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Debra Crandall has been singing in choirs since high school. She sang for many years with Sacred & Profane. From 1987-1991 she sang and performed in the Christmas Revels. She got a BA degree in music at UC Berkeley, and had the great privilege of singing in a small ensemble led by Philip Brett. She plays piano (mostly Bach, mostly for her own pleasure), and loves all kinds of choral music, from medieval to folk music from around the world to contemporary choral works. She is very excited to join Voci and sing with such a lovely and talented group of women.
Nicky Deremiah loves being a part of Voci! She sang in an all-women’s choir in college and enjoys the complexity and sound of women’s choral music. In addition to singing with Voci, she loves to travel with her husband and daughter, and to bake desserts of all shapes and sizes.
Jennifer Dix loves singing, gardening, reading, and writing. She was a voice major in college a lifetime ago. Today she delights in exploring musical horizons in the company of Voci’s smart and talented women.
Angie Doctor is a jazz singer and arranger, studio singer, vocal coach, and clinician for school music ensembles and solo singers. She has been a singer and soloist on projects with Bobby McFerrin, Sufjan Stevens, Sweet Honey in the Rock, John Zorn, Meredith Monk, and others. Her recordings include a Grammy-nominated release of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass (Harmonia Mundi). She is the high voice in the vocal quartet Clockwork and was the Girl Bob in The Bobs, the wackiest of all a cappella groups, for the last six years of their 36-year run. Angie loves singing harmony and is happy to have found Voci and this wonderful circle of women.
Lezlee Flagg is so happy to have found Voci after her move from rural Oregon five years ago and after enduring no singing for two years of Covid lockdown. In the past, she taught voice, soloed with small orchestras, and directed community children’s and women’s choirs. Now she is living her dream being gramma to her wonderful grandson and singing music she loves with this fabulous group of women.
Cassandra Forth is an émigré from East Tennessee and North Carolina, a region of strong oral and roots music traditions. Time spent with her big brother, while he worked as a recording engineer for the President’s Own Marine Band, inspired her classical music enthusiasm. Her musical life had already begun with choral singing, but then continued with piano, French horn, and organ. After a multi-year break from organized music making, she began to study voice privately and sang for many years with the San Francisco Lyric Chorus, enjoying its varied repertoire. Cassandra feels that choral singing feeds the soul! She is excited to be singing with the talented women of Voci.
Samantha Graff feels lucky to lose herself in song with this special community of women. Her choral roots date back to the founding era of the San Francisco Girls Chorus. By day, she provides strategic guidance to nonprofits and philanthropies, and she volunteers with Flip the Vote in service of democracy. She takes musical inspiration from her jazz pianist husband and takes phone calls at any time (except during Voci rehearsal) from her two grown sons.
Pauline Ma-Senturia was born in Guilin, China, and grew up singing at her mother’s church in Taiwan. She holds degrees in both Music and Interior Architectural Design. She has sung with various choral groups in the Bay Area, while working as a Design and Construction Project Manager for the U.S. General Services Administration for 18 years. Since her retirement, she is enjoying her seven grandchildren, singing, and traveling near and far, as the legs allow.
Alissa McLean is so happy to have women to sing with after many years of a hiatus! She grew up singing in the San Francisco Girls Chorus, a group in which her daughters Molly and Emily now sing. When she’s not singing or driving carpools, Alissa is a UX researcher on the Consumer Insights team for the educational toy company LeapFrog.
Terry Meyers grew up in Los Angeles, the youngest child of two musicians. In a former life, she danced, made art, played the violin and performed in musical theater. Terry joined Voci as a founding member in 1991 and has worked behind the scenes for Voci for many years. She also sings with The Dulcet Four and Resmiranda Vocal Ensemble. She is a clinical psychologist in private practice and enjoys being a gramma and spending time with her loving family.
Hannah Parrilla loves singing with Voci! Since joining the group, she’s grown as both a vocalist and musician and found a real sense of community. Outside of Voci, Hannah is a scientist who loves animals (especially her own), arts and crafts, appreciating nature, and spending quality time with her wonderful partner and friends.
Carol Paxson sang her first solo at age six and has been enthusiastically singing ever since. In college she sang in the university church choir, which involved showing up at 8:30 to sight-read a piece for the 8:45 service. After stints in the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, the UC Chamber Choir, the San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir, and other adventures in music, Carol was recruited to sing in a weekly sight-reading group with the conductor Michael Senturia and his wife (and Voci singer!) Pauline Ma-Senturia. Along with sight-reading, the group prepared and performed Orlando di Lasso’s Tears of Saint Peter in Florence and here in Berkeley. Currently, Carol sings with the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Oakland) choir under Benjamin Bachmann. Carol is grateful for the many opportunities to sing and learn, especially this latest adventure with Voci.
Heather Roman has been singing since high school and earned a music degree from Holy Names University. She has sung with many Bay Area choruses, including Chora Nova, Afterglow, and Voices of Musica Sacra, as well as in the opera choruses of Livermore Opera, Martinez Opera, and Festival Opera. She taught children’s piano and voice for 15 years and served as children’s chorus director at California Revels for seven years. Now a preschool teacher, she enjoys bringing music into the classroom through ukulele and singing. She loves singing with Voci for its wonderful musicianship, beautiful music, and the joy of sharing both with a community of like-minded musicians.
Karla Sagramoso is very pleased to be part of Voci, having participated in choral singing of all sorts since childhood. She is convinced that if the world’s people all belonged to choirs and ate regular infusions of chocolate, they’d all be happier and healthier, though perhaps not slimmer. She especially enjoys singing in small ensembles and house concerts, and loves learning repertoire from many centuries and countries. When not singing, she works as a clinical psychologist and enjoys her family.
Lisa Sanders enjoys being part of a talented group of singers, performing some amazing pieces and giving voice to women. Lisa sings in The Dulcet Four, an a cappella quartet based in the San Francisco Bay Area, performing repertoire from the Great American Songbook and other classics. She has sung with Festival Opera in Walnut Creek and the Livermore Valley Opera. Lisa also enjoys singing jazz and taking voice lessons. When not singing, Lisa hangs out with her grandchildren and works part-time in tech education.
Victoria Skerritt enjoys being a member of Voci and loves learning Voci’s diverse repertoire. Victoria’s music background is rooted in musical theater, alternative rock bands, and jazz vocal ensemble work. She thanks her friends and family for encouraging her musical journey.
Kathy Walrath used to play piano semi-professionally, but she abandoned keyboards for her true love, singing. Other loves include writing, knitting, dogs, and her funny, talented family. As a teenager she lived in Napoli and studied music theory in Italian, which she doesn’t really speak, yet she still remembers La musica è l’arte del suono…
Lucy Williams began her choral training in her native England, specializing in small ensemble and early repertoire with an interesting sideline in Gilbert and Sullivan, light opera and musical theater. After traveling the globe (and becoming Canadian in the process) she is happily settled in California and is one quarter of La Di Da, an a cappella group which has been entertaining the Bay Area with jazz, swing, and barbershop for the last 10 years. Her horse knows all the words to the songs!