Meet The Amadeus Chorale Directors
Darla Bair
Founder and
Artistic Director
Darla Bair is the Founder and Artistic
Director of the Amadeus Chorale. As
their Artistic Director, she conducts
four of the Amadeus choirs. Miss Bair
maintains an active career as a writer,
composer and producer of seasonal
musicals for civic organizations and
churches to use as fundraisers as well
as of children’s musicals that
coordinate with New York State
curricula. Miss Bair has taught Voice
and Piano for thirty-four years. She
studied Voice with Nancy Kennedy through
the Eastman School of Music and holds
degrees in Music, Education, and
Interdisciplinary Arts. Miss Bair has
been the Guest Conductor for many
All-county Chorus Festivals and is
listed in the National Registry of Who’s
Who in Executives and Professionals as
well as in the 2002 and 2004 editions of
Who’s Who in America’s Teachers.
In 2009, she published Singing Families,
an activity and enrichment book for
Music teachers and home schooling
organizations. She was honored with the
Golden Apple Teacher Award from
Rochester’s Channel 8 TV in Spring,
2010. Miss Bair most recently taught
Theory, Advanced Placement Theory and
Chorus at the High School level. Miss
Bair recently received the Golden Apple
Teacher award from Rochester’s Channel
8. She currently teaches Theory,
Advanced Placement Theory and Chorus at
Brockport High School and owns the
Gingerbread Manor Bed and Breakfast in
Brockport, New York.
Email
amadeuschorale@aol.com
Sally Martin
Principals
Accompanist
Grace Notes Director
Sally Martin holds degrees in Piano and
Music Education from Roberts Wesleyan
College. Sally teaches Music in the
Holley School District and is the Music
Director for the Brockport United
Methodist Church, where she plays organ,
and conducts the vocal and handchime
choirs. Mrs. Martin’s lyrics were
featured in the Amadeus-commissioned
piece “We Sing for the Children”,
written by Mary Lynn Lightfoot and
published by Heritage Press.
Email
mrstsmartin@aol.com
Board of Directors
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Reverend
Susan Boring
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Joanne
Sorce, Treasurer
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Diana
Powell Keery, Esq.
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Darla Bair
Honorary
Board of Directors
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Dr. William
Cahn
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Mitzie
Collins
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Julia
Figueras
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Dr. James
John
Board of Advisors
Chorus Parents
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Cantorei Choir Dad, Fred Young
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Concert Choir Mom, Lois Bartolucci
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Treble Choir Mom, Diana Powell Keery
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WolfGang Choir Mom , Brenda Honeck
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