Joy McIntyre was a leading soprano with major opera houses in Europe, such as Munich, Vienna, Salzburg, Rome, Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Barcelona and Copenhagen.  She has sung under conductors Wolfgang Sawallisch, Marek Janowski, Bruno Maderna, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Leopold Hager, Carlos Kleiber and Olivero di Fabritis, among others. 

She specialized in the operas of Wagner and Strauss. Her portrayals of Ortrud (Lohengrin), Kostelnicka (Jenufa) and the Dyer’s Wife (Die Frau ohne Schatten) have earned particular acclaim.  She was also featured in a noteworthy production of Lohengrin staged by the composer’s granddaughter, Friedelind Wagner.

Ms. McIntyre is an Associate Professor Emerita of Boston University and former Chair of the Voice Department. She is a past president of the Boston Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She has taught at the University of Tampa, Utah State University, University of Miami Salzburg Program, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory and her Master of Music from New England Conservatory of Music, where she was holder of the Emma Eames Scholarship. She also studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and holds a Certificate in German from the Goethe Institute.

Master classes and concerts have taken her to various cities in America, France, Japan, Germany and Spain. Her interest in the works of William Shakespeare have prompted studies at the University of Cambridge Summer School and LAMDA, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, which led to the creation of a one-woman show integrating scenes and songs by Shakespeare.

Currently, Ms. McIntyre serves on the board of directors of the Sarasota Concert Association (president) and the Sarasota Music Archive (vice-president).  She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Artist Series Concerts and a past president of SILL, the Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning.

Dale Anderson is a retired physician and healthcare executive.  He practiced internal and emergency medicine for the first half of his professional year. After obtaining a business degree, he transitioned to group practice management as the CEO of a 180-physician private medical group in Iowa. He was then a senior hospital executive in charge of hospital-based medical practices for large health systems in both Albuquerque, New Mexico and Columbus, Ohio.

For the last five years of his professional career, Dr. Anderson was a consultant with a Miami-based healthcare strategy consulting firm. 

He has a medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School and a business degree from Iowa State University.

Dr. Anderson has served as president of the Unitarian Universalists of Sarasota, is the current President on the national UU for Social Justice board and is a board member of the Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center.

He has been a resident of Florida for the past 10 years and currently lives in downtown Sarasota with his wife, Mary Montgomery. 

Dale Anderson is ional UU for Social Justice board and is a board member of the Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center.

He has been a resident of Florida for the past 10 years and currently lives in downtown Sarasota with his wife, Mary Montgomery. 

Gail Berenson, Professor Emerita of Piano at Ohio University, Athens, who after 40 wonderful years of teaching at OU made the decision to move to Sarasota and became a full-time resident of Florida in 2016.  She is a long-time, powerful advocate for educating musicians on musician health issues and is a dedicated and enthusiastic collaborative pianist.

A past president of Music Teachers National Association (an association of over 17,000 members), recipient of the 2015 MTNA Distinguished Service Award and the Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy’s 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award, she has performed and lectured in thirty-three states and twelve countries.   It was the many cultural offerings of Sarasota that prompted her move to Florida.  Shortly after her arrival in Sarasota, she learned about the Sarasota Concert Association.  She was honored to be invited to join the SCA Board and be a part of such an outstanding association that is contributing so much to this exciting cultural environment. 

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Judy and I live in the Arlington Park neighborhood of Sarasota.  We moved here full time in 2016 from the Chicago suburbs.  Our musician son (violin) and wife live in NYC.   Our musician daughter (viola), her musician husband (clarinet) and 16-month-old granddaughter live in Cincinnati OH.

Passions & Interests
Judy and I love live classical music (chamber, orchestral and solo).  We enjoy SCA, La Musica, Sarasota Orchestra and enSRQ performances here in Sarasota, but also regularly travel throughout the U.S. to attend high quality classical music concerts and festivals.  We also enjoy ballet, opera, and theater here in Sarasota or when travelling to New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago.

