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Austin, TX
BM in Music Education
University of Marty Hardin-Baylor
Brooke Beasley is a former Austin ISD choir director of 8 years who is now the operations coordinator at SaveDay, a financial services startup. She is brand new to Capital City Choir and is looking forward to performing with old and new choir friends!
Dallas, TX
BA in Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
MA in Psychology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D in Psychology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
I love being a part of the formation of new choirs and was excited about the opportunity to sing with so many new people. Austin is rich with choral music and the Capital
Dallas, TX
BA in Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
MA in Psychology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D in Psychology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
I love being a part of the formation of new choirs and was excited about the opportunity to sing with so many new people. Austin is rich with choral music and the Capital City Chamber Choir will add a wonderful new voice to our beautiful tapestry of sound!
Harker Heights, TX
BM in Music Education
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
MM in Choral Conducting
Conservatory of Music - Nuremberg, Germany
Ashley is a composer, choral conductor, and vocalist who taught choirs of all ages in Killeen ISD and Germany since 2011. She founded and directs Las Voces, another semi-professional chorus in Bell Count
Harker Heights, TX
BM in Music Education
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
MM in Choral Conducting
Conservatory of Music - Nuremberg, Germany
Ashley is a composer, choral conductor, and vocalist who taught choirs of all ages in Killeen ISD and Germany since 2011. She founded and directs Las Voces, another semi-professional chorus in Bell County, directs local youth choirs, composes choral music, and sings at Christ Episcopal of Temple. She is excited to be a part of a stellar group starting the Capital City Chamber Choir enterprise!
Rockville Centre, NY
BM in Music Education
Westminster Choir College
Olivia is excited to be performing in this concert! She is also a Soprano Section Leader at Tarrytown United Methodist Church and loves Musical Theatre, reality TV and her cat Mochi.
Canton, TX
BM in Choral Music Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Sabrina is a music educator and vocalist currently living in Georgetown, TX, where she shares an apartment with her two cats, Vern and Walnut. She is a choir director at East View High School and University Christian Church and has performed locally as a mezzo-soprano with t
Canton, TX
BM in Choral Music Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Sabrina is a music educator and vocalist currently living in Georgetown, TX, where she shares an apartment with her two cats, Vern and Walnut. She is a choir director at East View High School and University Christian Church and has performed locally as a mezzo-soprano with the LAH-SOW Summer Opera Program and Gilbert and Sullivan Austin. She is very excited to be part of this ensemble and concert!
Nolanville, TX
BM in Music Education
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Avalyn is a Senior at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and has been extremely active in the Vocal Music program. She sings in OneVoice, a small select chamber choir who just recently toured in the UK performing throughout Wales. She is excited for the opportunity to jo
Nolanville, TX
BM in Music Education
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Avalyn is a Senior at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and has been extremely active in the Vocal Music program. She sings in OneVoice, a small select chamber choir who just recently toured in the UK performing throughout Wales. She is excited for the opportunity to join the Capital City Chamber Choir and to further develop her skills as a professional singer.
Austin, TX
BM in Choral Music Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Michel Kennell just finished her 4th year of teaching at the Lamar Middle School Fine Arts Academy. Previously, she has perform with many vocal ensembles ranging from pop to choral such as Carpe Sono and Grammy-Award Winning Conspirare. She is excited to start this new endeavor with Capital City Chamber Choir.
Mount Airy, MD
BM in Choral Music Studies
University of Texas at Austin
McKenna recently completed her 2nd year as the Choir Director and Piano Instructor at Bastrop Middle School. She will be returning to The University of Texas at Austin this fall to pursue her Master of Music in Choral Conducting. McKenna is singing Soprano for the Capital City Chamber Choir.
Coppell, TX
BSM in Music Industry Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Choir has always been a light in my life! I am so happy to continue singing post college.
Austin, TX
BM in Choral Music Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Veronica Lopez is a Middle School Choir Director who will be teaching in San Marcos CISD this upcoming school year after two incredible years in Round Rock ISD. She is passionate about making all students feel welcome in her classroom, while also helping them become lifelon
Austin, TX
BM in Choral Music Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Veronica Lopez is a Middle School Choir Director who will be teaching in San Marcos CISD this upcoming school year after two incredible years in Round Rock ISD. She is passionate about making all students feel welcome in her classroom, while also helping them become lifelong music makers and appreciators. Ms. Lopez is grateful to be a member of the Capital City Chamber Choir as they help bring this incredible selection of music to life.
