Our Singers

“Joining Voce felt like finding my choral home.”

Kate Kelley

Voce soprano

Sopranos

Ellen Broetzmann, Section Leader

Year joined: 2019
From: Alexandria, VA
Experience highlights: soloist on national tours with the Stetson University Concert Choir; performing at the Kennedy Center under Marvin Hamlisch; the Benjamin Britten Castleton Opera Festival under Lorin Maazel; being in the chorus of a Wolf Trap production of La Boheme and in the operatic production of the Interharmony Music Festival in Sulzbach-Rosenburg, Germany
Fiona Torres

Year joined: 2021
From: Centreville, VA
Experience highlights: began singing with the Fairfax Choral Society throughout high school, performing at The Capitol Rotunda for leaders including Nancy Pelosi. Singing with The Madison Singers at James Madison University, including performances at The Kennedy Center. Most recently sang with the Fairfax Choral Society.
Shaina Murphy

Year joined: 2023
From: Burke, VA
Experience highlights: earning her undergraduate degree in Vocal Performance (Syracuse University) and her master’s degree in Musical Theatre (The Boston Conservatory); performing in NYC in everything from children’s theatre to operetta; being Soprano section leader and cantor at The Cathedral of St Thomas More in Arlington; performing in numerous theatrical productions, cabarets, and concerts.
Erin Hylton

Year joined: 2022
From: Colts Neck, NJ
Experience highlights: began her musical adventures playing handbells and singing in her church choir; attended NJ performing arts high school; earned a Music Education degree from Westminster Choir College and sang with the Westminster Symphonic Choir; performing at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall; most recently singing Four Seasons with the Alexandria Choral Society.
Lauren Flynn

Year joined: 2018
From: Lancaster, PA
Experience highlights: earning a degree in Music (Piano Concentration) from Susquehanna University; teaching piano lessons; working for the Kennedy Center’s Education Department
Elizabeth Roden, Board PR & Events Chair

Year joined: 2021
From: Western Loudoun, VA
Experience highlights: singing in the VACDA All-State Chorus in 2014 and 2015; with The UVA University Singers, performing major works such as Bach's St. John Passion and the Bernstein Mass, and touring with the group around the East Coast and Canada
Kimberly Harrell, Board President

Year joined: 2018
From: Herndon, VA
Experience highlights: growing up in FCPS MS and HS choirs; singing alongside her mom, Joan Winter Skerritt, in Voce; singing a cappella in college with the Johns Hopkins University Vocal Chords; performing for six years with the Capitol Hill Chorale in Washington, D.C.
Kate Kelley

Year joined: 2017
From: Alexandria, VA
Experience highlights: receiving a BA in music education from Virginia Tech, where she sang with the University Chamber Singers, including performances at Carnegie Hall, and the Kansas City (Mo.) Early Music Festival; singing with the Alexandria Choral Society, Choralis, and Echos; teaching elementary school music in Alexandria City Public Schools and Loudoun County Public Schools
Lisa Newton

Year joined: 2020
From: Long Island, NY
Experience highlights: earning a Bachelors Degree (James Madison University) and Masters Degree (Boston University) in Music Education, and a Graduate Certificate in Arts Management (University of Massachusetts-Amherst); singing with the San Diego Master Chorale and the San Diego Pro Arte Voices

Altos

Kathryn Morgan

Year joined: 2021

From: Towson, Maryland

Experience highlights: singing at James Madison University with The Madison Singers; serving as the soprano choral scholar at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Harrisonburg, VA; placing 3rd in her category at the Mid-Atlantic National Association of Teachers of Singing Auditions; being a General Music Teacher and Music Therapist at Laurel Ridge Elementary School in Fairfax, VA.
Elizabeth Scheland

Year joined: 2020

From: Alexandria, VA

Experience highlights: singing with the New Dominion Chorale; singing with church and community choirs in Europe while living abroad with her family.
Kristin Abbott

Year joined: 2015

From: Reston, VA

Experience highlights: singing at the Bolling AFB Officer's club, George Mason University, and Wolf Trap; singing with the Fairfax Symphony and National Symphony Orchestras; being a chorus member in La Boheme and Zelda: Symphony of the Godesses, and Carmina Burana; solo performances with her church choir
Monette Mestas

Year joined: 2023
From: Fort Myers, Florida

Experience highlights: Singing with St. John the Beloved Choir and other church choirs, cantering, Tampa Bay Opera chorus, former music teacher and choir director, Opera in the Ozarks (2001).
Alexis Hedlund, Section Leader

