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ABOUT THE MENLO PARK
CHORUS
Now
in its 12th year, the Menlo Park Chorus combines musical training and
discipline with a relaxed, neighborly atmosphere. The ensemble performs a
wide variety of music and gives several concerts a year. Our singers span a
wide range of ages and backgrounds. Some do not read music and have never
been in a chorus before.
The
Menlo Park Chorus rehearses on Tuesday evenings from 7:15 - 9:45 pm.
We meet in the City of Menlo Park's beautiful new Arrillaga
Family Center, located near the City Hall, 701 Laurel Street, Menlo
Park. Please contact April McNeely at (408)
314-7589.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
April
McNeely comes to the Menlo Park Chorus with more than 25 years experience
in choral singing and conducting and has been a featured soprano soloist
with many symphony orchestras and choirs. An active member of the
National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and the
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) , Ms. McNeely
currently serves as Director of Music at the First United Methodist Church
of San Leandro. In addition to directing the Menlo Park Chorus, Ms.
McNeely teaches applied voice at Santa Clara University and maintains a
private voice studio in Hayward. She holds a Master’s Degree in
Musicology from California State University, East Bay.
ABOUT THE PIANIST
John Iosefa has played piano and organ for a wide variety of
religious groups, from both Catholic and Protestant Christian churches to
Buddhist Temples and is currently the organist and pianist at St. James
Catholic Church in Fremont, CA. Mr. Iosefa
has accompanied and directed many musical productions from children’s
theatre to community dinner
theatre to college musical productions and has participated as
an actor and singer as well. A fine trumpet player, Mr. Iosefa has played in many orchestras, bands and pit
orchestras. In addition to his many other talents, Mr. Iosefa is a gifted arranger of choral and vocal music
and has done many arrangements for the Menlo Park Chorus.
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