BYCA People

Dianne Berkun
Founder and Artistic Director
718-243-9447
dberkun@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Valerie Lewis
Executive Director
718-243-9447 ext. 235
vlewis@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Elizabeth Woodhouse

Associate Music Director

718-243-9447 ext. 236

ewoodhouse@brooklynyouthchorus.org

David Harris

Conductor, Young Men's Division

Jean Kim
Conductor, Preparatory Division

Jeannette LoVetri
Voice Specialist

 

Board of Trustees

Mary Anne Yancey, Chair

Martha Watts, Treasurer

Gail Erickson, Secretary

Dianne Berkun

Judy Berkun, Founding Trustee

J. Barclay Collins, II, Past Chair

Kenneth Adams

Richard Anderson

Necole Brown

Rufus Collins

Gail Erickson

Michael J. Gillespie

Nicolas Grabar

Eric Kenworthy, M.D.

Elizabeth Leber

Hillary Richard

Jonathan Rouner

Tamer Seckin

Narcissa Titman

Michelle Yagoda, M.D.

Artistic Advisory Board

John Adams

Judith Clurman

Jeremy Geffen

Jim Keller

Jeannette LoVetri

Theodore Wiprud

 

Staff:

Angela Batchelor
Chorus Manager
718-243-9447 ext. 231
abatchelor@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Sharon Humphreys
Deputy Director
718-243-9447 ext. 226
shumphreys@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Nathalie Joachim

Development and Marketing Manager

718-243-9447 ext. 238

njoachim@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Aviva Mitchell
Receptionist and Young Men's Ensemble Chorus Manager
718-243-9447 ext. 221
amitchell@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Julian Sheffield
Business Manager
718-243-9447
jsheffield@brooklynyouthchorus.org

Katie VanDerMeer
Chorus Manager
718-243-9447 ext. 223
kvandermeer@brooklynyouthchorus.org

 

Elective Program Instructors

Musicianship
Dianne Berkun

Voice
Denise Ivanoff
Cathy Lawrence
Jeanette LoVetri
Michelle Rosen

Mara Waldman

Piano

Tyler Blanton

 

For general inquiries, please use our online Contact Form.


 

 

 

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"Performances by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus conducted by a sensitive, vivid and very talented director, Dianne Berkun, have left an unforgettable impression with the grateful Russian audience."

Alexander Demchencko, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation