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SOPRANO
Nora Abshire
Kaitlyn Campbell
Kara Dhakal
Heidi Englebert
Jasmine Foster
Allie Lewis
Sofie Santoro
Parker Thibodeau

ALTO
Grace Commisso
Anastasia Inglima
Margaretta Milgram
Lindsay Rusakow
Jayna Simeon
Sarah Smith
Nikki Sutera
Maia Wong

TENOR & BARITONE
Connor Butler
Charlie Shanton
Noah Smith
Zach Smith

RHYTHM SECTION
Piano:  Dominick Ronsvale
Guitar:  Owen Loiacono
Bass:  Nellie Cordi
Drums:  Dylan Grimm
Percussion:  Brayden Reed

SOUND ENGINEER
Seamus Buford

We wish to extend thanks to the following people who have supported us in the presentation of this concert:
Zachary McDonald, Brian Dozoretz, Becky Jordan, Seamus Buford, and the rest of our amazing sound crew.


And we wish to extend a very special thanks to the New York Voices who are blessing us with their presence, feedback, wisdom, and inspiration: 
Kim Nazarian, Lauren Kinhan, Darmon Meader, and Peter Eldridge.

New York Voices was born in the mid-1980s at Ithaca College. Peter Eldridge, an aspiring jazz pianist who came late to singing; Kim Nazarian, who dreamed of a life on Broadway; and Darmon Meader, a saxophonist and self-described “choral geek,” came together in the school’s vocal jazz ensemble. The ensemble originally had five singers, and in the mid-1990’s transitioned to four with the addition of singer/songwriter Lauren Kinhan. The group has increased its currency in the jazz world via collaborations with institutions such as the Count Basie Orchestra, Paquito d’Rivera, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band (among countless others!). They also launched a jazz education initiative, inaugurating its Vocal Jazz Camp for aspiring jazz singers in 2008. (A European version of the Camp began in 2016). Each of its members has also established a career as an educator: Eldridge is a voice professor at Berklee College of Music; Nazarian is vocal jazz instructor at Ithaca College and artist-in-residence at both Bowling Green State University and Tri-C Community College in Cleveland; Kinhan is an adjunct faculty member at New York University; and Meader is an artist in residence at Indiana University. Individually, the four members are involved in a variety of projects including solo performances and recordings, teaching, writing and arranging. To learn more, be sure to visit the group’s website or their individual websites.
(Bio taken from AnchorMusic.com artist information page.)



John W. White received a Ph.D. in Music Theory from Indiana University (1999) and primarily teaches in the Department of Composition and Music Studies. Throughout his academic career, John has maintained an active life as a professional jazz and commercial musician, specializing in stylistic diversity, and has performed with such artists as free improviser Rhiannon and instrumentalists Wycliffe Gordon, Tony Baker, and Paul Hanson, among many others. He has published in such journals as ex tempore, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, and College Music Symposium. He remains active as a guest director/clinician for high school vocal jazz ensembles. In Spring of 2025 he was given a Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching by Ithaca College.
      In 2016 John became the Director of the IC Jazz Vocal Ensemble, established in the 1970s by the late David Riley, distinguished professor of Music Education. In the mid-1980s, Dave Riley's direction brought the IC Jazz Vocal Ensemble international acclaim—which included a 1986 invitational alumni group formed to tour high-profile European Jazz festivals—and his teaching provided training for many jazz educators and performers, including three founding members of the Grammy Award winning New York Voices. As rhythm section pianist, John toured with this 1986 IC-JVE invitational alumni group, which made his later return as Director especially meaningful as a way to follow in the footsteps of his mentor Riley and continue the excellence of ensemble jazz singing here at Ithaca College.