We enjoy U.S. and international travel with or without music involved, but always look for potential high quality concert opportunities whenever we plan our travel. For recreation I enjoy downhill skiing, pickleball, biking, lawn bowling, sailing.

Professional (Ancient) History
I held VP up to C-Suite positions in Finance, Strategy, Product Management, and Business Intelligence in the hospitality and food sectors including stops at PricewaterhouseCoopers – Strategy Consulting, the Marriott Corporation, and KeHE Distributing.

Academics and Other
• MBA Johnson School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
• BA Carleton College (Political Science, Economics), Northfield MN
• Treasurer and Board Member – Sarasota Lawn Bowling Club
• Past Treasurer and Board Member – Ensemble New SRQ

Mara Winn is a homemaker and a lifelong lover of classical music. After moving to Sarasota in 2019 from Reading, PA, Mara was happy to become involved with Sarasota Concert Association.

During more than 30 years’ residence in Reading, Mara was involved many cultural and nonprofit institutions. Most recently, she served on the executive board of Reading Choral Society as Secretary and chair of fundraising and on the Executive board, Reading Symphony Orchestra Auxiliary. Other board positions include American Association of University Women, Berks Chapter, League of Women Voters, Berks Chapter. For AAUW Berks, Mara managed their Children’s Theater program and for LWV Berks, she edited the voter’s guide and hosted candidate forums.

Mara is an avid chorister and has participated in many wonderful ensembles, most notably, Berkshire Choral International, based in Great Barrington, MA; Reading Choral Society, Reading, PA; Arbel Chorale and Nashirah Community Chorus, Philadelphia, PA. Mara is currently a lay leader at Temple Beth Sholom in Sarasota. Prior to that, she led services and served in leadership positions for at Kesher Zion Synagogue in Reading, PA.

Mara received her BA in English Literature from H. Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University and an MA in Jewish Studies with focus on Jewish Music from Gratz College, Philadelphia, PA.

Karen Brown is a strong advocate for the arts, education, and culture, with experience developing and coordinating programs and planning projects at the Smithsonian Institution; with numerous urban, community, and rural public libraries; and with academic libraries at large and medium-sized, public and private higher education institutions.

She has worked on grant projects through the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Illinois Humanities.

Karen is Professor Emeritus at the School of Information Studies, Dominican University (IL), where she taught for over 20 years. She has also held positions focusing on administration, collection development, research services, and instruction at the University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland, Columbia University, and Bard College. She holds a PhD in Media Ecology (What’s that?! Ask her.) from New York University and master’s degrees in library science and adult education from the University of Wisconsin. She is the proud mother of Vanessa, a public defender in Detroit. Karen moved to Sarasota in 2021 after deciding she had shoveled her fair share of snow throughout her life (including a l-o-n-g driveway in northern Wisconsin during her childhood). She is an avid traveler, a dedicated walker, and a frequent kayaker on the bayous around Sarasota.  

Bruce L. Ensinger received an AB in Music Education from West Liberty State College and an MM in Music History and Literature from Ohio University. He continued graduate work at West Virginia University, Westminster Choir College, Duquesne University, and the University of Zürich, Switzerland. Ensinger was employed as a music specialist in the Wetzel County School system and has taught at the New Martinsville School for 38 years. Choirs under his direction performed with the Wheeling Symphony, Pittsburgh Ballet, West Liberty State College Choirs, participated in master classes at Ohio University and were chosen as an honor choir by WVMEA. For 35 years, Ensinger was organist/director of music at the Sistersville Presbyterian Church and an adjunct professor of music at West Virginia Northern Community College.

Bruce has served on the music committee for the Diocese of Wheeling/Charleston, the Executive Board of the WVACDA, the WV All-State Children’s Chorus Board, National Society of Arts and Letters, and  received the Ashland Oil Golden Apple Award for excellence in education.  He spent 5 weeks researching the music of Costa Rica on a Fulbright Scholarship and spent a week in Vienna, Austria studying conducting with members of the Vienna Boyschoir faculty.

