Martha Cecka, Guest Soloist

Martha Cecka is a musician and music educator based in Raleigh. Known for her emotional and rich interpretations of a variety of repertoire, Martha performs throughout the triangle area and state as a jazz vocalist, member of the prestigious North Carolina Master Chorale Chamber Choir, and solo pianist. As a passionate music educator and mentor, Martha teaches at both Follow the Child Montessori School, and through her private studio. A North Carolina native, Martha received a B.M. degree in piano performance from Meredith College in 1988, and has been a champion of Triangle arts community ever since.

Nathan Leaf, Conductor

Nathan Leaf has been the Artistic Director of the Concert Singers of Cary since 2017. He is also the Director of Choral Activities at North Carolina State University, founded the chamber consort, Voices of a New Renaissance, and was for seven years choir director at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Durham. He has performed as a singer with some of the top vocal ensembles in the country, and has collaborated with many of North Carolina’s leading musical organizations, including the North Carolina Symphony, the North Carolina Master Chorale and Chamber Choir, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Mallarmé Chamber Players, the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, and the NC HIP Music Festival. He has served as a clinician and guest conductor throughout the country, and choirs under his direction have toured extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Josh Johnstone, Assistant Conductor

Joshua Johnstone is a North Carolina native, humanist, and avid musician, and has sung for the Concert Singers of Cary as a fill-in since 2017. In 2022, he became a full member and Assistant Director, supporting the Artistic Director by leading sectionals and rehearsals when necessary and conducting repertoire. Joshua works in the software industry as a risk analytics professional, and holds BAs in music and math from UNC-Greensboro, as well as a Masters of Financial Mathematics from NC State University. He began serving on the CSC Board of Directors in 2023.

Allen Bailey, Pianist

Allen Bailey received a Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1987. As a student of Dr. George Kiorpes, he was awarded the Dean’s Scholarship and won the University’s Concerto Competition in 1985. His professional career as a soloist and accompanist has spanned the state during which he has worked with churches, soloists, large ensembles, professional and amateur, scholarly and civic. Affiliated groups include the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Duke University, NC State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, Meredith College, Peace College, NC public schools, Durham Chorale, NC Master Chorale, Concert Singers of Cary, Wake Forest United Methodist Church, and The NC Symphony. Currently, Mr. Bailey is employed by Fidelity Investments as a Software Engineer, specializing in network security.

Soprano

Kelly Amato
Sharanya Ananth
Francesca Balestrieri
Shannon Beall
Catherine Bennett
Kathryn Blew
Christine Bowden
Megan Brachtl
Elizabeth Brown
Nancy Canterbury
Debbie Carroll
Joan Eastwick
Heather Fitch
Lindsey Gallegos
Andrea Garcia
Stacy Hanna
Kathryn Jones
Sofia Leander
Kaitlyn Lincoln
Rachael Lubbers
Alicia Martinez
Bianca Muñoz
Beverly Olson
Laura Pavlot
Lauren Presley
Kiran Kaur Saini
Melissa Sawyer
Trisha Scott
Debra Shaw
Wendy Shaw
Emily Simon
Elisa Skidmore
Nikki Stoudt
Jennilyn Tillotson
Laura Yurco

Alto

Mana Aoi
Nikki Black
Christine Bonin
Hadyn Boyte
Liz Davis
Debi DeAnn
Sonia Dubiansky
Elizabeth Dworkin
Susan Ebbs
Shayna Feldstein
Giuliana Giddings
Amulya Gorti
Jessica Hamm
Shirley Hand
Pamela Hartsfield
Maggie Hemedinger
Muriel Hoequist
Cristina Jannings
Pauline Jillson
Sarah Kiker
Brenda Kucin
Emiko Kuroda
Melissa Martin
Grace Matthews
Madison Muralt
Morgan Pyrtle
Terri Ring
Katie Robbins
Kristen Ruffato
Valerie Saba
Susan Schnurr
Jaime Schnurr
Sue Schule
Faith Stevenson
Deborah Stirdivant
Rachel Stuart
Jackie Tice
M.J. Weissenberger
Libby Wendorf
Carolyn Wilcox

