CVSM Faculty

*Marlin Barnes, percussion – B.S. Mu. Ed. IUP.  Directed the string program in the Tuscarora School District.  Recently retired after 34 years in public schools.  Performs with the Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, Altoona Symphony, Mercersburg Area Community Chorus, Hagerstown Municipal Band, St. Patrick’s Chorale and Ritma-Cordia, a cello-marimba duo.  Former experience includes the Cumberland Valley Chamber Players, Maryland Symphony Orchestra and the Maryland Lyric Opera.  He also does marimba programs for banquets, Civil War drumming, musical shows, and percussion demonstrations.  He has taught privately for 30 years. 

*Lauran Clowser, dance, choreography – Artistic director and founder of the Potomac Classical Youth Ballet Company and the City Ballet School in Hagerstown, Mrs. Clowser is a graduate of the Washington School of Ballet and Adelphi University with a BA in Dance.  She studied with members of the Joffrey ballet Company, American Ballet Theater, The Royal Ballet of England, Martha Graham Company, and Paul Taylor Dance Company.  She also was a dance scholar recipient at Carnegie Hall in New York City.  She has taught in the area since 1973, and in 1997 she was honored with the Diploma of Choreography from the Russian and Ukrainian government for her work with Russian dancers and American ballet students.

*John Douds, electric bass.  Mr. Douds has studied with Jeff Bremer, Youngstown, Ohio and David Levy of Chambersburg.  A bassist for Zion Community Church, Fairview Chapel and currently on the worship team of First United Methodist Church, Chambersburg.  He has taught previously at Gardner Music and played full time with “Crossroads.”  John also does string repair and building.

*Julia Emig, Suzuki piano, strings - B.S. Mu Ed. West Chester University.  M. Mu. Ed. from The Hartt School.  Received Suzuki Teacher Training at various locations in the U.S. and Canada.  String instructor in the Chambersburg Area School District.  Choir Director, Solomon’s U.C.C.  Has performed extensively in the area as an accompanist and soloist.

*Eric Fisak, guitar – B.M., Mansfield University, Music Therapy. Studied Rock guitar under David Levy and classical guitar under Pablo Cohen and Matthew Slatkin. He has performed solo works as well as ensemble pieces.  Currently plays electric guitar with the rock band, the Shackeltons. The Shackeltons have recently signed a record contract with Loveless Records out of Seattle, WA and anticipate their debut release in the late summer of 2007.

*Jaranell Fritts, piano – B.A. Dallas Christian College. Private piano instructor in Texas, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia & Maryland for many years.  Studied piano and piano pedagogy with Mrs. Bruce, chair of the Indiana Piano Association.  Worked as a church musician and choir director and accompanist for many soloists.

*Paul Grane,  saxophone, clarinet – B.S. Mu. Ed. Messiah College, M. Mu Ed. Penn State.  Teaches instrumental music at the Greencastle-Antrim School District. He has taught a limited number of students at CVSM since 1990. His students have won over ten merit scholarships and have earned selections to PMEA/MENC district, regional, state, and All-East bands and orchestras. He has played with the Hagerstown Municipal Band, the Harrisburg Concert Band and the Potomac Symphony. He has also served as a music contest judge and adjudicator in the tri-state area.

*Brian Helman, piano – B.M. of Music in Piano Performance, MM in Piano Pedagogy from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music.  Currently studying piano in the studio of Elizabeth Temple.  Shenandoah University’s Theatre Department accompanist for 5 years.  Accompanied Award winner Gretha Boston at Cumberland Valley School of Music’s Gala Concert in 2002.  Memberships include:  Music Teachers National Association, Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association and the National Guild of Piano Teachers.  Performed at the Gershwin Theatre in New York City and Don’t Tell Mama’s cabaret with Joy Dewing in 2002 in New York City.  Served as music director for Faust Junior High School’s production of Disney’s High School Musical in Chambersburg, PA and St. Maria Goretti’s High School’s production of Guys and Dolls in Hagerstown, MD.

