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San Francisco Girls Chorus
44 Page Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA
94102-5989

Phone number: 415-863-1752
Fax number: 415-934-0302
Email: info@sfgirlschorus.org

For Audition information call: 415-863-1752 x 333

Artistic Faculty

Susan McMane
Artistic Director, Conductor
and Alumnae Chorus Director

Elizabeth Avakian
Chorus School Director, Level IV Director

Joseph Fanvu
Level I Director

Amy Fickenscher
Level II Director and Prep Chorus Director
Director of Outreach Programs

Laney McClain '97
Level III Director

Susan Blinderman
Level IV Accompanist & Theory Instructor

Renée Witon
Theory Instructor

Susan Soehner
SFGC and Alumnae Chorus Accompanist

Douglas Franks
Annie Hargraves
Sharon Lee
Kaori Nakano
John Stump
Chorus School Accompanists

Janet Campbell
Audrey Howitt
Justin Montigne
Julia Hunt Nielsen ‘84
Elizabeth Hunter
Sally Munro
Voice Teachers

Brian Fisher
Choreographer

Carolyn Carvajal
Chorus School Choreographer

Kaori Nakano
Laura Ruppert
Emily Ryan
Prep Chorus Assistant Directors

Administrative Staff

Melanie Smith
Executive Director
Melanie's blog

Communications

Naho Yoshida
Communications Manager

Scott Horton
Communications and Marketing Consultant

Development  

Cathy Lewis
Director of Development - Individual Giving

Finance

Director of Finance and Operations
 
Finance and HR Associate
 
Daniel Bostrom
Facilities Engineer 

Chorus Program Administration

Julie Hoerl
Chorus School Administrator

Chelsea Cannata Cherin
Dean of Students, Chorus School

Rita Lindahl Lynch
Assistant to the Artistic Director
and Production Coordinator

Chris Linvill
Wardrobe Coordinator

Pat Parr
Summer Music Camp Director

Jayn Pettingill
Music Librarian
 

Board of Directors

Natasha Hoehn, President

Kay Bishop
Lynne A. Carmichael
Dorian Kingman Chong, Immediate Past President
Spencer B. Fulweiler, Secretary
Daniel Gallisà
Carol Harris
Douglas M. Ireland
Kerry King
Peter Kwan
Carol Martin
Peter Mierau, Tresurer

Honorary Board

Kurt Herbert Adler (In Memoriam)
Elizabeth Appling Bloch, Founder
Vance George
Marie and George Hecksher
Maurice Kanbar
Paul A. Renne
Richard A. Rubin, ESQ
Sheila Schwartzburg
Michael Tilson Thomas
Frederica Von Stade
Diane B. Wilsey