Our Team of Dedicated Artistic Staff
Meet our dedicated Artistic Staff who teach, engage, and entertain through choral music.
HEAD ARTISTIC STAFF
Michael Ehrlich
Michael L. Ehrlich, Artistic Director of the Fairfax Choral Society, conducts the FCS Vocal Arts Ensemble and Vocal Arts Singers. Mr. Ehrlich is the former Director of the W.T. Woodson High School Chorus, where he built the chorus up from 35 members to 280 members. He has thirty-six years’ experience as…
Patrick Vaughn
Since the summer of 2005, Patrick Vaughn has served the Fairfax Choral Society as the Director of Youth Choruses, overseeing all performing ensembles and over 200+ students. He also is the Conductor for the Master Singers, the advanced high school ensemble for the Youth Division. In addition, in May 2022,…
YOUTH CHOIR CONDUCTORS & MUSICIANSHIP TEACHERS
Virginia Albertson
Ginger Albertson teaches a Kodály-inspired program at Eagle View Elementary School in the Fairfax County Public School system where she teaches Kindergarten through 6th grade General Music and 5th and 6th grade choirs. She holds a BS in Music Education from West Chester University in Pennsylvania, as a voice major,…
Nicole Anderson-Morgan
Nicole Anderson-Morgan teaches music at Mason Crest Elementary School in Annandale, VA. Nicole attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for both undergrad and graduate school. She holds a Bachelors of Music and a Masters of Arts in Teaching. Over her twenty year teaching career she has taught…
Karli Eddinger
Karli Eddinger is thrilled to be back with Fairfax Choral Society teaching musicianship with the Treble Choir. Karli returned to FCS in the Fall on 2022 teaching Lyric I Musicianship. She previously conducted the Treble and Lyric choirs at the Vienna campus. Ms. Eddinger is the director of Choirs at…
Kelly Harbison
Ms. Kelly Harbison is a Northern Virginia native and graduate of Fairfax County Public Schools. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Music Education from Ithaca College and graduated Summa cum laude from George Mason University with a Master of Arts in Education. As a music educator,…
Jessica Irish
Jessica Irish is in her 25th year of serving singers of all ages, both in the school setting and in the church setting, as a music educator and choral conductor. She is the Director of Choral Arts at South Lakes High School, where she also teaches piano class. A trained…
Kristen Jorde
Kristen Jorde has been teaching music to children and adults in her community since high school. She holds a Bachelor of Music with a concentration in Music Education from George Mason University. Since then, she has earned her Kodály certification and Master in Music Education in Kodály Music Education from…
Miranda Lansberry
This is Miranda Lansberry’s tenth season with the Fairfax Choral Society. During the past nine seasons, Ms. Lansberry has served as the conductor of Da Capo Choir, Lyric Choir, Treble Choir, and now Concert Choir, as well as teaching musicianship classes for Early Childhood, Treble Choir and Concert Choir. In…
Michelle McCarten
Michelle McCarten teaches general music and chorus at Daniels Run Elementary School in Fairfax, VA. Originally from Falls Church, VA, she has also taught early childhood and elementary music in New York, Connecticut, Montana & Washington D.C. Miss McCarten holds a Bachelor & Master degrees in Music Education from Indiana University and The University of Hartford. She is certified…
ACCOMPANISTS
Sean Cator
Sean Cator is a collaborative pianist throughout Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C. for solo performers, and prestigious middle and high school choral programs. He is certified in Orff Schulwerk, Conversational Solfege, and First Steps in Music. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music from Ithaca College School of Music, and a…
Jane Moore Kaye
Jane Moore Kaye, a native of Olathe, Kansas, maintains an active performing schedule in the greater Washington, D.C. area as a collaborative pianist, organist, teacher and adjudicator. She regularly accompanies area city, district and state choral festivals and in the community was the founding Director of Programming for Music & Arts…
Andrew Miller
Dr. Andrew Miller, a native of Springfield, Virginia, is a highly accomplished pianist whose versatility and commitment to musicianship are exhibited by his active participation as a soloist, accompanist, chamber musician, and instructor in the Northern Virginia area. Andrew achieved his D.M.A in Piano Performance at George Mason University in…
Larissa Rosenberg
Larissa Rosenberg is excited to join the Fairfax Choral Society this year. She is an active collaborative pianist and most recently worked with the National Children’s Chorus. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory (B.M., 2003), Mrs. Rosenberg completed a year of graduate studies at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw, Poland,…
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