*Paula Hepfer, voice – B.A. Indiana University of PA and M.M. Penn State.  Co-founder and Program Director of CVSM. Past performance credits include the Pittsburgh Mendelssohn Chorus, the Shippensburg Festival Chorus, Totem Pole Playhouse, guest artist on PSU’s Alumni, St. John’s UCC, and St. Paul United Methodist Recital Series.  She has been an instructor of Music Appreciation at PSU, University Park and former director of the Wilson College Choir. She is currently a co-director of the Praise Team at First United Methodist Church.

*Marie Hershey, piano, accordion, Building Keyboard Skills – B. S. Liberty University & Wilson College. Further studies at Shenandoah Music Conservatory and Westminster Choir College. Certified Yamaha classroom instructor. Has accompanied various soloists, groups and choirs and has been a church organist for many years.  She is also a 5^th grade teacher at Cumberland Valley Christian School.

*Michael Hoover, clarinet - B.S. Mu. Ed. West Chester University. Principal 2nd Clarinet with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra.  Also performs with the Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, Mercersburg Community Chorus Orchestra, Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra and Totem Pole Ensemble. Formerly Principal Clarinet with the Millbrook Chamber Orchestra, Cumberland Valley Chamber Players and Hagerstown Municipal Band. Instructor of clarinet and saxophone at St. James School and for Music and Arts Centers, Hagerstown, MD.

*Herm Hopple, string bass, CVSM Community String Orchestra – B.S. Mu. Ed. Susquehanna University, M.Mu Ed Penn State University.  Retired after 30 years as string instructor and director of the Chambersburg Area School District Symphony. Played upright bass with the Potomac Symphony and the Gettysburg College Community Orchestra and is currently principal bass and section leader with the Shippensburg College Community Orchestra and director of the CVSM String Orchestra.   Well known as electric bassist with the CVSM Concert Jazz Band and the CVSM Jazz Quartet.

*Barbara Irvine – Musical Theater.  B of Music, Wittenberg  University, graduate studies at the University of Texas, Austin. Barbara  has nearly 30 years experience as a music director, pianist, vocal coach, accompanist, arranger, music transcriber, and transposer.  She has been involved in over 100 musical theatre productions in the United States and Europe, and has taught courses in audition techniques and musicianship for actors.  During her 15 years in New York City, Barbara worked directly with most of the major Broadway composers, including Charles Strouse (Annie), Cy Coleman (The Will Rogers Follies), David Shire (Baby), Harvey Schmidt (The Fantastiks), Galt MacDermot (Hair), Robert Waldman (The Robber Bridegroom), Mary Rodgers (Once Upon A Mattress), and John Kander (Chicago). She has worked with such stars as Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Patrick Cassidy, Dave Willetts, Helen Gallagher and Julie Wilson.

*Morgan Jenkins – SMGHS Intro to Music class, SMGHS Jazz Ensemble – B.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music, M.M., James Madison University, currently teaches at Penn State Mont Alto, Hagerstown Community College, and Shippensburg University.  Her performance experience includes numerous engagements as principal flutist and flute soloist with orchestras and chamber ensembles, as well as jazz and other musical styles.  She is also a vocalist, saxophonist, and flutist with the “Holders,” a pop/jazz quintet.

*Linda Justice, piano – Studied at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, Winchester, VA with Elizabeth Temple.  Linda has taught private piano at various venues since 1979.  Performing experience includes principal accompanist for “The King’s Kids”, with whom she toured throughout the tri-state area and participated in producing two albums.  Linda was the organist for Hawley Memorial Presbyterian Church, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, was the pianist and keyboard player for “Crossroads”, has been pianist and vocalist on the worship team of Spirit of Christ Community Church and currently at Lifegate Ministries, Waynesboro.

*Roy Justice, voice, beginning guitar, songwriter, acting coach. B.A. in vocal performance, Mansfield University.  Additional studies in pedagogy with Ralph Apellman, Indiana U at Bloomington. As a performer, Roy has appeared at Musikfest, Bethlehem, PA, International Music Festival, Schwabish Gmund, Germany, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC.  Known as the Time Traveling Minstrel, he has presented programs at the Waterloo Canal Festival, Delaware State Fair, Mayfair (Allentown, PA) and Historic Days in Belvedere, NJ and at many schools and community centers.  He has recorded and released a CD of 19^th Century Canal and Period Songs entitled Down Canal on the Lehigh.  Roy’s student emphasis has been in Musical Theatre performance and vocal pedagogy.