Tenor

Neal Braswell
Stephen Cole
Phil Ferski
Nikhil Gheewala
John Harrington
James Matzko
Cary Murphrey
Rick Parker
Drew Schell
Jaylen Spencer
Paul Stapleton
Marc Stracuzza
David Talbot
Daniel Tsui
Samuel Tucker
Jeff White

Bass

Kevin Ballesteros
Forrest Burris
Devon Cessna
Coltan Compton
Casey Erklin
Gavin Foley
Thom Haynes
Connor Heinen
Teylor Jenkins
Josh Johnstone
Gary Lew
Al Pasquale
Jonathan Pelletier
Elijah Powell
Alex Smith
Jeff Wright

Thank you to our generous donors!

Visionary
Town of Cary
United Arts Council

Silver Baton
Cary Art Daze Festivals: Spring Daze and Lazy Daze

Patron
Ann Bingham* & Joeseph Tanzini
Megan Bracht* & Jared Selig
Debbie Carroll* & Ken Ganong
Wes Everett
Dr. & Mrs. Bruce I. Howell
Charles McCullen
Paul Stapleton
Melissa Weissenberger*

Benefactor
Nancy Canterbury
Sue Chaploney
Rachael Dwight
Stacy Hanna*
Thom Haynes+
Josh Johnstone*+
Nathan Leaf*+
Laura Yurco

Producer
Rock Angier
Rex Dwyer
Joan Eastwick
Yen-Ping Kuo
Rachael Lubbers*+
Adam Luck
Ellen Schlomer+
Jeffrey White+
Jeff+ & Kitty Wright

Sponsor
Christine & Christopher Bonin
Hadyn Boyte
Kelly Cash
Debi DeAnn* & Ric Goldstein
Susan Ebbs
Ken Fortier
Nikhil Gheewala
Susan Hanna
Lenora Harris-Fields
Pamela Hartsfield
Jim & Pauline Jillson
Kay Kaufman & David Winkler
Emiko Kuroda
Girard Lew
Laura Moore
Kenneth Muller
Laurie Ray
Terri Ring+
John Rowe
Jan Schnurr
Susan Schnurr
Sue Schule
Deborah Stirdivant
Rachel Stuart
David Talbot
Jackie Tice
Jennilyn Tillotson
Brian Wong

Friend
Kelly Amato
Mana Aoi
Francesca Balestrieri*
Sara Battles
Shannon Beall
Catherine Bennett
Forrest Burns*
Rebecca Crumby – in memory of Joe Ferguson
Elizabeth Dworkin
Aurian Eghbalian
Catherine Engel
Shayna Feldstein
Phil Ferski
Heather Fitch
Mandi Goswami
Shirley Hand
John Harrington
Claudia & Simon Kaplan
Melissa Martin
Bianca Muñoz*
Madison Muralt
Cary Murphrey
Sarah Neely
Beverly Olson+
Al Pasquale
Elijah Powell
Mara Sanchez
Emily Sawyer
John Schell
Jaime Schnurr
Trisha Scott
Greg Tarsa
Dana Thomas
Daniel Tsui
Carolyn Wilcox
Taylor Williams
Katherine Womack

CSC Board Members *
CSC Staff / Vounteer Staff +

Staff

Artistic Director– Dr. Nathan Leaf
Executive Director– Pamela Miller
Accompanist– Allen Bailey
Membership Administrator– Thom Haynes
Web Master/Communications– Ellen Schloemer
Designer– Rachael Lubbers
Section Leaders– Beverly Olson, Soprano; Terri Ring, Alto; Jeff White, Tenor; Thom Haynes, Bass

Board Members

President– Stacy Hanna
Vice President– Ashley Holt
Treasurer– Debi DeAnn
Secretary– Debbie Carroll

Francesca Balestrieri
Ann Bingham
Megan Brachtl
Forrest Burris
Brian Fitch
Joshua Johnstone
Rachael Lubbers
Bianca Muñoz
Laura Pavolt
M.J. Weissenberger