Year joined: 2020

From: Chesapeake, VA

Experience highlights: performing with nationwide ACDA Honor Choirs in Middle and High School, earning a B.M. in Music Education from George Mason University; singing with the George Mason University Chorale under Dr. Lisa Billingham and the George Mason University Singers as well as the National Philharmonic Chorale under Dr. Stan Engebretson; teaching general music at Potowmack Elementary.
Anna Kassinger

Year joined: 2019

From: Chevy Chase, MD

Experience highlights: singing with the Children's Chorus of Washington under Joan Gregoryk; with Pomona College Choir and the Radcliffe Choral Society at Harvard; with Cathedral Choral Society under J. Reilly Lewis; and with Choralis and its chamber group Echos, under Gretchen Kuhrmann.
Ariauna Heck

Year joined: 2024
Caroline Player

Year joined: 2023
From: Chesapeake, VA
Experience highlights: teaching choir at Langley High School; winning the 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year at Langley; earning an M.M. in Choral Conducting from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami; receiving the 2021 Graduate School Association AELS Leadership Award, serving as the Assistant Conductor of the Miami Children’s Chorus; being a ACDA Colleen Kirk Award recipient in 2017 for her contribution to music education; earning a B.M. in Music Education with Honors from James Madison University; singing with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus, the Virginia Chorale, Cantori, and now Voce Chamber Singers.
Kristina Meacham

Year joined: 2021

From: Alexandria, VA

Experience highlights: singing with Alexandria Choral Society for 15 seasons, including solos in Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Corigliano’s Fern Hill; singing in the small ensembles of Bella Voce, Canto di Sporanza, Pro Coro Alexandria, and Voce
Laura Walsh, Board Secretary

Year joined: 2022
From: Centreville, VA
Experience highlights: Music Education degrees from Elon University (BS) and Boston University (MM); teaching general music and chorus in Fairfax County Public Schools; alto soloist for a Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along with Herndon UMC; singing with the Savannah Philharmonic Chorus; Music Director/Conductor for several summer stage productions at Westfield High School; performing in Prince William Little Theatre’s production of The Sound of Music.
Rachel Brown

Year joined: 2013
From: Romsley, England
Experience highlights: being the only non- music major in her college choir in England; participating in a production of Porgy and Bess; having an early role of Buttercup from Pirates of Penzance; balancing her work as a nurse in Fairfax with singing Alto and Tenor with Voce

Tenors

Ross Hedlund, Section Leader

Year joined: 2020
From: Culpeper, VA
Musical highlights: graduating from George Mason with a B.M. in Music Education in the spring of 2020; performing with University Singers, University Chorale, Opera Chorus and the National Philharmonic Chorale as both a singer and conductor; teaching guitar and chorus at Willard Middle School in Loudoun County.
Kent Kemeny

Year joined: 2021
From: Libertyville, IL
Experience highlights: singing and playing piano since childhood; performed in multiple choirs and theatrical productions in high school, and sang extensively during college at Harvard University as a member of the University Choir, the Morning Choir, the Gilbert and Sullivan Players, and the Din & Tonics, a jazz a cappella group.
MG Camarillo

Year joined: 2023
From: Virginia Beach, VA
Experience highlights: Singing and playing piano since childhood; graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory and performed with the Shenandoah Chorus and Shenandoah Singers; performing at the Kennedy Center as a member of DC a cappella group The Capital Hearings; singing with the NEWorks Voices of America as guest choir for Andrea Bocelli; serving as music director of a local Filipino music ensemble, Amare.
Damone Motton

Year joined: 2003
From: Fairfax, VA
Experience highlights: performing in University Singers, Men's Chorus, and Music Theater Ensembles, touring both domestically and internationally; performing with Voce throughout the DC area; serving as a prior member of the Voce Board of Directors.
Felix Polendey

Year joined: 2019
From: Kaiserslautern, Germany
Experience highlights: Choral director at Parkside Middle School in Prince William County Public Schools; Artistic Director of the Arlington Children’s Chorus; faculty with the American Kodály Institute at Loyola University Maryland; singing at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Kennedy Center, Warner Theatre, Sidney Harman Hall, Music Center at Strathmore
Nicholas Keirstead

Year Joined: 2023

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Alex Peterson

Year joined: 2024
From: Falls Church, VA
Experience highlights: in undergrad at Trinity University (TX), section leader for Trinity Choir, and University Chamber Singers, including performances in Salzburg, Austria and Siegen, Germany; led Yale Divinity School's male a capella group (the Bible Belters) for two years.
Rachel Brown

