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Adam Beard
Adam graduated with a major in chemistry and a minor in music from Middlebury College where he sang with the Chamber Singers and the Mountain Ayres. He was fortunate to be involved with a number of Musical theater productions during college as well, his favorites of which include Company, Falsettos, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Little Shop of Horrors. His time in Boston has been spent working as an analytical chemist for Merck Research Laboratories and singing with several groups in and around the city including the Cambridge Chamber Singers and Chorus pro Musica.
Jamie Byron Geller
Jamie has been singing with Brookline A Cappella since 2011, and loving every minute! Originally from NH, she relocated to Boston and joined BAC following college, and has enjoyed getting to know this wonderful group of singers. Outside of singing, you'll find her discovering new running routes around the city, reading, and taking in all of the musical theater that she can.
Virpi Ihlberg
Originally from Helsinki, Finland, Virpi recently moved to the Boston area and found her way into this excellent circle of singing friends in Brookline A Cappella. Virpi graduated from the University of Oulu both in Education and Finnish language. In her native country she had a long career in educational publishing, managing Finnish language and literature section in the country’s largest publishing company. Choir singing has been an integral and uninterrupted part of her life since the age of fourteen. Her latest choir in Finland, Helsinki, was an artistically very ambitious up-and-coming Ahjo Ensemble. Along with singing Virpi enjoys reading, art, and hitting small white balls into even smaller holes, with tools totally ill-fitted for the purpose.
Ken Richman
Ken is a bioethicist working in the Longwood Medical Area, and father to two very musical boys. Singing
has taken over in recent years, but his primary instrument is clarinet. Ken studied philosophy and played in orchestras at Haverford, Oxford, and Rutgers. He moved to Boston in 2004 to join the faculty at MCPHS University (formerly the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences). Joseph Sack
Joey Sack is a baritone-bass singer born, raised, and educated in Massachusetts. He graduated from Emerson College in 2017 with a B.S. in Journalism and from Simmons University in 2021 with an M.S. in Library and Information Science. Joey’s participation in BAC is not the first time that he and Susan Emmanouilidis have worked together; he was a student of hers at The Rivers School and The Rivers School Conservatory in Weston, MA, from which he graduated with distinction in 2013, and where he received several awards for vocal performance. Joey's favorite musical is The Lion King, which also happens to be his favorite movie. Outside of singing with BAC, Joey enjoys bike riding, watching and reviewing films, reading, doing vocal impressions, and traveling and spending time with his friends and family.
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Rita Ghilani
Rita is a corporate trainer who has designed and delivered seminars in corporations, hospitals, and colleges and universities since the 1990s. Rita has been an active member of the choir at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Sherborn, and also sings with the “house band.” Rita has sung with the Heritage Chorale, Berkshire Choral International, and has also performed with Distinguished Concerts International at Carnegie Hall.
Brett Jackson
Brett recently retired from her 31-year career as Chef at the President's House at Wellesley College. She received her BA from UConn, her culinary training with Madeleine Kamman, and her MS in Nutrition from Tufts University. Since the age of 12, Brett has been singing in choirs, folk bands, and even a rock opera. In addition to her vocal contributions to BAC, Brett sings with a women's folk ensemble, Constellations; a hospice singing group, Journey Songs, and The Heritage Chorale. Brett lives in Ashland with her husband, Rob and has two grown sons, 5 stepchildren and 4 step grandchildren and a one year old grandson. When not singing, Brett keeps busy hiking, drawing, and traveling.
Larina Mehta
Larina Mehta has been a part of Brookline A Capella since its founding in 2011. Larina earned her BA at Tufts University where she performed with the Tufts University Chorale and Tufts Chamber Singers. Larina also holds a master's degree in public health from George Washington University as well as a master's degree in education from Harvard University. She is currently taking a break from her work in the education field to be home with her two daughters.
Allan Pendergrast
Allan graduated from RPI with a MS in Computer Science and has been working at Rhythmia Medical doing software QA since then. He has been singing as long as he can remember, most recently with the a cappella group Partial Credit at RPI. In addition to the singing, he put together a number of arrangements for PC, and hopes to arrange some songs for BAC as well.
Stephanie Sacharow
Stephanie graduated from Vanderbilt University with a double music minor in piano and voice, and where she sang in the Swingin' Dores a cappella group. In medical school at the University of Miami, she was the music director for the Note-o-chords a cappella group. She is a medical geneticist at Boston Children's Hospital and on the Harvard medical school faculty. She enjoys performing in community theater, especially with her children, favorite productions being Les Miserables and Annie, and loves singing with BAC.
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