The Boychoir Academy's faculty is carefully selected to be supportive, creative, and enthusiastic individuals who work to pursue the mission of the Boychoir Academy.The academic faculty is selected to cultivate enthusiasm for learning and to develop critical thinkers who can feel well-prepared in the most demanding high schools. The Boychoir's Music Staff is composed of professional musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area. They use their experience in boychoir vocal technique, Kodaly and Orff methodology to develop exceptional musicians.

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	Brandon Adams Associate Music Director send an e-mail Brandon Adams is a choral director, voice teacher, and piano accompanist with over seven years of experience with Elementary and Middle School choirs. A native Texan, he sang for three years with the Singing Boys of Houston, and he attended the Vocal Music Department of the Houston School of Performing and Visual Arts. Brandon received an A. B. from Dartmouth College and a Masters in Choral Conducting from Indiana University with a Minor in Vocal Pedagogy. His singing experience includes San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Volti, Pacific Collegeum, and the Oakland Symphony Chorus (for whom he served for two years as an assistant conductor). Brandon has also been a guest conductor for the Silicon Valley Symphony Chorus, the Vocal Director for San Francisco Opera Guild's Opera Day Camp, and the Choir Director at Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland. Brandon is also multiple award-winning Musical Director. He conducts at a number of Bay Area regional theatres, including 42nd St Moon, Marin Theatre Company, Center Rep and Woodminster Summer Musicals. He is the choral director at the Urban School of San Francisco, where he has been teaching for over six years. Mr. Adams directs the PBA's Cantori and Trouvere Choirs and teaches day school music classes.
	Stella Brown Associate Music Director send an e-mail Mrs Brown is one of the founding music teachers of the PBA. She has a Masters in Early Childhood Music Education with an emphasis in Kodaly techniques from the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, Connecticut. For the past ten years, she has taught music to both adults and children in various settings, as well as piano pedagogy at the University of Montemorelos in Mexico. She currently teaches music in the Mt Diablo Unified School District, conducts the Minstrel choir and directs the Orff training for the Boychoir.
	Rebecca Cisin Office Manager and Admissions Coordinator send an e-mail Ms. Cisin comes to PBA from the American Indian Public High School in Oakland, the third-ranking public high school in California. As an administrator at AIPHS, Ms. Cisin completed major projects including the school's charter renewal, WASC accreditation, and California Distinguished School award applications, all of which were approved with great praise from the organizations involved. A graduate in Philosophy from Mills College, she understands the value of setting high expectations for students and working to ensure that those expectations are met. Charged with identifying summer activities for her high school students, she sent them to programs at UCSF, UC Berkeley, and Purdue. When she is not at work, Ms. Cisin can be found performing and teaching Irish step and ceili dance. As a dancer she has competed at the regional and national levels, and performed at venues that include the White House and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. She is excited to work at an organization that provides its students with similar opportunities and is based on the belief that arts and academics are equal partners in education.
	Rachel Cohn 6-8 History send an e-mail A native of Chicago, Ms. Cohn recently moved to the Bay Area after completing her undergraduate studies and Master of Arts in Teaching degree with a focus in History and Science education at Brown University. Before coming to PBA she worked with several middle-school enrichment programs in Rhode Island and Oakland, including the Partners Program at the College Preparatory School. She has been singing classical, jazz, and a cappella music since she was in the 4th grade herself, and is thrilled to be teaching in such a vibrant musical community at PBA. Ms. Cohn loves teaching History because of the opportunities it provides for thinking critically about the past and rethinking the future. She enjoys hiking, biking, and reading the works of civil rights leaders for inspiration.
	Leann Conley Rehearsal Assistant send an e-mail Leann Conley is active both as a singer and conductor; she currently serves as Director of Music for First Congregational United Church of Christ in Santa Rosa and maintains a private voice studio. She is a seasoned member of the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and regulary sings with the Tucson Chamber Artists, Sedona Academy of Chamber Singers, and the Festivalensemble Stuttgart of the Internationale Bachakademie. Ms. Conley was winner in the 2010 Arizona NATS Graduate Competition and 2008 Coeur D'Alene Symphony Young Artist Competition, and was a finalist in the MTNA National Young Artist Voice Competition. Recent operatic roles include La Femme in Poulenc's one-woman tragedy, La voix humaine, La Princesse in L'Enfant et les sortileges, Rose in Street Scene, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, and concert appearances as a soloist with the Oregon Bach Festival, Coeur D'Alene Symphony, Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, and Tacoma Youth Chorus. Ms. Conley studied conducting with Rodney Eichenberger, Edith Copley, Steven Zopfi, and Richard Nance. She recently earned a master's degree in choral conducting from Northern Arizona University, where she led the University Singers, assistant-conducted the Shrine of the Ages Choir, and taught voice. She holds a bachelor's degree in voice from Pacific Lutheran University.
