James America

Choir Member

James has been singing pretty much since he started talking. Throughout his years in school, James always sang in the highest level of choirs that were available to him including dozens of high honor choirs including multiple all-state choirs...

Caitlyn Askey

Choir Member

Caitlyn Askey is a Southern Maryland native who began her music career in the St. Mary’s County school system, including two years with Chopticon’s Peace Pipers...

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Pateley Bongiorni

Pateley is in her seventh year of teaching music in St. Mary’s County. She currently works as the Choral Director at Chopticon High School and previously worked at Esperanza Middle School...

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Nicole (she/her) is an artist, writer, activist, coach, and mother. As the owner of Ruffled Feathers, a coaching and consulting company, she is dedicated to divesting from grind culture while...

Nicole Bruno

Choir Member

Alisa grew up in Ohio and went to college at the University of Dayton. She moved to Charles County in 2005 to become a high school math teacher. She taught for 18 years, some of which also...

Alisa Burton

Choir Member

A native of Calvert County, Mrs. Combs is enjoying her 21st year teaching sweet, sweet harmonies and creating overly ambitious mash-ups for the choral students of Calvert High School...

Kelly Combs

Choir Member

David Fazekas

David Fazekas, Tenor, originally from New Orleans Louisiana, grew up in Calvert County Maryland, where he attended Calvert High School, was later awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education...

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Stephanie is a native Charles County resident who currently directs the La Plata High School choral program. She studied for her Bachelor of Music in the area of Vocal Performance...

Stephanie Gioia-Ely

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Joseph Gionfriddo

Joseph is a CAD technician and member of the design team at Whiteford Systems, an AV installation company based out of his hometown of St. Leonard, Maryland...

Laine Gleisner Ritchey

Choir Member

Laine Gleisner Ritchey grew up immersed in music and has performed on many different stages. Her favorite vocal memory however was opening for Pentatonix in 2019 as part of a small ensemble under the direction of TC O'Brien...

Gabriel Gray

Choir Member

Gabriel is an Elementary General Music Teacher and Choral Director at William A. Diggs Elementary School in Charles County, MD. He further serves as a vocal coach at Danin’s Showbiz Boutique in La Plata, MD...

Alyssa Gross is a customer service worker on her journey to becoming a mother and aspiring graphic designer...

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Alyssa Gross

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Kaleb Harris

Kaleb has been singing since he learned to talk. Being musically inclined, he taught himself to play saxophone and piano at a young age. Kaleb performed in musicals in middle school...

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Kristin Helming

Kristin has been teaching at Charles County Public Schools for 18 years. First at the middle school level and now at North Point High School for the last 15 years...

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Jasmine Jackson

Jasmine is a Sales Manager from Waldorf, MD, and a proud alumni of Maurice J. McDonough High School. She is a nail-styling aficionado, avid gamer, an ardent lover of reading, and variety collector...

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Joy Jones

Joy Jones is currently an elementary music teacher in Charles County. She started a business Joyful Music where she teaches vocal and piano lessons from her home as well as plays piano professionally for local churches, concerts, and events...

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Jessi Jordan

Jessi’s passion for singing was ignited in high school, where she thrived in choirs, musical theatre, and her private classical training. She then continued on advancing her vocal studies...

Samantha Keiter

Choir Member

Samantha grew up in Fleetwood, PA and went to college at Penn State University. She then completed her master's degree in physician assistant studies at PCOM...

Rob Korsan

Choir Member

Since middle school, singing has been a part of Rob's life through various choruses, musicals, acapella and barbershop groups.After a pause from singing barbershop with the Alexandria Harmonizers to complete Master's and Doctorate...

Brian Kuhn

Choir Member

Brian is a graduate of Salisbury University where he obtained a degree in music education and is currently the choral director at St. Charles High School in Waldorf, MD...

Crystal Leon

Choir Member

Crystal Leon is a passionate and versatile vocalist who has been an asset to the Southern Maryland music community since her secondary school experience with the renowned...

Catey Mayhew

Choir Member

Catey is a middle school choir teacher for Calvert County Public Schools and has been teaching for 8 years. Catey believes that a class like choir can build the confidence needed for students to...

Rachael Meador

Choir Member

Rachael Meador (soprano) is a vocalist, educator, composer/arranger and arts advocate. She is passionate about performance and musicology...

Shannon Myles Obedoza

Choir Member

Shannon is honored to be among the first singers of Hope in Harmony. A choir geek at heart, she has been singing since elementary school, and is almost never without a group to sing with...

Emma Querry

Choir Member

Emma currently works for SMCPS as a substitute teacher, she attends CSM getting an associate’s degree in Music and Arts focusing in Vocal performance...

Anna Robinson

Choir Member

Anna is honored to be a member of Hope in Harmony! With a lifelong passion for singing, Anna has been making music for as long as she can remember...

Dan Robinson

Choir Member

Daniel (Dan) is a proud member of Hope in Harmony! Music has always been an integral part of Dan's life, and he is excited to continue his musical journey with Hope and Harmony...

Ernest Sallee

Choir Member

Ernest Sallee, Sr. is a career musician and composer, currently serving as the Pastor of Worship & Arts at South Potomac Church where he has lead the performing and visual arts for more than 18 years...

Sean Scriber

Choir Member

Sean is a southern Maryland native who has a passion and love for music. Sean is a graduate of Frostburg State University where he studied voice and business...

Katie Sheldon

Choir Member

Katie is a native of Charles County and has loved performing her whole life. As a child, she participated in local theater as a member of Encore Kids...

Haley Stewart

Choir Member

Haley has been involved in music since she could walk. She wrote her first song on the piano at 3 years old and her love of music has snowballed from there...

Christian Stewart

Choir Member

Christian is a graduate of thee Winston Salem State University and obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Music Business with a Voice Concentration, and a minor in Business Administration in 2019...

Iain Sturrock

Choir Member

Iain (he/him/his) is an accomplished conductor and passionate choral musician, with wide-ranging musical interests. He is grateful to have pursued these passions across three continents...

Kylie Teston

Choir Member

Mrs. Kylie Teston has a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Frostburg State University and a Master’s Degree in Choral Conducting from Messiah University...

Kourtney Wathen

Choir Member

Kourtney is a speech-language pathologist and voice teacher from Charles County, MD. She has special interest and training in helping patients with vocal injuries...

Patrick Wathen

Choir Member

Patrick is a singer and dancer from La Plata, Maryland. He has performed in numerous honor choirs including the Maryland Senior All State Choir and the Chamber Choir at the College of Southern Maryland....

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Joshua Butson

Choir Member

Joshua, a promising tenor, is beginning his first year with Hope in Harmony. He brings a wealth of experience from his youth choir days, having participated in All-County Chorus for several years...

Sam Carroll

Choir Member

This is Sam's first year singing tenor for Hope In Harmony. He is ecstatic. He connected with this group's passionate motive to use the power of music to inspire hope and change...

Katelynn Mueller

Choir Member

Katelynn Mueller is a college student who is becoming a Veterinary Technologist. She has been in multiple musicals, plays, and choirs throughout her life...

Cadence Obedoza

Choir Member

Cade is so excited to be joining Hope in Harmony this year. They have been involved in this community ever since they can remember...

Preston Petitjean

Choir Member

Preston is an 11th grade student at Leonardtown High School who has been singing for 5 years, though his parents would say he’s been singing since he was little...