* Dottie Klein, flute, beginning piano, beginning guitar – B.A. Mu Ed. The College of New Jersey. Teaches piano at Cumberland Valley Christian School.  Has taught at Shalom Christian Academy as Band Director, Elementary Choral Director and General Music Teacher.  Has also taught in Bellmawr, N.J. public School and privately in the south Jersey area before moving to Chambersburg in 1990.  Performance experience includes soloists for weddings, church services, and private community engagements.  She is a member of the chamber duo called “Duo Plaisir” (classical flute and guitar).

*Gerald Kowallis,  SMGHS choral director – B.S. in Music Ed, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, MM in Vocal Performance, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.  Recently retired as music teacher and choir director at Waynesboro Area Senior High School after 38 years. At WASHS, his chorus and concert choir received many awards, including being selected to perform several times to perform at the PMEA Annual Conference.  He has been guest conductor for Franklin/Fulton County Chorus, Adams County Chorus, Dauphin County Chorus, and the Pennsylvania Ambassadors of Music (with whom he toured Europe in 1975).  As a vocal soloist, he performs in a wide range of shows and concerts, and has appeared in featured roles at the Allenberry Playhouse, Maryland Theater Opera, Trinity Players, and Mercersburg Community Chorus.

*Terry Losee, violin – B Mus, M Mus, Oberlin Conservatory.  Has performed on the violin for 6 years in the Chattanooga Symphony, 8 years in the Milwaukee Civic Orchestra, lots of pit orchestra work in Chattanooga and Milwaukee, many years in the Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, the Millbush Orchestra, Mercersburg Chorus Orchestra, etc.  Has taught Violin at the Hart School of Music, Hartford, Conn.; Glendale Public Schools in Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Schools, Wilson College; Dickinson College, and private studios.

*M. Susan Matson, Suzuki piano, Music Together – B. M. Piano Performance, Peabody Conservatory.  Suzuki teacher training with Haruko Kataoka, co-founder of the Suzuki piano method, and others.  Additional training in early childhood musical development at the Center for Music & Young Children.  Guest clinician at Suzuki workshops, director of Greater Washington Suzuki Piano Institute. Has taught in private schools, K-12, directed children’s & youth choirs, and taught traditional piano. Performance experience includes chamber music, instrumental & vocal accompanying, & solo performances.

*Gloria Kelly McCauley, piano, trumpet – B.S. Mu Ed Lebanon Valley College.  Has taught music in the public school system, elementary through Jr. High.  She has been organist and pianist in various churches and is former Director of Music, Trinity Lutheran Church.  Currently serves as pianist at Chambersburg Brethren in Christ Church.  Served as musical director for many CCT productions, played trumpet and /or string bass in pit orchestras & is the accompanist for Towne Singers, who have made four European tours.

*Patrick McNamee, clarinet – B.S. Mu. Ed. Clarion University.  Director of the High School Band for the Waynesboro Area School District and previously at Scotland School for Veterans Children.  Performance experience includes soloist for church & other community events, and playing for various musicals in the pit orchestra.

*Valerie Merriman, piano – B.A.Wellesley College. Instructs piano to students of all ages and ability levels.  Performance experience includes extensive solo and choral accompanying, CCT, and Totem Pole productions, CVSM Musicales and camps and TGIF concerts at the Capitol Theatre.

*Mark D. Miller, classical guitar, audio recording – R.I.A. Certified Recording Engineer, I.C.S. Electronics Engineering, Music study at Montgomery College and H.J.C.. Advanced theory and composition with C. Randall Williams, Classical guitar study with Chris Anderson.  Hundreds of copyrighted compositions in various styles including pop, rock, jazz, and classical.  Presently performing with CVSM faculty member Dottie Klein in the Classical Guitar and Flute Chamber Group, Duo Plaisir, the CVSM Concert Jazz Band and with faculty member Edgar Myers in the Rock Group, Faze3. Owner M&M Recording Studio.

*Edgar Myers, drum set, rudimental drumming – Catonsville Community College, Reading & Rudiments with John Crocken, Basic Theory with Virginia Rienkoke, Private lessons with Dennis Chambers and Larry Bright. He played his first top 40 gig at age 17 and has played throughout MD, PA, NJ, and VA with some of the region’s most popular top 40, Jazz and Show Bands. Presently performing with Mark Miller and Faze3, the Doc Bodine Blues Band and pick up Jazz gigs. He is working with the original Instrumental Rock/Jazz Band Chakra, soon to release their first CD and perform in the area in the near future.