	Xiomara Di Maio Contra Costa "Bravi" Program Director send an e-mail A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Xiomara Di Maio received her Bachelors and Masters degrees at Indiana University, where she studied Piano, Choral Conducting, Voice, and Percussion. After moving to San Diego in 1988, Ms Di Maio founded and led the vocal ensemble "Las Voces", specializing in the choral works of Latin American composers, and was the Music Director for the San Diego Opera's Educational Outreach Program: "Opera for Kids by Kids". Now living in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ms Di Maio has worked as Choral Director for the youth choir "Joyful Noise", at Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, and the Crystal Children's Choir in Foster City. Since 2000, she has been a mentor in the nationally-recognized music program at Lafayette's Stanley Middle School, assisting Music Director Bob Athayde with both instrumental and choral ensembles. She currently works as a choral assistant and accompanist at Campolindo High School in Moraga, and runs a well-established private piano studio in Lafayette. Ms Di Maio has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus since 2001, receiving GRAMMY awards for the SFS recordings of Mahler's 3rd and 8th Symphonies. Ms Di Maio directs PBA's newly-formed Contra Costa program, running three eight-week programs for boys in grades 1-5.
	Kevin Fox Founding Artistic Director send an e-mail Mr Fox has been involved with boys choirs since the age of eight. He holds degrees in Music (with Honors) and Economics from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, where he studied voice with tenor Wayne Rivera, conducting with Mel Strauss, composing with Neely Bruce, and received the Lipsky Prize for outstanding scholarship in choral studies. He studied music at Oxford University, England, with Edward Higginbottom, and choral conducting at Westminster Choir College in Princeton with Jim Jordan and Vincent Metallo. He has served as Proctor for the American Boychoir, working with Jim Litton and Craig Denison, and has sung with the choirs of Trinity Church in New Haven, Trinity Church in Princeton, American Bach Soloists, the Philharmonia Baroque Chorale, and the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys in San Francisco, where he also worked as Interim Assistant Choirmaster. Under his direction, the Pacific Boychoir Academy has grown from six to 150 choristers in four treble choirs and one alumni choir. Working with the PBA staff, Mr. Fox has developed a proprietary music reading and music theory training program comparable to university-level music classes. In 2002, Mr. Fox developed a business plan for the choir school, a comprehensive document compiling the ideas of staff and board members in preparation for the opening of the school in the fall of 2004. In 2010, mr. Fox accepted the Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance for the PBA's particpation on Mahler's Eighth Symphony with the San Francisco Symphony. Mr. Fox has been on over 40 tours with boys choirs to almost all 50 states including Alaska and Hawai'i, as well as to Brasil, Argentina, Taiwan, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, France, England, Wales, Ireland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Spain, and South Africa.
	Emily Glatter Fifth grade homeroom and Latin send an e-mail Ms. Glatter is a graduate of Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Latin and Classical Civilizations. Ms. Glatter is especially interested in grammar and comparative history and politics. Prior to coming to PBA, she worked extensively as a tutor, coaching students of all ages and abilities. At PBA Ms. Glatter teaches English, math, and history in her 5th grade homeroom class. Ms. Glatter focuses on directing these students to become more independent and responsible in their studies. She especially enjoys teaching her homeroom students about American history and how to diagram sentences. Ms. Glatter also teaches Latin to 7th and 8th grade students. In these classes she stresses the value of understanding the ancient world as a way of better understanding later Western history, literature, art, and culture.
	John Lynch Academic Director and English Teacher send an e-mail John Lynch received his B.A. in English literature from Yale University, and his M.A. (with Distinction) in English Language, Literature, and Research from the University of Virginia. He has been a Charlotte Newcomb Doctoral Fellow, as well as a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University. Mr. Lynch brings extensive and varied teaching and administrative experience to PBA. He began his teaching career twenty-five years ago at the University of Virginia, where he taught introductory writing and Shakespeare, and served as Assistant to the Undergraduate Program in English. Since that time, Mr. Lynch has held positions as Tutor at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, Instructor at Washington and Lee University, Visiting Assistant Professor at Sweet Briar College, and Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to this college-level experience, Mr. Lynch taught English literacy to adults in Oxford, and has offered SAT preparation classes for low-income students in Oakland and San Francisco. For six years before coming to PBA, Mr. Lynch taught English and Latin at The Academy School in Berkeley, where he also served as the Upper-School Dean. In addition to being the Academic Director at PBA, Mr. Lynch teaches English to grades 6-8.
	Noble Macfarlane 7-8 Science and 6-8 Math send an e-mail An organist by hobby and native of San Francisco, Noble Macfarlane grew up singing in the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys. While in high school, Noble joined the PBA as a Troubador, singing soprano on the PBA's first Grammy Award-winning recording. After earning an AB in Mathematics from Brown University, where he sang with the Choir of St. Stephen's Church in Providence, and a year as a visiting scholar at Oxford University, where he sang with the chapel choir of St. John's College, Noble has returned to PBA to teach math to the sixth grade and both math and science to the seventh and eighth grades. Noble now sings in the choir of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Berkeley, but can sometimes be found pursuing his passions for hiking, biking, and backpacking.
