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May the joy of sacred music envelop our hearts! Soon, we will sing together a heavenly melody that will celebrate faith and unity in our community.

Credo Catholic Choir

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STEVE AMBUUL

Voice Part

Tenor

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2018

Hometown

Currently, Pasadena, CA. But I grew up in Riverdale (South Side of Chicago).

Education

Saint Ignatius Institute and Oxford University

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

I helped to start a financial planning software company.

Where else do you sing/perform

At the cribside and while washing dishes with my 6 children.

What's your favorite music right now?

Whatever my son Stephen puts on.

Favorite onstage moment

When my wife danced Snow Queen in Nutcracker.

Anything else you'd like us to know

As the 11th of 13 kids, singing was discouraged (it would have been loud!), so I really didn't sing much until I got my license at 16.

PAUL COSGROVE

Voice Part

Bass

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2017

Full-time musician

No.

GLENN FERNANDEZ

Voice Part

Tenor

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2016

Full-time musician

No

Anything else youd like us to know

Visit my website

RUTH FRIESEN

Voice Part

Alto

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2017

Hometown

Monrovia, CA

Education

BA, Language Studies/Linguistics, Seattle Pacific University; MA, Applied Linguistics, USC

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

Recently retired web developer

Where else do you sing/perform

St. Therese Catholic Church, Alhambra, CA

What's your favorite music right now?

Liturgical, Baroque, Loreena McKennitt

Favorite onstage moment

Singing “The Seven Words From the Cross” by Knut Nystedt at Mission San Buenaventura. An amazing historical setting for a deeply meditative work.

Anything else you'd like us to know

I love growing roses, although my garden is recently suffering due to deer!

JACQUELINE HALPIN

Voice Part

Alto

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2016

Hometown

Altadena, CA

Education

BA, Child Development, 2 California Teaching Credentials: Multiple Subject and Social Sciences

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

Educational Facilitator at Golden Valley Charter School, Volunteer College Counselor at St. Monica Acaademy

Where else do you sing/perform

St. Therese Catholic Church

Whats your favorite music right now?

Beautiful choral music and anything dance-able

Favorite onstage moment

Playing the lead in South Pacific

Anything else youd like us to know

I have 6 children and 7 grandchildren and we all love to sing and play music.

KOERT HALPIN

Voice Part

Tenor

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2016

Full-time musician

No.

MARIE CLARE HALPIN

Voice Part

Alto

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2016

Hometown

Highland Park, CA

Education

Graduated from American Music & Dramatic Academy (AMDA); current student to attain BA in Music Therapy at Cal State Northridge

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

Office Manager for Halpin Brothers Concrete, bartender at Castle Green catering and student

Where else do you sing/perform

The Hay Penny Pigs (family band), The New Historians (bluegrass band, fiddler and singer), The Kids Table (childrens music)

Whats your favorite music right now?

Too many to choose from

Favorite onstage moment

Final scene of Les Miserables

Anything else youd like us to know

Self produced album, Synchronicities

MITOI HIZON

Voice Part

Tenor

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2016

Hometown

Manila, Philippines

Education

DDS

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

Dentist, community clinic.

Whats your favorite music right now?

Pop. Folk. Latin.

Anything else youd like us to know

Pop. Folk. Latin.

CAROL LEWIS

Voice Part

Soprano I, II

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2016

Hometown

La Crescenta, CA

Education

MS, English

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

Retired Cardio-pulmonary assistant

Where else do you sing/perform

Family gatherings!

Whats your favorite music right now?

Early baroque

Favorite onstage moment

Carnegie Hall, NYC – Brahms German Requiem

Anything else youd like us to know

Singing sacred music is a conduit to God.

TOM LUCERO

Voice Part

Tenor

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2016

Hometown

Upland, CA

Education

No formal education in music.

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

Law

Favorite onstage moment

Hard to choose. Christmas music is good stuff.

Anything else youd like us to know

Instead of simplified, homogenized, computer-generated sounds, the best live music you hear is when you sing surrounded by other voices.

MEI-LENE MAK

Voice Part

Soprano

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2018

Hometown

Alhambra, CA (originally Penang, Malaysia)

Education

B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics

Full-time musician

No, but took 8 years of piano lessons.

What else do you do for a living

Transplant Registered Dietitian, Clinical Nutrition Manager (recently retired)

Where else do you sing/perform

St. Therese Church, Alhambra

What's your favorite music right now?

Choral, sacred music and Beethoven’s piano concertos.

Favorite onstage moment

Previously singing with the choir under Frank Brownstead at a concert for Church choral conductors.

Anything else you'd like us to know

Singing hymns is a form of self expression for me. I am grateful to be part of a choir that has reverence for the Mass and truly supports the liturgy. P.S. I also love to eat!

CAMILLE McCARTY

Voice Part

Soprano

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2018

Hometown

La Crescenta, CA

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

I am a professional ballet dancer as well as a homeschool coach and tutor in math and physics.

Where else do you sing/perform

Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

Whats your favorite music right now?

The Oh Hellos (and classical music of course)

Anything else youd like us to know

erforming in this year’s Nutcracker and nailing all my turns. Also any moment I have embarrassed myself whether by laughing uncontrollably onstage or forgetting the entire dance while front and center. Photo courtesy of Jana Carson.

KATIE OLSEN

Voice Part

Alto

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2017

Hometown

Rapid City, SD

Education

BS in Music from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

Freelance Graphic Design

Where else do you sing/perform

Cantor and choir member at St. Basil Catholic Church and St. Therese Catholic Church, and where ever someone sends up the Bat Signal for an alto ringer.

What's your favorite music right now?

Right now, I'm into indie folk/country (I love you, Neko Case), but, historically, I love grungy guitars of great pathos.

Favorite onstage moment

Not a specific performance, both those rare moments when everyone, performers and audience, are out of their heads and in the music together. It's like a current of electricity across your skin.

Anything else you'd like us to know

I read a lot and I really love beagles.

JAE PARK

Voice Part

Bass

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2018

Hometown

Glendale, CA

Education

BM, Voice, USC

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

St. James’ in the City, St. John’s Episcopal Church, LAShola, Brevitas

What's your favorite music right now?

Herbert Howell’s Collegium Regale Canticles

Favorite onstage moment

Resident choir at Westminster Abbey, Resident choir/cantor at Canterbury Cathedral, Backup chorus at Rolling Stones concert.

Anything else you'd like us to know

I love singing in a choir, especially singing sacred music. I also love singing chant.

JERI WHEELER

Voice Part

Soprano I

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2016

Hometown

Montrose, CA

Full-time musician

No.

What else do you do for a living

Retired RN

Where else do you sing/perform

Church choir

Whats your favorite music right now?

Liturgical

Favorite onstage moment

Singing at the Ventura Mission

ED SKINNER

Voice Part

Bass

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2016

Full-time musician

No.

DANIEL STRZELEWICZ

Voice Part

Bass

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2023

Full-time musician

No.

PAULA GRIMM

Voice Part

Soprano

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

Full-time musician

No.

LORI STINSON

Voice Part

Soprano

Year joined Credo Catholic Choir

2023

Full-time musician

Yes.