Chamber Choir
Melisa Acosta, Music Therapy, Orlando, FL
Anastasia Bakhouch, Music Therapy, Sarasota, FL
Kailah Burbach, Music Therapy, Weston, FL
Kelly Flynn, Music Education, Orlando, FL
Savannah Niarchos, B.A. Music, Miami, FL
Stephanie O’Neill, B.A. Music, Fort Myers, FL
Jade Rojas, Vocal Performance, Cape Coral, FL
Tiffany Sanchez Borjas, Vocal Performance, Cape Coral, Fl
Caitlin Turner, Music Performance, Weston, FL
Erica Aichholz, Vocal Performance, Cincinnati, OH
Camryn Cole, B.A. Music, Estero, FL
Cadence Dobson, Vocal Performance, Cape Coral, FL
Victoria Eden, Psychology, Miami, FL
Tori Hyman, Vocal Performance, Lubbock, TX
Daniela Pepe, Music Performance, Largo, FL
Kaylee Price, Music Education, Tampa, FL
Sophia Torres, Music Performance, Brooksville, FL
Isabella Westling, Music Therapy, Fort Pierce, FL
Drazen Balarin, Vocal Performance, Lima, Peru
Ryan Bussert, Software Engineering, Chicago, IL
Michael Cherbini, B.A. Music, Estero, FL
Miguel Coates, B.A. Music, Palmetto, FL
Carlos Esquilin, Music Education, Cape Coral, FL
Sebastian Plymette, Vocal Performance, Poulsbo, WA
Xavier Rosado-Mendez, Music Education, Bradenton, FL
Keith Williams, Music Education, Cape Coral, FL
Jeffrey Dubuque, Music Education, Port St. Lucie, FL
Mason Hunn, B.A. Music, Jacksonville, FL
Aaron Levine, Vocal Performance, Wellington, FL
Noah Mair, Music Therapy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Josue Otero, Music Education, Manati, Puerto Rico
Aaron Powers, B.A. Music, Sarasota, FL
Philip Smith, Music Therapy, Seffner, FL
Symphony Orchestra Roster
Natalia Rosen
Maria Urbina
Abigail Glass
Alana D'Angelo
Isabella Santoro
Kaitlyn Byrd
Chelsea Fisher
Elinor Elander
Lisa Hallinan
Serena Santiago
Leah Forudi
Michael Cherbini
Debra Williams
Christine Ciarlillo
Paul CImarusti
Taylor Benson
Mia DeAlmedia
Kailei Booth-Guadlap
Maya Senecharles
Addyson Greene
Stephan Tatum
Bianca Chavannes
Xavier Rosado
Rachel Cox
Arwen Cooper
Melissa Gomez
Ericka Gabrielli
Lia Gaitan
Jonathan Gardella
Matthew Vigil
Kassandra Cooper
Brelynn Williams
Charlotte Young
Emily Silver
Julia Flynn
Hailey Wessinger
Peyton Wells
Tracy Carlson
Chloe Durity
Anna Jones
Ashley Cusein
James Tsang
Piper Kemmerer
Matthew Edwards
Roberto Reyes Mark Lindsay
Israel Pinto
Zoe Duncombe
Sabria Thomas
Nicole Gaitan
Iris Brown
Porter Gulseth
Victor Frumoff
Gwenyth Morris
Caden Traylor
Beky Steinbrecher
Joshua Hellberg
Susan Palma Lara
Henrie Ramirez
Zachary Smith
Caden Traylor
Steven Giro
Jacob Kenny
Timothy Wilcox
Hannah Parsley
Blake Waligora
Kevin Devitt
Jesus Segura
Jeff Goldblatt
Todd Handley
Josue Gallardo
Bel Canto
Pamela Acevedo Bustos
Keanna Almonte
Reiann Anderson
Leah Basora
Grace Bigelow
Jo Butera
Claudia Cespedes Calderon
Allysen Corporan
Lauren Dennis
Sam Dobert
Grace Eckman
Daniela Falcon
Claire Fischinger
Kelly Flynn
Ella Golden
Opal Hearst
Lyric Ingram
Erasly Isalgue
Hailey Kelderhouse
Trinity Keller
Savannah Koller
Elisabeth Kowalski
Mia Laboy Reyes
Alexandra Lopez
Lauren Major
Halle Manicke
Joelly Matos
Savannah Niarchos
Marissa Piper
Hannah Robinson
Sabrina Sanabria
Samantha Seibert
Juliana Shryrock
McKenna Slater
Hannah Wiles
Michelle Zabalo
Cantabile
Drazen Balarin
Wyatt Crecelius
Jeffrey Dubuque
Carlos Esquilin
Samuel Estes
Nicholas Gatian
Matthew Herbert
William Kalvin
CJ Levin
Mark Linsday
Oliver Long
Michael Miller
Josue Otero
Sebastian Plymette
Gabriel Salgat
Steven Santos
Johnny Serafino
Colin Smith
Luke Stephens
Jacob Williams
University Choir
Lauren Abramson
Anthony Alexander
Connor Andretta
Jose Beltran Meza
Annie Bennett
Haley Bent
Michaela Berres
Ariel Bethea
Virginia Castro
Lihn Dao
Angelica Davis
Chantal Deshaies
Drew Desrosiers
Elyse Dorn
Jeffrey Dubuque
Ahnya Dvorak
Emma Farmer
Matthew Filliman
Tori Gallagher
Alexa Garces
Ashley Gentry
Mateo Gonzalez Tamariz
Liam King
Amelia Kozoil
Courtney Lazarus
Cassidy Lehman
Cheyenne Lewis
Kallie Maguire
Naima Mailliard
Shaylan McKay
Audrey Nelson
Jamel Pearsall-Turner
Rebekah Raffalski
Alyssa Ratliff
Jackson Rine
Ayreth Rodriguez
Holly Roncelli
Casey Scully
Maya Senecharles
Athena Sickler
Mia Singeisen
Lilyanna Suarez
Kamryn Vargas
Tuan Vu
Emily Walker
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
Kyle Szabo serves as the Orchestra Director at FGCU, where he directs the Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. He frequently travels throughout Florida as a clinician for middle and high schools, adjudicator at competitions, and as a guest conductor with professional and community orchestras. He conducted the 2022 FMEA All State Honors Orchestra. Szabo performs as a violinist and violist, and has performed as a recitalist and chamber musician in several different states. He was previously a faculty member at Ripon College (Wisconsin) as Director of Orchestral Activities. Szabo earned a Doctorate in conducting at James Madison University, a Master of Music in violin performance from the Peabody Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Music in violin performance from Rutgers University.
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.
Jeremy T. Warner is Adjunct Professor of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University where he directs the University Choir and teaches Class Voice. He has held a variety of conducting and artistic director positions throughout the academic, professional, and volunteer choir communities, and currently directs the Naples Philharmonic Chorus. He has prepared professional choirs for touring performances in a variety of settings, most recently the Legend of Zelda concert tour. His tour experience includes extensive tours throughout the U.S., Germany, and Austria. He holds degrees from The University of Memphis (M.M.) and Union University (B.M.). In addition to three supplementary years of doctoral studies in choral conducting, Jeremy also completed a four-month residency program at Mozarteum University Salzburg, Austria.