about us: LEADERSHIP
Our Board of Directors is made up of chorus members who are community leaders, each bringing special talents
and strengths to the group in order to support and serve our artistic team and the chorus.
The Board of Directors for Peninsula Singers meets monthly after the Monday rehearsal.
Our Non-Board Volunteers are also choir members who contribute their time and talents to our organization.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
and strengths to the group in order to support and serve our artistic team and the chorus.
The Board of Directors for Peninsula Singers meets monthly after the Monday rehearsal.
Our Non-Board Volunteers are also choir members who contribute their time and talents to our organization.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Marty Jansen: PRESIDENT
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Marty Jansen is president of Peninsula Singers. After earning a degree in microbiology from the University of Massachusetts, he served in the US Army in Southeast Asia, and finished his formal education with an MBA at the University of Arizona. After moving to San Diego with his wife, Charlene, in 2010, he joined Peninsula Singers at her suggestion, and is now in his fith year with the chorus. Marty has run two marathons and won a 10K road race in New Hampshire. His favorite activity is flying (private pilot), but scuba diving, walking, biking, and tennis are also favorite things to do.
Contact Marty with the email linked here!
Marty Jansen is president of Peninsula Singers. After earning a degree in microbiology from the University of Massachusetts, he served in the US Army in Southeast Asia, and finished his formal education with an MBA at the University of Arizona. After moving to San Diego with his wife, Charlene, in 2010, he joined Peninsula Singers at her suggestion, and is now in his fith year with the chorus. Marty has run two marathons and won a 10K road race in New Hampshire. His favorite activity is flying (private pilot), but scuba diving, walking, biking, and tennis are also favorite things to do.
Becca Bierman: Vice President
Becca is a Singer, Dancer, Actress - Who earns her living as a Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist. She has been an active member of Peninsula Singers and a small group called "The Divas" for many years. She is thrilled to be singing in person together again.
Becca is a Singer, Dancer, Actress - Who earns her living as a Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist. She has been an active member of Peninsula Singers and a small group called "The Divas" for many years. She is thrilled to be singing in person together again.
Shelley Anderson: MARKETING, PAST PRESIDENT EMERITUS
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Shelley is an advertising professional and life-long singer. She founded Pro Media, a media buying service, in 1988 and is partner -- with her husband Hal Hodgson -- in The Marketing Deli, a San Diego advertising agency. In high school, Shelley sang in school and church choirs, a folk duo and in school and community musicals. In college, she studied music and voice, was in chorus and had lead roles in musical theater. She is also a guitarist and has performed as a solo artist around San Diego. She has been in many San Diego vocal groups including Singer’s Workshop, Choraleers, San Diego Choral Club, Southern Comfort (women’s quintet) and Shell’s Belles (women’s trio.) She has been a member of Peninsula Singers since 2014.
Contact Shelley with the email linked here!
Shelley is an advertising professional and life-long singer. She founded Pro Media, a media buying service, in 1988 and is partner -- with her husband Hal Hodgson -- in The Marketing Deli, a San Diego advertising agency. In high school, Shelley sang in school and church choirs, a folk duo and in school and community musicals. In college, she studied music and voice, was in chorus and had lead roles in musical theater. She is also a guitarist and has performed as a solo artist around San Diego. She has been in many San Diego vocal groups including Singer’s Workshop, Choraleers, San Diego Choral Club, Southern Comfort (women’s quintet) and Shell’s Belles (women’s trio.) She has been a member of Peninsula Singers since 2014.
Denny Knox: TREASURER
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Contact Denny with the email linked here!
Erin Frankel: LIBRARIAN
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Erin has been the librarian since the beginning of Peninsula Singers. She is very proud of our group. She looks forward to each new season and can't wait to sing! She has been married for 31 years to Fred and they have two grandchildren and two wonderful daughters that she would love to tell you about. Erin grew up in San Diego and has lived in Ocean Beach for 35 years. Welcome to Peninsula Singers where we Enrich, Educate and Entertain!