	Brenna MacIlvaine Fourth Grade send an e-mail Ms. MacIlvaine grew up in Oakland and moved to Tacoma, Washington, where she graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education. Prior to taking on the PBA's fourth grade class, she worked as a second grade teacher in Tacoma. She has a special interest in geological sciences and drama. Ms. MacIlvaine grew up doing theater with the Lamplighters in San Francisco and has studied voice for ten years. In the classroom, Ms. MacIlvaine holds each boy accountable for being the best student he can be. She focuses on creating a respectful classroom environment, teaching boys how to become strong learners, and challenging each student to strive for excellence.
	David Moreno Spanish and PE send an e-mail Mr. Moreno was raised in Southern California and later moved to the Bay Area, where he graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in English. Prior to teaching at PBA, he spent six years teaching Spanish at Convent of the Sacred Heart High School in San Francisco. As Spanish is his first language, Mr. Moreno has deep cultural ties to this community and enjoys visiting his family in México. He is also fanatic about athletics, and has worked as a volleyball coach for the past twelve years in the collegiate, high school, and club levels. At PBA, he teaches Spanish to the 5th-8th graders and PE to 4th-8th graders.
	Heli Roiha Bookkeeper send an e-mail A native of Finland, Heli Roiha received her Ph.D. degree in biochemistry at Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, England. After moving to California to pursue postdoctoral studies in molecular biology at UCB, she moved to a senior research position at UCSF. While at USCF, her attention gradually shifted from the intense but slow academic research to the more dynamic activity of managing a large research laboratory as “small business” with its own finances and regulatory requirements. Eventually she decided to follow her passion for performing arts and applied her transferrable skills to the position of production director at the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra where she implemented documented processes of production management and finances. It was during her time with the BSO that she first met the splendid PBA Troubadors as a visiting choir. After several years of managing the symphony’s production budget and finances, Heli decided to step into a new career of bookkeeping as an independent contractor for non-profit performing arts organizations. She has enjoyed helping several local organizations and, besides at the PBA, currently works with the American Bach Soloists. During her free time, Heli with her spouse Terry travel around the country enjoying opera and great food, try to attend all the local opera and concert performances, and maintain their sail boat in Berkeley Marina.
	Marcia Roy Assistant Music Director send an e-mail Ms Roy is a founding member of the Pacific Boychoir staff. She has a Masters degree in Music from California State University, Hayward, and has been the organist at Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland for over 20 years. Formerly, Ms Roy served as choral conductor at Holy Names High School in Oakland and at the San Francisco Girls Chorus. She has worked with professional boychoirs in the Bay Area for the past 25 years. Ms. Roy serves as school music instructor, assistant director of the Intermezzi group, vocal coach,and accompanist, and is also the Music LIbrarian for the PBA's 500+ titles.
	William Sauerland Associate Music Director send an e-mail San Francisco-based countertenor and educator, William Sauerlan enjoys a varied career of teaching, singing, and conducting. In addition to teaching at the Pacific Boychoir Academy, Mr. Sauerland is currently the Director of Vocal Music at Lick-Wilmerding High School, and Artistic and Music Director of the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco. Mr. Sauerland has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Recent recital appearances in the United Kingdom have included St. George's at Hanover Square for the London Handel Festival, Hatchlands Park for the Cobbe Instrument Collection Recital Series, the concert series at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and a special concert for His Royal Highness Prince Charles at St. James’s Palace. For two seasons he was a member of the Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble, Chanticleer, and performed in over 200 concerts in many of the world’s most prestigious music venues, including the Vienna Musikverein, the Concertgebouw, Tokyo Opera House, and Disney Hall. He has performed twice on NBC’s Today Show, numerous times on National Public Radio, and recorded two albums with Chanticleer for Warner Classics™. Mr. Sauerland received a Master’s degree in Advanced Vocal Performance from the Royal College of Music, under the auspices of a Marshall Scholarship. In collaboration with Professor Audrey Luna of Miami University, his current research focuses on proprioceptive exercises for teaching healthy singing in the voice studio and choral classroom. For PBA, Mr. Sauerland directs Intermezzi, and teaches Cantori, Trouvere and day school students. Mr. Sauerland works with the Cantori and Trouvere, and choir school students.
	Pamela Weimer 4-6 Science; Managing Director send an e-mail One of the Founders of PBA, Mrs. Weimer has been a teacher for over 25 years. In addition to teaching classes in psychology and child development at the junior college level, she has taught at all levels of elementary education for both public and private schools in the Bay Area, and has held administrative positions as well. 13 years ago, she began to focus on single gender education when she taught 5th grade math and history at Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco. Mrs. Weimer is one of the original staff of the PBA. She served on the founding board of directors and became the Managing Director for the after school program, a position she still holds. When the PBA began the Day School, she served at the school’s first Head as well as a teacher. She is currently continues to teach science. Mrs. Weimer earned an MA in Psychology and Child Development from San Francisco State University, following a BA in Psychology from UCLA.

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