Our Story
Singers in Accord is a choral ensemble, created in 2009. It has a unique rotating Artistic Director model and is dedicated to enriching lives and building community through the power of choral music.
The group collaborates with a new conductor, performing artist, or artistic ensemble in each concert to create distinctive concert experiences for its singers and audience members.
Singers in Accord strives to enrich the cultural life of the community through outreach, education and innovative performances. Singers in Accord is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Our History
The ensemble was originally founded in 1996 as World Voices by Dr. Karle Erickson, Artistic Director. At each of its concerts, World Voices focused on the music of a particular culture or region of the world.
In 2009, the board of directors of World Voices turned leadership of the organization over to a new board made up of six singers from World Voices. The new board changed the name of the ensemble to Singers in Accord and changed its artistic model to one of inviting different conductors to collaborate with the singers as artistic partners to create each concert program.
Our Board
Singers in Accord has no paid staff but is run by Singer Team Leaders who also function as its board.
The eight teams which lead the organization are: Artistic, Concert Planning, Marketing, Process, Technology, Financial, Fundraising, and Administration.
Board Members
President/Chair of the Board
Dan Digre
Artistic Team Leaders
Linda Burk, Jan Leclair
Marketing Team Leader
Penny Meier
Technology Team Leader
Ken Williams
Financial Team Leader
Hunter Illsley
Concert Planning/Process Team Leader
Schele Smith