Background

Gailyn Gwin is a charter member of Oaklands Presbyterian Church and has been Director of Music since 1965.  Gailyn was honored in 2015 with the title, Director of Music Emeritus, upon her retirement.  She is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park majoring in Speech: Radio and Television.  She sang with The Washington Chorus, the Outreach Chorus of TWC and the New York City Master Chorale of which she is a founding board member.  Ms. Gwin is the Arts and Entertainment Reporter with Prince George’s Community Television and Music Director of the Collington Singers at Collington Lifecare Retirement Community in Mitchelville.  She has been Manager and Board President of the Prince George’s Philharmonic and is the former Executive Director of The Prince George’s County Media and Film Office.  She and her husband, Joseph Irwin, are the parents of three sons and three grandchildren.