Vocal Faculty
Megan OBrien
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Megan O'Brien is a classically-trained soprano, with experience leading song in churches across the United States and European festivals. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Performance from the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at Catholic University of America, and continued her studies in New York and performed with the Amalfi Coast Music Festival. Megan has been a member of the St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York) choir, Baltimore Symphony choir, and the soprano soloist in churches from New York, Baltimore, to San Francisco. Most recently she has led the men's Catholic choir at San Quentin Prison. When she's not singing, she homeschools her children and is a private tutor, so she brings various pedagogical methods and supportive demeanor to her voice teaching. |
Erin Ichimura
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Erin Ichimura is a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo graduate, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music. A gifted soprano, she has performed in numerous concerts with Cal Poly’s Chamber Choir, including San Luis Obispo’s Bach Week. She has performed in multiple recitals at Cal Poly and participated in Cal Poly’s Opera Program. During her time as a student, she tutored new music majors for entrance-level ear training and music theory classes. Throughout her career, she has toured to locations in California to sing with Cal Poly Choirs and to New York’s Carnegie Hall to collaborate with other choirs for a performance of Haydn’s Te Deum and Mozart’s Missa Brevis. In 2019 she traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, where she participated in a lab choir for novice conductors, led group warm-ups for Kenyan music students, and performed solo art music. Erin recently completed her senior project, which included a fifty-minute solo recital. She is passionate about chamber music and plans to teach and continue to perform after college. Erin is also a laureate of the San Francisco Girls Chorus.
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Charles Crockett
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Growing up in Lake County, Charles started playing piano at a young age, and from the 7th grade through high school he was the music minister for Saint Mary's Immaculate Catholic Church in Lakeport, California. During this time he was also a featured soloist in the Clear Lake High School Jazz Band on both piano and drumkit. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at Saint Mary's College of California, where in May 2019 he graduated with a degree in Math and Computer Science. During his time there he was heavily involved in the Music Department, mostly in the SMC Choirs and Jazz Combos. He quickly became Bass section leader, vocal percussionist, and student lead.
Having led the choir to international acclaim at the Choir Grand Prix of Nations in Budapest in 2016, and to two Silver Medals and the World Choir Games, he was invited back as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music to assist with planning, rehearsing, and assistant directing vocal ensembles in the college. |