Austin, TX
BM in Choral Music Studies
BBA in Accounting
University of Texas at Austin
Varsha is an Alto 2 singer in this fun, engaging group! As a recent graduate from UT Austin, they are hoping to pursue their accounting career for a few years before returning to teach choir in high schools.
Keller, TX
BM in Choral Music Studies
University of Texas at Austin
After 13 years as the Choir Director at Lamar Middle School Fine Arts Academy, I made the difficult decision to leave teaching and join the private sector. I was missing my musical outlet and luckily ran into Cody at HEB where he told me about C4. I am so excited to be part of the Capital City Chamber Choir's premier performance!
Houston, TX
BM in Music Education
Texas State University
Sara Trogdon just finished her third year teaching as a Middle School Choir Director in Leander Independent School District. She sings with Chorus Austin and is excited to be joining the Capital City Chamber Choir for this project.
Austin, TX
BM in Choral Music Education
Oklahoma State University
MM in Choral Conducting
University of Texas at Austin
Chris Vineis, an Austin native, is a singer and conductor who has recently completed her Master of Music in Choral Conducting at the University of Texas at Austin. She is Camp Director of the Capital City Choir Camp and ha
Austin, TX
BM in Choral Music Education
Oklahoma State University
MM in Choral Conducting
University of Texas at Austin
Chris Vineis, an Austin native, is a singer and conductor who has recently completed her Master of Music in Choral Conducting at the University of Texas at Austin. She is Camp Director of the Capital City Choir Camp and has assisted with the Conspirare Youth Choir and Amphion Youth Choir. She plans to begin her career as a Music Educator this year, and she is happy to be a part of developing the Capital City Chamber Choir.
Austin, TX
BS in Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
MSE in Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer Wang is a soprano and environmental engineer based in Austin. Her day job involves preserving air quality and protecting public health. In her free time, she sings with Austin Cantorum, Inversion Ensemble, and Conspirare S
Austin, TX
BS in Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
MSE in Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer Wang is a soprano and environmental engineer based in Austin. Her day job involves preserving air quality and protecting public health. In her free time, she sings with Austin Cantorum, Inversion Ensemble, and Conspirare Symphonic Choir. At university, she sang with the Stanford Chamber Chorale under the direction of Dr. Stephen Sano, and she is classically trained in opera, having studied with Liz Cass and Wendy Hillhouse. Jen can't wait to be part of the inaugural concert of the Capital City Chamber Choir and is thrilled to be working with this group of fine musicians and wonderful people!
Waco, TX
BM in Choral Music Education
Baylor University
Isaac Arterburn is a Voice Teacher and Educator residing in Austin, Texas. He came here from Waco to pursue opportunities to teach, perform in choirs, and explore the outdoors. Currently, he teaches voice lessons, elementary music, and even rock climbing. In his short 2 years as an Au
Waco, TX
BM in Choral Music Education
Baylor University
Isaac Arterburn is a Voice Teacher and Educator residing in Austin, Texas. He came here from Waco to pursue opportunities to teach, perform in choirs, and explore the outdoors. Currently, he teaches voice lessons, elementary music, and even rock climbing. In his short 2 years as an Austinite, he has taught in many settings and sung with Chorus Austin Chamber Choir, Inversion Ensemble, and several other of Austin's premier vocal ensembles. Isaac is thrilled to participate in this concert with the Capital City Chamber Choir. It is a wonderful mix of performers with backgrounds also relating to education and musical excellence. He looks forward to this concert and many more.
Lake Charles, LA
BM in Voice Performane
BM in Piano Performance
McNeese State University
Layna graduated in 2019 before moving to Austin, just as the pandemic put a hold on many community choirs. Back home, she was the president of her college choir and a frequent soloist in both church and secular productions. Layna is grateful to finally h
Lake Charles, LA
BM in Voice Performane
BM in Piano Performance
McNeese State University
Layna graduated in 2019 before moving to Austin, just as the pandemic put a hold on many community choirs. Back home, she was the president of her college choir and a frequent soloist in both church and secular productions. Layna is grateful to finally have the opportunity to perform again, and she looks forward to singing with choirs for many years to come.
Katy, TX
BM in Voice Performance
University of Texas at Austin
Michael is a second year student pursuing the Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at the University of Texas at Austin where he studies with Dr. JD Burnett. He taught voice and choral music for two years in Georgetown ISD and currently sings with Austin Cantorum, San Antonio Chamber Choir, and Inversion Ensemble.