Year joined: 2013
From: Romsley, England
Experience highlights: being the only non- music major in her college choir in England; participating in a production of Porgy and Bess; having an early role of Buttercup from Pirates of Penzance; balancing her work as a nurse in Fairfax with singing Alto and Tenor with Voce

Basses

Michael Arko

Year joined: 2007
From: Chicago, Illinois
Experience highlights: studying classical voice at the University of California, Irvine; performing with numerous secular and sacred choral groups in an array of performance venues and at religious services throughout the region.
Evan Ayars

Year joined: 2021
From: McLean, VA
Experience highlights: earning his bachelor's degree in Music Education from James Madison University and master's degree in Music Education from George Mason University; teaching General Music and Chorus at Brookfield Elementary school for 6 years; Choral Director at Chantilly High School since 2012.
Naveed Easton, Board Production Chair

Year joined: 2021
From: Tallahassee, Florida
Experience highlights: earning degrees in Media Arts at Emerson College and Choral Music Education at Florida State University; teaching choir in FCPS; currently working in media production.
David Evans, Board Logistics Chair

Year joined: 2020
From: Ahmedabad, India
Experience highlights: earning a Bachelor’s Degree in French Horn Performance and a Master’s Degree in Liturgical Music with a choral conducting concentration; teaching general music in Alexandria City Public Schools since 1998; singing with the Washington Men’s Camerata for over 30 years.
CJ Incorminias, Board Treasurer

Year joined: 2022
From: Sterling, VA
Experience highlights: Received a BA in Justice Studies from James Madison University, where he sang with the JMU Contemporary Gospel Singers (now, JMU Gospel Choir), two term President of the group and host of their Gospel Extravaganza, James Madison University Men’s Chorus and First Baptist Church (of Manassas, VA); prior to college, 12 year Viola student and happy to be singing in this incredible group.
Tom Korch

Year joined: 2017
From: Pittsburgh, PA
Experience highlights: playing trombone in high school and at West Virginia University; touring California and Bermuda with GWU Troubadours a cappella ensemble in grad school; performing with Washington Men's Camerata, Reston Chorale, and Manassas Chorale; cantor and soloist for St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Clifton, VA.
Drew Neitzey, Board Social Chair

Year joined: 2021
From: Bowie, Maryland
Experience highlights: concerts with the Stetson University Concert Choir; performing the roles of Oliver Warbucks in Annie and Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; working as Assistant Production Manager with Troika Entertainment and managing the Broadway National Tours of My Fair Lady, CATS, Tootsie, Annie and Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
Lee Larsen

Year joined: 2024
From: Fairfax City, Virginia
Experience highlights: Received a BA in music theory and composition from Virginia Tech, where he sang with Chamber Singers (then called the Meistersingers) under Dr. Kevin Fenton and others, Sang in a male a cappella quintet Sound Advice, and also co-founded and was the first director of Mixed Emotions, a student a cappella ensemble at VT. Recently sand with Vocal Arts Ensemble of Fairfax from its inception until joining Voce this year. 27 years teaching elementary school general music and chorus. Professional pianist and electric bass player as well and now is enjoying the learning the mandolin.
Brendan Player, Section Leader

Joined: 2023
From: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County, VA
Experience higlights: attending both district and All-State choirs in high school; singing with the Christopher Newport University Chamber Choir as both an undergraduate and graduate student; participating in two international choral tours and several collaborative performances (which is how he met his wife and fellow Voce singer, Caroline Player); singing and beatboxing for his college a cappella group, University Sounds; singing with the Virginia Choral Society in Newport News and Cantori in Williamsburg.
Wesley Roberson

Year joined: 2024
From: Jackson, MS
Experience highlights: singing with the UVA University Singers and Chamber Singers, with The Washington Chorus, and with church choirs; performing Beethoven’s 9th, Mozart’s Requiem, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah; singing under Joe Hisaishi; and singing Renaissance music at home for fun
Philip Keirstead

Year Joined: 2023

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Purev Arslan

Year joined: 2016
From: Alexandria, VA
Musical highlights: earning his B.M from George Mason University; performing in productions of The Magic Flute, Le Nozzi Di Figaro, Pirates of Penzance, I Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana, and Romeo et Juliette with Mason Opera and Maryland Lyric Opera; music teacher in Fairfax County Public Schools; performing choral masterworks such as Elijah, Chichester Psalms, and Stabat Mater with the Washington Chorus and National Symphony orchestra at the Kennedy Center.