*Jeffrey Noll, piano, Cumberbunds – Bachelor of Sacred Music, Baptist Bible College.  Further study at Towson State, Md.  Accompanist for many area instrumental and vocal soloists.  Served as musical director for various children’s musical productions at CVSM and is the Minister of Music at Hagerstown Bible Church.

*Richard Overcash, voice – B.S. Mu. Ed. Elizabethtown College; M.M. Ed, Temple University.  Minister of Music, Calvary Bible Church, Greencastle.  He has studied voice with Robert Regal and Janette Ogg.  Well-known soloist in the area.  Public and private school music teacher for over 35 years and 8 years on the music faculty of Tennessee Temple University.  Studied conducting with Robert Page and Robert Morgan.  Guest conductor of the 1996 and 2004 Franklin-Fulton County Senior High Chorus, conducted similar events in NY State and TN.  Has coached vocal students and directed choirs elementary through college.

*Jessica Owens, viola, violin – Jessica holds a Bachelor of Music (viola) from Ithaca College with minors in Italian and Dance and has performed with the Ithaca Symphony Orchestra and various String Quartets and Trios. She has taught previously at Candor Grange Arts Institute and worked as a vocal coach at Ithaca College Music Department, prep division..

*Tresa Paul, guitar – Tresa has been performing as a singer/songwriter for over twenty years. She has worked with several local groups and as a solo performer, and currently plays with the acoustic group Soleil.  She also serves on her church praise team as a guitarist and vocalist. She does occasional recording session work and is a free-lance art and music instructor.  Her goal as a teacher is to develop and inspire her students’ creativity in making their own music and to help develop aspiring praise team players.

*Bernie Pitkin, low brass – B.A., M.M. Mu. Ed. University of Mass. Owns “The Band Shop” an instrument repair business in Shippensburg.  Taught public school music in Massachusetts for 10 years, served on the faculty of Allegheny College in Meadville, PA (1980-87) and as Director of Bands at Shippensburg University for the 2000-2001 academic year. Local performance experience includes The Harrisburg Concert Band, Harrisburg Lyric Opera, Hagerstown Municipal Band, Allegheny Summer Music Festival and various other brass ensembles. Currently is also director of  The Carlisle Band, plays tuba with the Cumberland Brass Quintet, and is the Music Professor for Wilson College.

*Joseph Cole Regan, voice, Showstoppers Camp - Born in Boston, MA, tenor Joseph Regan now lives in Hagerstown, MD.  Before moving west, Mr. Regan earned his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.  He has studied and performed roles from some of the great works of Western Music.  He has sung Tamino from the Magic Flute, Ferrando from Cosi Fan Tutte, Fenton from Verdi's Falstaff, Jenik from Smetana's Bartered Bride, Henrik from Sondheim's A Little Night Music and most recently as part of the Jazz Trio in Leonard Bernstein's work, "Trouble in Tahiti".  Mr. Regan enjoys performing on the recital stage both alone, and with his wife, Melanie.  Joseph is a member of the Men's Choir at the Washington National Cathedral.  In addition to his performance work, Mr. Regan is a professor of voice at Shepherd University and Mount St. Mary's University.  Mr. Regan's next public appearance will be as the Tenor Soloist for the Shepherd University production of Bach's St. John Passion this May.

*Melanie Zayas Regan, voice, Showstoppers Camp - From Hagerstown, Maryland, mezzo-soprano Melanie Zayas Regan earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.  Melanie is on the music faculty at St. James School, a private boarding school in St. James, MD, where she teaches voice, is the vocal coach for the musicals, and is director of the Boys Quartet.  In addition to her love of teaching, Melanie has a great passion for the performance and interpretation of classical art song.  She enjoys performing on the recital stage both alone and with her husband, Joseph Regan.  Melanie has also performed roles in operas such as Three Penny Opera, The Magic Flute, L'Orfeo, Manon, A Mid-Summer Night's Dream, Cosí Fan Tutte, and L'Enfant et les Sortilèges.  Melanie can next be seen with her husband performing a recital called A Retrospective of American Song in Connecticut in the fall. 

