Community Through Music: Instilling Confidence, Community, Creativity, and Culture

The Arizona Girlchoir was founded in February of 2011 to transform the lives of girls through the choral arts by fostering a love and appreciation of music and choral singing. We believe that singing together to make a beautiful sound transforms the singers and our community.

Confidence

Our programs enable singers to increase their mastery of music knowledge, skills, and appreciation through relevant resources, training, and performance opportunities. This training promotes a personal sense of discipline, integrity, accomplishment, and pride for our singers as they develop and hone their personal talents and resources.

Community

We provide a place for everyone to sing together in a cooperative, sociable, family-friendly atmosphere, with lots of extra-choir activities to build friendships and camaraderie within the choir, and opportunities for building relationships by reaching out into the greater community as well.

Creativity

We endeavor to present opportunities for singers to create and express beauty and music both individually and collaboratively, in a joyful and cooperative atmosphere that encourages contributions and participation by all, as we expand traditional choir boundaries with innovation in repertoire, rehearsal, and performance.

Culture

We aim to enrich our greater community through excellence in choral music performance. We are committed to living out our vision statement, ‘Community Through Music,’ by providing opportunities to create beauty and harmony as we imagine and strive toward a better future for all. 

Our Artistic Staff

  • Karli Anderson

    INTERIM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
    ARIA AND ALLEGRIA DIRECTOR

  • Dr. Kelsey Gross

    ANIMA AND ARIA DIRECTOR

  • Laura Pyper

    AMABILE DIRECTOR
    MUSIC LITERACY DIRECTOR

  • Brooke Durborow

    ANGELI DIRECTOR

  • Dr. Janet Norman

    ALLEGRIA COLLABORATIVE PIANIST

  • Helen Brons

    ANIMA AND RAGAZZI COLLABORATIVE PIANIST

  • Tanya Boehme

    AMABILE COLLOBORATIVE PIANIST

  • Jean-Luc Villamor

    ANGELI COLLOBORATIVE PIANIST

  • Jocelyn Abyad

    PRIMA INSTRUCTOR

  • Monna Payne

    RAGAZZI INSTRUCTOR

Our Administrative Staff

  • Charlene Shenk

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Gary Ward

    PHOTOGRAPHER

Board of Directors

  • Diane Crunk

    PRESIDENT

  • Darren Herring

    VICE PRESIDENT

  • Stacey Klein

    SECRETARY

  • Rebecca Velazquez

    TREASURER

  • Kimberly Couch

    MEMBER

  • Jack Rose

    MEMBER