Dr. Megan Boyd, Conductor

Dr. Megan Boyd has experience teaching choral music at all levels, elementary through university and in the community sector. She is an active adjudicator and clinician having conducted at Carnegie Hall, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and La Madeleine in Paris, France, among others. Dr. Boyd has led performances at state and divisional American Choral Directors Association Conferences and currently performs with the professional women’s chorus mirabai.

Dr. Boyd previously held appointments at Concordia University Ann Arbor, Young Professionals Choral Collective of Cincinnati, and Xavier University where Dr. Boyd conducted the 2019 world premiere of award-winning jazz pianist Josh Nelson’s Over Millenia. She founded the YPCC Chamber Choir selected to perform at the 2019 Ohio ACDA Sumer Conference. As a middle school and high school educator, Dr. Boyd’s ensembles consistently earned Superior Ratings at the North Carolina Music Performance Adjudication and was invited to perform at the 2009 North Carolina Governor’s Inauguration.

In addition to her work on the podium, Dr. Boyd has presented interest sessions at state music conferences and in university classrooms and has been published in the Choral Journal. Dr. Boyd holds a B.M. in music education and voice performance from Boston University and an M.M. and D.M.A. in choral conducting from Michigan State University where she studied with Drs. David Rayl, Sandra Snow, and Jonathan Reed. She is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.

Dr. Boyd currently resides in Raleigh, NC with her husband and two children.

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.

Andrea Edith Moore, Soprano

Andrea Edith Moore “wows audiences with her powerful and flexible soprano voice, her acting ability, and her dedication and drive” (CVNC). Andrea enjoys a range of collaborations with companies, artists and presenters, including The North Carolina Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gerhardt Zimmermann, David Zinman, Eighth Blackbird, tap-dancer Michelle Dorrance, North Carolina Opera, Mallarmé Music, The Hamburg Kammeroper and more.

A musical omnivore, Andrea is equally at home singing pops, musical theater, jazz, and contemporary music of our time, as well as her rich background in classical and opera. She has starred in roles ranging from The Countess, Anne Trulove, Manon, and Sara in Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain. 

Andrea’s commitment to voices from her home state of North Carolina has led her to commission and premiere works by Kenneth Frazelle, Allen Anderson, Robert Ward, and numerous others. She developed, premiered and recorded Daniel Thomas Davis’s Family Secrets: Kith and Kin, “a major new work [and] fascinating new chamber opera.” (Fanfare Magazine) 

Moore sings with “reverence and great tenderness” (American Record Guide) on her sophomore album Searching the Heart, featuring four contemporary American composers. “Moore inhabits these songs thoroughly and sings them with a glowing voice.” (American Record Guide)

Andrea is a prizewinner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, was a fellow at the Blackbird Creative Lab and has twice received the Yale School of Music Alumni Award. She holds degrees from Yale University, Peabody Conservatory and UNCSA.

Marianne Breneman, Clarinet

Alexandra Stokes, Flute

Originally from Long Island, NY, Alexandra Stokes is a flutist and piccoloist currently based out of Raleigh, NC. She currently holds the position of second flute/piccolo with the Sarasota Opera. Alexandra has also been spending the 2025-2026 season performing on flute and piccolo with the Jacksonville, North Carolina, Charleston, and Charlotte Symphony Orchestras, and as guest principal flute with the Syracuse Symphony. 

During the 2024-2025 season, Alexandra served as acting piccolo with the North Carolina Symphony, a job that she won at the age of 22, during her senior year of conservatory. While performing full-time with the NCS, she completed her degree studies online, earning her undergraduate degree from the Eastman School of Music in December of 2024. While at school, Alexandra was a freelance musician in the Rochester, New York area. She was a frequent substitute musician with orchestras such as the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Syracuse Orchestra, and the Canton Symphony Orchestra. With the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexandra premiered and recorded Derrick Syke’s To Seek is Jubilance. She can also be heard performing with the Eastman Wind Ensemble on recordings of Jeff Tyzik’s Symphonies and Jazz Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble, which are newly released on Spotify.

Jennie Vaughn, Percussion

Jennie Vaughn is a longtime chorister and percussionist in Durham, NC. She has played percussion with many local ensembles, including Triangle Wind Ensemble, Triangle Brass Band, and Chapel Hill Philharmonia, and sings in the Duke Chapel Choir, the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, and the Concert Singers of Cary. When not making music, she works as an executive assistant at UNC, volunteers at a local food pantry, and power walks marathons.

Jeff Crouse, Percussion

Jeff Crouse has been playing drums and percussion for almost 40 years. He enjoys orchestral percussion as well as various styles on the drumset including jazz, praise and worship, and blues.  He earned music degrees from Virginia Tech and the University of Miami.  Jeff lives in Cary with his wife and 4 kids.

Elijah Crouse, Percussion

Elijah Crouse is an 8th grade student at East Cary Middle School and has been playing percussion for 3 years.  He is a member of the concert band, pep band, jazz band and has recently joined the Cary High School Indoor Percussion Ensemble.  Elijah also loves solving Rubik’s cube puzzles and participates in speedcubing competitions.