*Diana Reinert, piano – B.A. El. Ed. Ch.Mu. Olivet Nazarene University.  Performed with college choir, as soloist with college orchestra, and directed college handbell choir.  Taught 4^th grade at Cumberland Valley Christian School.  Has taught 8 years at CVSM.  She led the Worship Band at Chambersburg BIC church for two years and currently serves as pianist and choir accompanist.

*Corey Evan Rotz, voice, vocal workshops – BFA studies Shenandoah University, further study at WVU.  A tenor with The Washington Opera since 1995, he has amassed over 200 performances with the company.  Mr. Rotz joined the Washington Opera on its summer 2002 tour to Japan where he sang the role of Cassio in Otello, performing with Placido Domingo in the title role.  Concert appearances have taken him from the East Room of the White House to the concert halls and cathedrals of Europe.  Locally, he has performed in CVSM’s Musicale series, the Three American Tenors Concert, Be My Love – A musical tribute to Mario Lanza and most recently, The Best Is Yet to Come at the Capitol Theatre.  Experienced in a wide range of musical styles, he is in demand as a coach and consultant.

* Emily Sanders, violin, viola -  pursuing a degree in Music Education at Elizabethtown College.  Emily has performed with the CVSM String Orchestra, the I.U.P. Symphony Orchestra, and is currently in the Elizabethtown College Orchestra.  She is an alumnus of CVSM having studied with Terry Losee (violin), Greg Woodbridge (violin), and Margaret Weeks (voice).

*Beckie Sariano, dance, choreography – Owned and taught at Beckie’s Dance Studio in Waynesboro for 29 years before selling the business in 2005.  Has extensive experience working with students of all ages teaching  Jazz, Modern, Ballet, and other dance disciplines.

*Cindy Scanzello, violin – BS Music Ed, West Chester University, MME, Shenandoah University, M. Ed., Wilkes University.  String teacher with the Chambersburg Area School District and Director of the CASD Symphony.   Principal 2^nd violinist with the Shippensburg University Community Orchestra, she also performs with the Shippensburg Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Mercersburg Chorus Orchestra, and recently was the guest conductor for the District 7 String Fest 2006.

*Don Schroeder, French horn – Musically active in Central PA for over 20 years.  Member of the Harrisburg Symphony and principal horn for the Harrisburg Opera Association for 14 years.  Other performance activities include the Harrisburg Choral Society, the Dickinson College Orchestra, the Grantham Oratorio Society, and the Ship. Festival Orchestra, the York Symphony, and Trinity Lutheran Church.  Prior to coming to central PA, he performed with the Columbus (Ohio) Symphony as well as a number of other groups in the central Ohio and Pittsburgh areas.  Presently a member of the Cumberland Brass Quintet.

*David Shearer, piano, voice – B.A. Mu Ed, Point Loma College. Pianist and organist in churches for over 40 years, soloist and accompanist for vocal and instrumental soloists, small groups and choirs, played for weddings, receptions and funerals.  Vocal soloist, appeared as lead in many musicals, soloist for weddings and funerals, member of the Virginia Symphony Chorus.  Served as music/choir director at four churches, produced and directed several musical productions. Current choir director and organist at the Calvary United Methodist Church, Fayetteville, PA.  

*Jennifer Kreyl Shoeman, Voice and Drama Camp, Spotlights Acting Camp - B.A. in Theater, Temple University, M.Ed, Arcadia University. Jennifer had principal roles in many shows locally with CCT and with Marcus Steinour's "A Love Divided,"  and Andrew Sussman's, "Abby Victoria." She also performed at Temple University, Off-Off-Broadway in Steinour's "The View" in NYC and has performed in several award-winning independent films.  A multiple grant recipient for playwrighting, Jennifer's original plays have been produced by the Gettysburg College Theater Department, Wilson College, Coatesville Cultural Society, and the Adrienne Theater in Philadelphia.  Jennifer lives in the Philadelphia area and is currently the Director of the Drama Department at the Renaissance Academy Charter School in Phoenixville, PA.