Killeen, TX
BM in Choral Music Education
Texas Tech University
Armando Fuerte is in his second year as the Choir Director at both Lake Travis and Bee Cave Middle Schools in Lake Travis ISD here in Austin. He previously served as the Assistant Tenor Section leader at the Texas Tech University All-State Choir Camp and is Tenor Section Leader
Killeen, TX
BM in Choral Music Education
Texas Tech University
Armando Fuerte is in his second year as the Choir Director at both Lake Travis and Bee Cave Middle Schools in Lake Travis ISD here in Austin. He previously served as the Assistant Tenor Section leader at the Texas Tech University All-State Choir Camp and is Tenor Section Leader for the Capital City Choir Camp this summer. Armando sings with the Chorus Austin Chamber Choir and is excited about the development of the Capital City Chamber Choir.
Austin, TX
BM in Choral Music Studies
MM in Choral Conducting
University of Texas at Austin
With over 20 years as a music educator and choral conductor, Rick Gabrillo has held multiple choir director positions in public, private, and parochial schools and church programs throughout the Austin area. He has conducted choirs and given presenta
Austin, TX
BM in Choral Music Studies
MM in Choral Conducting
University of Texas at Austin
With over 20 years as a music educator and choral conductor, Rick Gabrillo has held multiple choir director positions in public, private, and parochial schools and church programs throughout the Austin area. He has conducted choirs and given presentations at state and national choral educator conferences, led region and honor choirs throughout the southwestern United States, and he has choral pieces published with both Alliance and Hal Leonard. A long time singer of Grammy-winning Conspirare, he has performed and toured throughout much of the United States and internationally.
Farmington Hills, MI
BM in Vocal Performance
Madonna University
Mark is an Austin-based singer and teacher performing with Conspirare and the San Antonio Chamber Choir. He loves poetry and vocal music, and is happy to be joining the Capital City Chamber Choir for their first project!
Victoria, TX
BM in Music Recording Technology
University of Texas at Austin
Andy has been music directing and performing with several theatres around the Austin area for 10 years now and is currently working on the Musical Theater team at the McCallum High School Fine Arts Academy in Austin ISD. He is excited to return to classical music wit
Victoria, TX
BM in Music Recording Technology
University of Texas at Austin
Andy has been music directing and performing with several theatres around the Austin area for 10 years now and is currently working on the Musical Theater team at the McCallum High School Fine Arts Academy in Austin ISD. He is excited to return to classical music with such talented musicians in the Capital City Chamber Choir.
Nolanville, TX
BM in Music Education
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
I’m about to start 30 years of education with 26 of them teaching secondary choral music in Central Texas. I’m blessed with an incredible wife and 2 wonderful children. Both of my children have had the awesome privilege of having Cody Parrott as their high school choral d
Nolanville, TX
BM in Music Education
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
I’m about to start 30 years of education with 26 of them teaching secondary choral music in Central Texas. I’m blessed with an incredible wife and 2 wonderful children. Both of my children have had the awesome privilege of having Cody Parrott as their high school choral director, and I am so happy to be able to take part in the Capital City Chamber Choir's debut performance alongside my daughter, Avalyn.
Georgetown, TX
BS in Geography
University of North Texas
I am a vocalist, cellist, and direct a handbell choir at First United Methodist Church in Georgetown. I love to make music and take all the opportunities I can to do so!
Haltom City, Texas
BS in Communications
University of Texas at Arlington
Jeremy comes from the DFW metroplex, most recently singing with the Arlington Master Chorale and Awaken Ensemble. This will be Jeremy's first concert with a choir in Austin. In addition to singing at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, he enjoys the outdoors, hosting loved o
Haltom City, Texas
BS in Communications
University of Texas at Arlington
Jeremy comes from the DFW metroplex, most recently singing with the Arlington Master Chorale and Awaken Ensemble. This will be Jeremy's first concert with a choir in Austin. In addition to singing at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, he enjoys the outdoors, hosting loved ones, and pursing a career in Emergency Medical Services.
Austin, Texas
BS in Computer Science
University of Texas at Austin
I'm an Austin-based singer, drummer, software engineer, and avid coffee shop dweller. I'm thrilled to contribute to the Capital City Chamber Choirs's inaugural performance, confident that our ensemble will bring fresh vibrancy to the Austin choral landscape that I know and love!
