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Conductor & Accompanist

Coleen Renshaw, Music Director/Conductor

Coleen Renshaw earned a degree in music education, with a concentration in voice, from Susquehanna University and continued graduate studies in vocal performance at Penn State University.  Mrs. Renshaw taught general music and directed choirs, plays, and musicals in the Midd-West School District for 36 years, retiring in 2008.  She has also served as adjunct faculty at Susquehanna University and Bucknell University.  Coleen has actively served the Susquehanna Valley Chorale as rehearsal accompanist and orchestra manager.  She performs frequently as a soprano soloist and as a member of the orchestra.  As a member of the jazz group Spirit of Swing, she performs as a vocalist and pianist. Mrs. Renshaw is in demand as a piano accompanist for recitals and concerts and serves as a church organist for Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Middleburg.

Verlaine Shaw, Accompanist

Rehearsal accompanist Verlaine Shaw is a graduate of West Chester University, where she had concentrations in voice and piano. She taught choral music for over thirty years, including twenty-four years in the Shikellamy School District. Verlaine has been an organist and is the choir director at the First Reformed U.C.C. in Sunbury.