Lone Star Lyric

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 

Chris Bacon

Houston Grand Opera board for the last eight years and was HGO's general counsel until his retirement from Vinson & Elkins, although he continues to provide HGO with legal advice.

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Sarah Brindley
Executive Assistant, Entrance - Software Consulting | former Singer and Soloist, Bach Society Houston

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Sharon Gurske - Secretary
Retired Fort Bend ISD Educator | Volunteer with Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church Choir and Children's Choir, Living Word Lutheran Church | Primary Reading Specialist Tutor with Lamar CISD

Michelle Schwartzman

Director of Thought Leadership at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, where she collaborates with senior portfolio managers to develop investment insights and market perspectives | Theatre Under the Stars Leading Ladies committee, co-chairs the Evelyn Rubinstein JCC Theatre Committee

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Michael Remson - Treasurer

President & CEO |San Diego Youth Symphony | former Executive and Artistic Director, AFA

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Czarina Schocker- Website Administrator

Owner, COMPASSion Music Studio | Mezzo Soprano, Music Educator, and Arts Administrator

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David Wellborn - President

Partner | Prudent Management Associates, Philadelphia, PA | past boards of Harvard University and the Glee Club Foundation, Charleston Men's Chorus | Singer in the Houston Symphony Chorus, Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church Choir, formerly for the Houston Masterworks Chorus | Cat Whisperer

PAST BOARD MEMBERS

Charles Chester
Attorney, Retired United States Air Force

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Brooks Christensen

President & Owner, Monk Engineering Inc. | Christensen Concert Series,  Curator | Devoted and frequent Ragtime piano player

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Jim Elliott

Professional Lighting Designer | formerly Production Manager, Amarillo Civic Center and Globe-News Canter for the Performing Arts | Artistic Administrator, Amarillo Opera | Lighting Designer, Lone Star Lyric

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Bill Haase
Retired Executive Director of Marketing for Mars Inc., Volunteer Board Member Houston Grand Opera Guild, Friends of Mandel Park

 

Roger S. Keele

Co-Founder, Composer, Pianist

Nancy Markeloff

Retired Singer & Actress

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Bob Meehan

Founder and Ideas Guy, Meehan Ideas Group | Consultant, The NuDu TV | (retired) Director of Corporate Programs, Houston Live Stock Show & Rodeo

 

Kristen Sheils
Attorney at Law

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Oliver Worthington, III

Assistant Professor | Butler University School of Music, Board President | Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition

 

Jeremy Wood

Principal Pianist | First Methodist Church Houston, Music Director & Coach | St. Agnes Academy

ARTISTIC ADVISORY BOARD

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Lois Alba
Lois Alba Aria Competition
Master Teacher of Voice

Cynthia Clayton
Associate Professor of Voice, University of Houston
Moores School of Music

Roger S. Keele
Opera Faculty, Sam Houston University
Co-Founder, Lone Star Lyric

Sara Nowina
CRJH Theatre Arts, Katy Independent School District, formerly Assistant Stage Manager at Houston Grand Opera

Buck Ross
Edythe Bates Old Professor of Music
Director, Moores Opera Center

Hector Vasquez
Affiliate Artist in Voice, University of Houston
Moores School of Music