Passionate about innovation and diversity in programming and performance, Asieh Mahyar is the Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio (TX). She previously served as Director of Orchestras at Pacific Lutheran University (WA) and Assistant Conductor at the Tchaikovsky Music College of Yerevan, Armenia.

Beyond academia, Mahyar serves as Assistant Conductor of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra (CO), and recently served as Assistant Conductor for the world premiere of the opera Gilgamesh with Assyrian Art Institute (CA). Previously, she served as the Symphony Orchestra Conductor at the West Seattle Community Orchestras (WA) and has guest-conducted ensembles including the Grand Rapids Symphony (MI), the Northwest Mahler Festival Orchestra (WA), and the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra (OH). Active as a clinician and adjudicator, she has collaborated with youth and high school orchestras, festivals, and conferences across the United States.

A Doctor of Musical Arts candidate (ABD) in Orchestral Conducting at Michigan State University, Mahyar holds a MM in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (MI) and a BM with Honors in Choral Conducting from the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan, Armenia. Her professional training includes participation in prestigious masterclasses and workshops such as the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Eastern Music Festival, National Music Festival, The Conducting Institute, Spokane Conducting Workshop, Denver Philharmonic International Conducting Workshop, and Adrian Gnam International Conducting Workshop and Competition, where she was awarded the Third Prize in conducting.