*Erin C. Smith, voice, piano, trumpet – B.S. in Mu. Ed., Indiana U of PA; Master of Music Education, the Pennsylvania State University. Accomplished as a piano accompanist, vocalist and trumpet player, Erin recorded a world-premiere performance of trumpet solo and concert band by composer Timothy Broege.  As a mezzo-soprano, she performed for the American Musicological Society. She was a vocal and trumpet soloist on a compact disc recording of the Concert Bands of IUP.  She has performed with the Johnstown Symphony, Shippensburg Univ. Community Orchestra, serves as a brass adjudicator for PMEA, and frequently performs in the community. She is presently teaching sixth grade classroom music and chorus at the Chambersburg Area Middle School.

*Carl Sponenberg, flute, saxophone, clarinet – B.S. Mu. Ed., Wilkes College. M.M. Mu. Ed., Eastman School of Music. Mr. Sponenberg double majored in flute and clarinet at both Wilkes and Eastman and has studied privately with William Gasbarro, William Osseck, and Joseph Mariano. He has 34 years of public school music teaching experience on all levels with the Big Spring School District, serving 18 years as music department chair and 14 years as the high school band director. He was elected to the Big Spring High School “Wall of Fame” in May 2003.  He has taught privately since 1964 and given lessons to many district and regional band students.  Currently he  plays clarinet with the Dickinson College Band, the Hershey Symphony, the CVSM Community Symphonic Band in Chambersburg, PA, the Harrisburg Concert Band, Center Stage Opera and saxophone with the Craig Sunday Jazz Orchestra. He led and conducted the PA Ambassadors of Music Wind Ensemble on a two-week European Tour of 5 countries in June 2006.  He now directs the Shippensburg, PA Town Band.

*Debbie Stotelmyer, strings – B.S. Mu. Ed, Frostburg State College.  Former Principal 2nd Violin in the MD Symphony Orchestra, Concertmistress for Mercersburg Community Chorus/Orchestra, Former concertmistress of Millbrook Orchestra and Frederick Community Orchestra.  Currently on staff at Shepherd College.  Has over 25 years experience in private teaching, 14 years in public school teaching and has had many students selected for MD All-State Orchestra, and the Central PA District Orchestra.

*Jennifer Stouffer, saxophone, clarinet – B.S. Mu. Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  M. Mu. Ed. from the American Band College through Southern Oregon University. Band director at Shippensburg Middle School, Ms. Stouffer has performed at Busch Gardens Theme Park and performs regularly with the Hagerstown Municipal Band, CVSM Concert Jazz Band, and area community performances.  She has also made several professional recordings as a member of “Keystone Winds” Ensemble.

*Andrew Sussman, jazz, songwriting – University of the Arts. Executive Director of CVSM, composer, pianist.   His songs have been performed and recorded by singers Rene’ Marie, Gwen Howard, Mary Jayne Raleigh, Jim Van Slyke, the Washington D.C. Cabaret Network, and Chicago Cabaret Professionals.  Other projects include the musicals “Pollyanna,”  “Abbey Victoria: A Musical Daydream” (both performed in NYC and locally), “A Touch of Bourbon,” and “Follow Your Dreams” and incidental music and songs for “Phoenix: The Burning of Chambersburg,” “A Love Divided,” and “Nellie Was There”.  Performs with CVSM Jazz Quartet.   Andrew's website

*Suzanne Sweigart, piano, voice – B.M. Piano Performance, Houghton College. M.M. in Voice Performance, Westminster Choir College of Ryder University.  Solo performing experience in voice in the greater NY, Phila. and Gettysburg areas.  Recently sang the Mother role in Hansel and Gretel (Humperdink) with Center Stage Opera. Has performed with the Westminster Choir at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center under conductors Leonard Bernstein and Richardo Muti.  Also teaches voice and piano at Mt. St. Mary’s University in Maryland. Experienced teaching all ages, emphasizing the fundamentals as a spring board for advancement.

