the country.
Equally accomplished as a vocalist, Heidi was brought to Washington DC from the west coast in 2013 by The United States Army Field Band. As an enlisted conductor of the Soldiers' Chorus, she conducted concerts across the USA and Puerto Rico. As a soloist, she graced the stages of Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, Severance Hall with the Cleveland Pops, The Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra, and The Henry Ford with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Ackerman performs around the DC/Baltimore area, including her one-woman show, Cat Calls: a Feminist Cabaret. Her drive to impact lives through shared music led to a concert series at the Maryland Correctional Women's Facility. Prior to joining the Army, Ms. Ackerman was a teacher and freelance musician in Arizona. She sang three seasons with Arizona Opera and soloed with the Phoenix Symphony on Mendelssohn's Elijah. She earned a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Choral Conducting and Education from Northwestern College, IA. When off the podium, you can find Heidi in the audience cheering on her husband, SFC Dustin Mollick, saxophonist with the United States Army Blues.