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Erin has been the librarian since the beginning of Peninsula Singers. She is very proud of our group. She looks forward to each new season and can't wait to sing! She has been married for 31 years to Fred and they have two grandchildren and two wonderful daughters that she would love to tell you about. Erin grew up in San Diego and has lived in Ocean Beach for 35 years. Welcome to Peninsula Singers where we Enrich, Educate and Entertain!
Becky Greene: SECRETARY
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Becky has been a member of Peninsula Singers since the inception of the choir. After singing in the shower, the car, and at the beach her whole life, Peninsula Singers is the first choir she has been a member of. She has enjoyed all types of music: popular and classical alike. One of the highlights has been singing in a mixed-voice quartet, first called The Four Flats, and then renamed The Quarter Notes. She and husband Frank have been married for 40 years. They have raised four children on the Point, have three grand daughters and a fourth grandchild on the way!
Contact Becky with the email linked here!
Becky has been a member of Peninsula Singers since the inception of the choir. After singing in the shower, the car, and at the beach her whole life, Peninsula Singers is the first choir she has been a member of. She has enjoyed all types of music: popular and classical alike. One of the highlights has been singing in a mixed-voice quartet, first called The Four Flats, and then renamed The Quarter Notes. She and husband Frank have been married for 40 years. They have raised four children on the Point, have three grand daughters and a fourth grandchild on the way!
Sarah Suhonen: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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See Artistic Team page for Sarah's Biography
Contact Sarah with the email linked here!
See Artistic Team page for Sarah's Biography
Janet Mathews: MEMBERSHIP
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Janet began her musical education with piano lessons and received her first instruction
on stringed instruments in the San Diego City School system. She completed a degree
in music at the University of Arizona. Playing viola and violin, she has been actively
giving chamber music concerts, and playing in several symphonic orchestras. She
has been a member of Peninsula Singers since 2014 to explore vocal music beyond
singing in the car.
Contact Janet with the email linked here!
Janet began her musical education with piano lessons and received her first instruction
on stringed instruments in the San Diego City School system. She completed a degree
in music at the University of Arizona. Playing viola and violin, she has been actively
giving chamber music concerts, and playing in several symphonic orchestras. She
has been a member of Peninsula Singers since 2014 to explore vocal music beyond
singing in the car.
Treasa Skiles: SOCIAL
A Peninsula Singer for 10 years, who started singing in elementary school and continued to be a "shower singer" ever since. Singing brings Treasa joy. She's lived in Point Loma for the past 22 years, returning to San Diego after 24 years as a corporate gypsy traveling to Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Detroit. Her two sons, one lives in Pacific Beach and the other in Mill Valley, have families. Between them she has 5 grands. They, too, have inherited the "music" gene. When she's not singing, she plays golf, paints, or power walks.
A Peninsula Singer for 10 years, who started singing in elementary school and continued to be a "shower singer" ever since. Singing brings Treasa joy. She's lived in Point Loma for the past 22 years, returning to San Diego after 24 years as a corporate gypsy traveling to Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Detroit. Her two sons, one lives in Pacific Beach and the other in Mill Valley, have families. Between them she has 5 grands. They, too, have inherited the "music" gene. When she's not singing, she plays golf, paints, or power walks.
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Marcia Berneger: Social Media Coordinator
Marcia has been been singing with Peninsula Singers on and off for the past 13 years. She has been singing on her own all her life. She is married with two sons, a daughter(-in-law), and an amazing grandson! She also has three crazy dogs. Marcia is an author of two children's books, with another one due out in 2022. She loves to write books to help children navigate their world. And of course, she loves to sing, sing, sing! |
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF:
Carly Stacey: WEB DESIGNER
Carly Stacey is a Broadway San Diego award winning actress in musical theatre. Her most recent shows include Chicago, and The Rocky Horror Show at San Diego City College where she recently graduated with her degree in Visual and Performing Arts.
She's thankful for this new opportunity assisting and performing with Peninsula Singers.
Carly Stacey is a Broadway San Diego award winning actress in musical theatre. Her most recent shows include Chicago, and The Rocky Horror Show at San Diego City College where she recently graduated with her degree in Visual and Performing Arts.
She's thankful for this new opportunity assisting and performing with Peninsula Singers.
NON-BOARD CHAIRPERSONS & VOLUNTEERS
Rickie Sevadjian: COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR