Joyful and Triumphant Roster

Chamber Choir

• Soprano
• Alto
• Tenor
• Bass

Leah Basora
Grace Bigelow
Mia Laboy Reyes        
Stephanie O’Neill
Gianna Pinizzotto
Bridget Scott
*Juliana Shryock
Lucero Zevallos

Erica Aichholz
Allysen Corporan
Claire Fischinger
Opal Hearst
Erasly Isalgue
*Kaylee Price
Isabella Westling
Hannah Wiles

Ryan Bussert
*Michael Cherbini
Miguel Coates
Oliver Long
Sebastian Plymette
Nicholas Romig
Stephen Santos
Luke Stephens

Owen Day
Canon Dobson
Anthony Fabyanic
Andrew Michalowski
Michael Miller
Jamel Pearsall-Turner
*Aaron Powers           
Philip Smith

*denotes section leader

Symphony Orchestra Roster

• Violin 1
• Violin 2
• Viola
• Cello
• Bass
• Harp
• Flute
• Oboe
• Clarinet
• Bass Clarinet
• Bassoon
• Horn
• Trumpet
• Percussion

Lisa Hallinan, Concertmaster 

Alana D’Angelo  

Cindy Rojas 

Jacklyn Supan 

Leighton Hill

Leah Forudi 

Abigail Glass

Teo Castro-Juarez

Serena Santiago, Principal

Michael Cherbini 

Sophie Claxton  

Kira Parker 

Alyssa Micallef

Debra Williams

Geysa Timoneda

Gerald Josephson

Christine Ciarlillo

Nicola Willhauer

Rachel Cox 

Melissa Gomez 

Arwen Cooper 

Jonathan Gardella 

Leunamme Tanis 

Mario Mendoza 

Katherine Robbins 

Ethan Vargas

Nicholas Sheehy

Isabell Sanchez Rivero

Madalynn Ward

Jacob Romano 

Chloe Durity 

Samuel Da Silva

Audrey Kortez

Tracy Carlson

Charlotte Young

Hailey Wessinger

Brianna Russell

Sarah Prosser 

Iris Brown

Miranda Leone

Syrr Gray

Becky Steinbrecher

Miguel Coates

Santiago Nieto  

Terrance McGlon

Brisayda Chavez  

Amaris Zurita

Jonathan Fuentes 

Eric Martinez

John MacLeod 

Rob Law

Matt Ford

Bel Canto

Cantabile

University Choir

About our Ensembles

Bel Canto Choir is open to all sopranos and altos by audition regardless of major.  The choir champions repertoire specifically composed for treble voices, especially works written by women. The ensemble began in fall of 2019 and has consistently impressed and inspired audiences in performance. They have been selected by peer-review to perform at the Florida ACDA convention in October. 

Cantabile Choir of tenor and bass voices includes students of all majors from across the university.  This is the first year the ensemble has been offered as a course at FGCU.  The singers are excited to begin a tradition of excellence that spreads across the university, and through the community of SW Florida.  

The Chamber Choir is a mixed, auditioned ensemble open to all students regardless of major at FGCU.  Recognized for their remarkable versatility, the ensemble performs choral music from the Renaissance to newly commissioned works.  The choir performed for the Florida chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conference in 2021.  Every three years the choir performs internationally including Spain and France (2023), Rome (2020), the Baltic States (2017), and Austria and the Czech Republic (2014).   

The University Choir is a non-auditioned, mixed ensemble open to students of all majors on campus at FGCU.  The choir studies a diverse choral repertoire from many cultures and historical eras and gets the opportunity to work with choral clinicians from around the United States every year. Students in the ensemble receive General Education (Humanities) credit. The choir performs choral-orchestral masterworks, and have recently performed Poulenc’s Gloria, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and will perform Dvorak’s Te Deum this April with the Naples Philharmonic Chorus. 

The Symphony Orchestra is the top, auditioned orchestral ensemble at FGCU.  The Symphony performs on and off-campus, and frequently collaborates with the FGCU Choirs in the Southwest Florida region.  A versatile group, the repertoire ranges from large Romantic era works to smaller, Baroque and Classical productions and recently composed modern works.   

Biographies

Trent R. Brown is Professor of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University where he directs three of four choral ensembles, teaches courses in choral literature, conducting and choral methods, and supervises student teachers. As the Artistic Director of Choral Artistry, he conducts the adult, professional-core ensemble in multiple choral-orchestral performances and educational outreach activities in the region.  He holds degrees from The University of Arizona (D.M.A.), The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (M.M.), and the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire (B.M.E.).  He can be contacted at trbrown@fgcu.edu.

Roland Forti is the visiting Symphony Orchestra Conductor at Florida Gulf Coast University and the Director of Orchestra and Chorus at Aubrey Rogers High School in Naples, FL. Mr. Forti is also the conductor of the MOSAIC Youth Philharmonic at the Harlem Heights Community Center in Fort Myers, FL. Ensembles under Mr. Forti's baton consistently earn Superior ratings at State and District Florida Orchestra Association and Florida Vocal Association Music Performance Assessments. In addition to conducting and teaching, Mr. Forti performs with several ensembles across Florida. He holds degrees from The University of North Carolina Greensboro (M.M.) and Florida Gulf Coast University in Music Education and Music Performance (B.A.).

Bryan Ijames is Assistant Professor of Music Education & Associate Director of Choral Activities at Florida Gulf Coast University where he directs two of four choral ensembles and teaches choral methods. His current research surrounds Alice Parsons & Samuel Coleridge-Taylor choral-orchestralmasterwork The Atonement. He holds degrees from The University of Michigan (D.M.A), Mississippi State University (M.MEd.), Eastern Kentucky University (M.M.) and High Point University (B.A.). He can be contacted at bijames@fgcu.edu.  

Abigail Allison is the staff accompanist for the choral program at Florida Gulf Coast University and works with student and professional instrumentalists and vocalists in Southwest Florida. In addition to her work at FGCU, she is also the pianist for Choral Artistry, serves as music co-director of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Naples, and accompanies the Bay Singers of Bonita Bay. She is a founding member of the Nautilus Chamber Players, an organization that performs chamber music written after 1900, and is a member of the Allison Duo with her husband, saxophonist Shawn Allison. Abbey holds a double degree in piano performance and string education from Ithaca College.