*Suzanne Thierry, flute, piano – B.M. University of Alabama.  M.M. Bowling Green State University. Certified Public School Teacher in PA & OH.  An educator, performer, and arts administrator for 17 years. Five year tenure on the faculty of BGSU and administrator for BGSU’s MidAmerican Center for contemporary music.  An active flutist and piano accompanist.  Has performed as a soloist and chamber musician on a variety of venues nationally.  Has worked with composers throughout the U.S. as a specialist in the performance of contemporary music. Active with the Nat’l Flute Assn. Studied with Sheryl Cohen and Judith Bentley, has participated in the master classes of Jean Pierre Rampal, Alain Marion and Samuel Baron.  A former faculty member of Wilson College and Dickinson College, she currently teaches in Chambersburg Area School District and is a reader for the AP National Music Theory Exams administered through the Educational Testing Service (ETS).

Elisabeth Turchi, voice – BFA Carnegie-Melon University, MM Shenandoah University.  She performed abroad and in the United States.  Ms. Turchi’s most notable performances include her overseas debut in Rome with the role of Alice in Falstaff, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the Harrisburg Opera, Cio-Cio San’s cousin in Madama Butterfly with the Pittsburgh Opera, and Madame Silverklang in the Impresario and the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute with the Carnegie-Mellon Opera.  Ms. Turchi has also performed with New York City’s Gotham Chamber Opera.  She studied at the International Institute of Vocal Arts and is an alumna of the International Opera Academy of Rome and the Ezio Pinza Council of American Singers of Opera.  Ms. Turchi has served as Choral Director of the Central PA Youth Opera and is the current Director of the Wilson College Choir.  Her private vocal instruction covers a variety of styles including opera, operetta, Broadway and popular song.

*Geoffrey Weeks, guitar, folk instruments – B.A. guitar performance/pedagogy Adams State College, Colorado.  He has extensive performance experience as a soloist in the Classical and Flamenco styles, in classical and jazz ensembles and in Tex-Mex, Norteño, Rock, Country, and Celtic Bands.  Has created an educational world music workshop for school assemblies.  Geoff is employed as guitarist with Chambersburg First UM Church Praise Team Band and with Unity in Christ Church in Fayetteville.  He is the guitarist for Flamenco Tablao (Dance Troupe) and Danzante (Hispanic Cultural Arts Center) both in Harrisburg, PA. Does fretted and string instrument repair.

*David Wenerd, Community Symphonic Band, Concert Jazz Band – B.S. Mu. Ed., Temple University.  M.Mu. Ed. Catholic University of America.  CASD Music Department Chairman, CASD 6^th Grade Band at CAMS, Conductor of the Towne Singers, the CVSM Concert Jazz and Community Symphonic Bands and Director of Music at Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, Trombone/Euphonium Section Leader & Soloist with Hagerstown Municipal Band.  Freelance trombone.

* Pamela Wert, piano, organ - B.A. in Music, Lebanon Valley College, M.M. in Sacred Music, Westminster Choir College. Is the Director of Music at the Presbyterian Church in Waynesboro.  A former Merit Award Winning student at CVSM, Pam is a highly respected performing musician on both piano and organ.

*Susan Whitelock, Musical Kaleidoscope – B.S. Elementary Education (music minor), Keuka College, N.Y. M. Ed., Shippensburg University. Has taught in various public school systems as an elementary and gifted program teacher.  Initially developed and continues to teach the Preschool & Kindergarten music program at CVSM. Serves on the Wilson College education faculty as supervisor of student teachers.  Is also employed as an educational consultant and early childhood education specialist. Has always incorporated music in all facets of her teaching.  Former private piano teacher, former member of the Harrisburg Choral Society, and the Grantham Oratorio Society.

*Kathleen Wold, voice – B Mu Ed, Wittenberg University in Springfield Ohio and completed her Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy at The Catholic University of Washington DC.  A long-time church musician, Kathie's musical interests also include Global music, stage and screen, and music of the Renaissance.

*Kay Yaukey, Musical Theater, Vocal Coaching – Has worked professionally as a soprano soloist and in Equity theatre for over 20 years in Pennsylvania, the D.C. area, and Boston.  Her local resume includes numerous roles at Totem Pole Playhouse, Allenberry Playhouse, and other area productions.  She has extensive experience teaching musical theatre classes, audition skills, and as a private vocal coach, and has also worked as a costume designer and taught it at Gettysburg College.  In addition, she has taught speech, children’s drama and Introduction to Theatre for Penn State University and holds bachelor’s degrees in English, Theatre and Speech and Master’s Degrees in Theatre Arts and Secondary Guidance Counseling from Shippensburg University.