Soprano

Brooke Adkins
Francesca Balestrieri
Shannon Beall
Catherine Bennett
Christine Bowden
Elizabeth Brown
Dorothea Caldwell
Hannah Calhoun
Nancy Canterbury
Debbie Carroll
Joan Eastwick
Heather Fitch
Andrea Garcia
Stacy Hanna
Kathryn Jones
Yen-Ping Kuo
Anneli Leander
Ashley Louden
Rachael Lubbers
Beverly Olson
Laura Pavlot
Lauren Presley
Melissa Sawyer
Trisha Scott
Emily Simon
Nikki Stoudt
Dana Thomas
Laura Yurco
Ying Zhu

Alto

Mana Aoi
Christine Bonin
Emily Brossart
Carolyn Bruce
Debi DeAnn
Susan Ebbs
Giuliana Giddings
Lenora Harris-Field
Pamela Hartsfield
Lauren Hauser
Muriel Hoequist
Cristina Jannings
Pauline Jillson
Brenda Kucin
Emiko Kuroda
Melissa Martin
Grace Matthews
Madison Muralt
Morgan Pyrtle
Terri Ring
Olivia Roe
Kristen Ruffato
Jaime Schnurr
Susan Schnurr
Sue Schule
Deborah Stirdivant
Jackie Tice
Jennie Vaughn
M.J. Weissenberger
Libby Wendorf
Carolyn Wilcox

Tenor

Neal Braswell
Jimmy Capella
Stephen Cole
Phil Ferski
Jeremy Kelly
James Matzko
Cary Murphrey
Rick Parker
Drew Schell
Jaylen Spencer
Paul Stapleton
Marc Stracuzza
David Talbot
John Ting
Daniel Tsui

Bass

Rock Angier
Kevin Ballesteros
Devon Cessna
Ryan Chung
Coltan Compton
Collin Dail
Thom Haynes
Connor Heinen
Teylor Jenkins
Ben Jones
Al Pasquale
Elijah Powell
Alex Smith
Todd Stevens
Greg Tarsa
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
M.J. Weissenberger*

Patron
Ann Bingham & Joseph Tanzini
Laura Pavlot*
Paul Stapleton

Benefactor
Megan Bracht & Jared Selig
Nancy Canterbury
Debbie Carroll & Ken Ganong
Sue Chaploney
Stacy Hanna*
Thom Haynes+
Josh Johnstone
Nathan Leaf
Charles McCullen
Terri & Mark Ring+
Brian & Vickie Wong
Laura Yurco

Producer
Debi DeAnn & Ric Goldstein
Joan Eastwick
Wes Everett
Heather & Brian Fitch*
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Jim & Pauline Jillson
Ellen Schlomer+
Sue Schule
Deborah Stirdivant
Jennilyn Tillotson
Jeffrey White+

Sponsor
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Christine & Christopher Bonin
Christine Bowden
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Forrest Burris
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Susan Ebbs
Ken Fortier
Nikhil Gheewala
Nancy Handels
Susan & Lee Hanna
Lenora Harris-Fields
Connor Heinen
Teylor Jenkins
Brenda & Thomas Kucin
Yen-Ping Kuo
Emiko Kuroda
Anneli Leander
Girard Lew
Adam Luck
Laura Moore
Beverly Olson+
Georgia Orchard
John Rowe
Jamie Schnurr
Rachel Stuart
David Talbot
Jackie Tice
Carolyn Wilcox
Brian Wong
Jeff+ & Kitty Wright

Friend
Kelly Amato
Francesca Balestrieri*
Shannon Beall
Catherine Bennett
Hannah Calhoun
Stephen Cole
Rebecca Crumby – in memory of Joe Ferguson
Elizabeth Davis
Casey Erklin
Shayna Feldstein
Phil Ferski
Giuliana Giddings
Mandi Goswami
Madison Ham
Shirley Hand
Lauren Hauser
Maggie Hemedinger
Muriel Hoequist
Kathryn Jones
Kay Kaufman & David Winkler
Jeremy Kelly
Sofia Leander
Ashley Louden
Rachael Lubbers+
Melissa Martin
Deborah Meehan
Kenneth Muller
Bianca Muñoz
Madison Muralt
Devon Olds
Al Pasquale
Bryan Pyrtle
Morgan Pyrtle
Laurie Ray
Mara Sanchez
Melissa Sawyer
John Schell
Jan & Paul Schnurr
Susan Schnurr
Trisha Scott
Debra Shaw
Emily Simon
Elisa Skidmore
Nancy Smith
Nikki Stoudt
Greg Tarsa
Dana Thomas
Daniel Tsui
Jade Vogelsong
Libby Wendorf
Taylor Williams

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CSC Staff / Volunteer Staff +

Thank you to the following businesses for their generous donations:

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Staff

Executive Director– Marisa Highsmith
Accompanist– Allen Bailey
Membership Administrator– Thom Haynes
Web Master– Jeff Wright
Designer– Rachael Lubbers
Section Leaders– Beverly Olson, Soprano; Terri Ring, Alto; Jeff White, Tenor; Thom Haynes, Bass

Board Members

President– Stacy Hanna
Vice President– M.J. Weissenberger
Treasurer– Lauren Presley
Secretary– Laura Pavolt

Francesca Balestrieri
Forrest Burris
Brian Fitch
Clay Michalec