Debbie Rosen Kanofsky is in the midst of change, but music remains a constant.  In this period of increased uncertainty, both personal and global, what is more important than trying to create beauty and to sing?

Mariam King is singing in her fourth year with Voci.  She works as a psychotherapist and psycho diagnostician in San Francisco and the East Bay.

Catherine MacGuinness grew up in Ireland, was one of seven children in a musical family, played the cello in a junior orchestra, and has always loved singing.  Having worked in West Africa as a nurse for almost twenty years, she found her way to California over ten years ago, worked as a hospice nurse, and continues her healing work through Rosen Method and various forms of body therapy.  She is delighted to build on her musical tradition since she joined Voci.  Singing makes her heart dance.

Katherine Marble joined Voci pretty close to the turn of the century. When young, she sang in choirs, learned piano, and experienced the transformative power of music at Woodstock, In LA she joined an operatic rock and roll chorus, toured Michigan and Wisconsin in the winter with a lounge band, majored in music for two years and studied voice and concert chorale under Jane Hardester. She`s also studied with Rhiannon. She currently works as a  pediatric R.N.  Voci keeps her sane and thanks to Jude and so many remarkable women, brings much joy into her life.

Susan Martin is enjoying her first season with Voci.  She has been singing for as long as she can remember, and has been active in many choruses, both in California and, long ago, in Indiana.  When she`s not singing, she divides her time between her work as a veterinarian and her family.  She lives in El Cerrito with her husband, their two musical children, and their dog.

Kathleen Merchant has enjoyed sharing music in many ways throughout her life.  She earned her undergraduate degree in music with an emphasis in piano performance many years ago, and has studied voice, organ, and composition.  For several years, she enjoyed serving as a church musician and continues to stretch her vocal skills in her second year singing with Voci.

Terry Meyers, Voci Co-Administrative Director, grew up in L.A., the youngest child of two musicians, who bequeathed to her a love of music and a flair for the artistic.  In a former life, she danced, made art and played the violin.  Terry joined Voci as a founding member in 1991 while working on her dissertation and raising two young children.  Today she is a clinical psychologist with a practice in the East Bay, and her daughters are young adults.  Her husband, John, has been a long-time supporter of, and volunteer for Voci.  As Administrative Director, Terry has an outlet for her yen for organizing.  She enjoys collaborating with Jude and the group of talented women of Voci.

Margot Murtaugh has sung in a variety of groups and in a variety of styles, for many years, from Renaissance music to jazz, and is already in her fifth season with Voci. During the day, she is an investment manager at a private firm in San Francisco, and during her "free" time, she just barely manages to keep up with her irrepressible and free-spirited ten year old son, Casey.

Jennifer Vlahos Powell has been singing in choirs almost continuously since debuting with the San Francisco Girls Chorus 23 years ago.  After a ten-year hiatus, Jen is thrilled to be singing with Voci again.  In the intervening years, she has had just a touch of life changes including obtaining a masters degree in education in New York City (and singing in Carnegie Hall with the Saint Cecilia Choir), meeting and marrying her husband, Giles, buying a 114-year-old house in Alameda, teaching first and second graders, becoming (relatively) fit and completing a century ride and three (one Olympic distance) triathlons, and learning to garden in her new back yard.  Most importantly, she has been blessed with two wonderful children, Emma (5) and Theo (2), both of whom love to sing!

Susan Sands has been in singing groups all her life--with Voci for 16 years.  She is a clinical psychologist in private practice, who also teaches, writes articles and supervises other therapists.  In her former life she was a print and television journalist.  She and her physicist husband and 16-year-old son love traveling and have been to more than a dozen countries together.

Wilma Schroeder grew up in Ohio (back when Mass was sung in Latin), near enough to the Mason-Dixon line to appreciate country and folk music, and has been involved in choirs and community theatre from childhood.  This is her fourth year with Voci.

Fran Smith grew up singing with her sisters and in school and church choirs.  She has sung in large choirs, in small madrigal and chamber groups and in a few musicals.  For several years she sang with the California Bach Society.  Fran teaches music at Holy Names University, Contra Costa College, and a few other small venues. 

Barbara Venook recently relocated to the Peninsula from Southern California where she has sung in various community college ensembles for over 25 years.  Highlights include singing in the 1,000-member chorus in the 1984 Olympic opening ceremony at the Coliseum in Los Angeles, as well as singing Beethoven`s "Missa Solemnis" with the Nuremburg Symphony Orchestra in Germany. She has also played the flute, and most recently the french horn with several community ensembles since 1992.