Gatesville, Texas
BA in Music Studies
Texas A&M University - Central Texas
Trey is a choir director, music director, and voice teacher in the Austin area. He currently teaches choir and music at BASIS Pflugerville. Outside of teaching he loves performing in musicals and reading sappy YA Novels, and is excited to join the ranks of wonderful singers in the Capital City Chamber Choir.
Corpus Christi, TX
BS in Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
I am a mechanical engineer by day, and choral music fanatic by night. As a mentor puts it, my greatest joy is making music with my friends. That rings true with me. I am excited to help get this group running and making lots of beautiful music!
Houston, TX
BM in Voice Performance
BSA in Biochemistry
University of Texas at Austin
MM in Choral Conducting
Louisiana State University
I am a private tutor and church music director here in Austin, Texas. I have performed with numerous ensembles and churches in the area. My hobbies include video gaming, puzzles, taking care of plants, reading, and hiking!
Cody Parrott, a native of Central Texas, is a singer and conductor who has enjoyed an established musical career throughout the United States over the past two decades. He is approaching the final year pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting at the University of Texas at Austin where he studies conducting with Dr. JD Burnett. Cody serves the Butler School of Music Choral Area as a Graduate Assistant in Choral Studies and the Conductor of the University Treble Chorus who, under his direction, was named a Semi-Finalist for the 2023 American Prize in Choral Performance.
As a secondary music educator, choirs under his direction have earned performance invitations at prestigious venues such as the Washington National Cathedral, St. Vincent DePaul Parish in Chicago, and St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Honolulu and have been consistently recognized at festivals such as the University Interscholastic League, American Classic Madrigal & Chamber Choir Festival and the Celebration of Choral Excellence Competition. In addition to competitions and performance invitations with his own choirs, he has served as featured clinician for others’ students in TMEA All-Region Choirs as well as Elementary Choral Festivals in the State of Texas. He has twice been a featured presenter on Vocal Pedagogy and Choral Literature for the Texas Choral Director's Association convention, and served as the Baritone Section Leader for the TMEA All-State Tenor/Bass Choir under the direction of Dr. Andrew Last.
Cody continues to maintain a passion for classical singing and performing opera, oratorio, and in recital. His singing career has taken him to opera companies and concert venues in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Florida, California, Washington, D.C., Texas, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom. His "sweet-toned lyric tenor" has been described as "...touching and vocally thrilling..." by the South Florida Classical Review. Some of his stage credits include the roles of Arturo in the Donizetti masterpiece Lucia di Lamermoor, Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Captian Macheath in Britten’s The Beggar’s Opera, Joe Brennan in the Florida premier performance of Richard Wargo’s Ballymore, Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Belmonte in Mozart’s Die Enfurüng aus dem Serail and the title roles in Massenet’s Werther and Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet.
In addition to solo performance, he enjoys time spent singing with some of the United States' best professional choral ensembles. He has performed with the Grammy Award Winning Houston Chamber Choir, conducted by Robert Simpson on their record Ravishingly Russian, described as "top of the line" singing by the American Record Guide, and an "...enjoyable, and enduring listening experience" by Musica Russica. Cody has also been seen performing with the Austin-based Ars Longa Ensemble conducted by Steven Brennfleck, with Chorus Austin, and as a soloist with the Bell Civic Chorus.
Cody holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music with concentrations in Vocal Pedagogy and Music Education from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX. Cody is an active participant, clinician, and adjudicator in state-wide UIL, TMEA, and TAPPS contests, and holds professional memberships with TMEA, TMAA, ACDA & TCDA, the American Guild of Organists, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Joseph Seth Zamora has recently completed his first year as a student pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at the University of Texas at Austin where he studies piano with Andrew Brownell and organ with Gregory Eaton. Originally from New Mexico, Seth began studying piano in high school with his great-grandmother, Jonnie Haley. He now maintains an active career as a performer and teacher in the Greater Austin Area.
Seth has been featured in multiple performances throughout the New Mexico and Texas regions. His recent performing endeavors include a state-wide tour in New Mexico, where he gave a lecture recital presenting pieces from the standard piano repertoire focusing on performance practice and critical listening behaviors. He is currently teaching piano at the Austin Piano School as well as maintaining a private studio.
Mr. Zamora holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the New Mexico State University and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Sarah & Ernest Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently the collaborative pianist and organist at Northwest Hills United Methodist Church in Austin, TX, before which he served as Music Minister and Pianist at Trinity Lutheran Church in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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