Lynne Gackle is an active clinician, conductor, and adjudicator for various choral clinics, honor choirs, workshops, and festivals throughout the United States. She has conducted All-State Choirs in 23 states and has served as conductor for several Divisional ACDA Honor Choirs and one National Junior High Honor Choir. She has served as conductor of the Australian National Choral Association's High School Women's Choir in Brisbane, Australia, the Alberta Choral Federation's High School Honour Choir in Calgary, Canada and most recently, the DoDDS-Europe High School Mixed Honor Choir in Weisbaden, Germany. In 2008- 09, Dr. Gackle will conduct various workshops, honor choirs and All-State Choirs in Alabama, Idaho, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin, and Australia.

Dr. Gackle has taught at all levels, elementary through college, in Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi. Currently, she serves as Coordinator of the Choral Music Education program at the University of South Florida where she conducts the USF Bel Canto Women’s Choir. She is also the Founder/Artistic Director of the Gulf Coast Youth Choirs, Inc., a community choral arts organization in Tampa, Florida where she also serves as the conductor of the advanced touring ensemble, Le Petit Choeur and the mixed ensemble, Voce di Vita.

She received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Louisiana State University and her Master of Music Education as well as her Doctorate of Music Education from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

She served as President of the ACDA Southern Division as well as ACDA - Florida. Additionally, she continues to focus her research on the female adolescent voice. Dr. Gackle is the editor of Choral Artistry for the Singer with Walton Music and the Lynne Gackle Choral Series for Colla Voce Music, Inc.