Bruce is the organist at Trinity United Methodist Church, Bradenton, accompanist for Diversity:The Voices of Sarasota, the Sunnyside Singers, and two outreach choirs for Key Chorale. He accompanies several high school and junior choirs in Sarasota and Manatee County.  Equally at home in the area on musical theater, he has been music director for over 100 musical and opera productions.

When there is some free time, he enjoys cooking, baking, and quilting.  He lives in Bradenton with his husband, Clark.

Eric Faerber is a retired pediatric radiologist, and professor emeritus of Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. He served as chief of radiology at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children for 23 years. He was a past present of the Pennsylvania Radiological Society. He has authored or co-edited numerous books on pediatric radiology.

He was active on the board of the Gladwyne Public Free Library for 15 years and was the editor of its newsletter during those years. He is a former president of Temple Beth Sholom in Sarasota

He currently serves on the Development and Artist selection committees of the Sarasota Concert Association.

He continues to have a lifelong interest in classical music and opera. Other interests include travel, painting, reading, and automobiles

His wife Esme is a former college professor in the business faculty of Rosemont College. She is a former Wimbledon women’s doubles quarterfinalist

Attorney Trevor has practiced in the Trusts and Estates, Tax, and Corporate fields since 2018.  He is focused primarily on advising owners of closely held and private businesses in matters related to estate and business succession planning, as well as individual and business tax matters. He also has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate and transactional matters.

Trevor has an undergraduate degree from Cornell University, a J.D. from Albany Law School, and earned his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. Before practicing as an attorney, he was a financial advisor for two years and served our country for five years in the United States Marine Corps. 

Bob lives in Sarasota with his wife of 40 years, Jody Beresford.  Bob and Jody met in graduate school where Bob earned his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Jody earned her Ph.D. in Life Span Developmental Psychology.  

Bob retired after working in corporate positions as a Senior Human Resources Executive.  He held the top HR positions in F500, mid-size, and startup organizations.  In addition to his corporate positions, he held leadership roles on the Boards of a variety of non-profit organizations in Columbus, OH; Chicago, IL; and Minneapolis, MN where Bob and Jody resided after graduate school.  

They have two children in NYC and Atlanta along with one grandchild.   

Since leaving full time work and a variety of consulting assignments; Bob and Jody have been traveling extensively visiting all 50 states, 7 continents, and 30+ countries along with Bob’s sailing adventures in FL and in the Caribbean.  

I never remember life without music. There was always music in my home growing up in Hartford, CT. My parents were music lovers. One of the first pieces of furniture they acquired was a large Philco console radio-record player, which also had the capability to record your own records. I don’t remember many radio stations that played music, so they bought many 78 rpm records, that broke very easily. They had many records featuring singers, pianists and orchestras. I still have a few. As a small child I particularly loved “Tubby The Tuba” and “Rusty In Orchestraville” I learned all about the instruments of the orchestra. My parents took me to Hartford Symphony Children’s Concerts at a very young age. I loved them.

We also always had a piano as well. We inherited one from my cousins when they moved from the neighborhood. I started piano lessons at age 6. But I really loved the sound of the clarinet and so when I got the chance to play it in fifth grade my life changed. I loved it so much, I almost never put it down. Now I could finally play in a real symphony or band one day.

So, for the next 60 plus years, I had the good fortune to play just about all the major symphonies, overtures, tone poems as well as major chamber works which include clarinet.

I spent most of my adult life in Philadelphia, PA where I was lucky enough to regularly attend Philadelphia Orchestra concerts. For over 50 years I have heard orchestra and chamber music repertoire played by world class musicians and conductors.

When Alan and I moved to Sarasota, I truly missed the sound of those musicians, almost as much as my children and grandkids. Thankfully we discovered the Sarasota Concert Association. I could once again hear world class orchestras, soloists and chamber ensembles.

I feel so honored to be working with the talented, creative and committed members on the Board of Directors of SCA. Sarasota Concert Association is one of the most valuable artistic organizations in the state of Florida.

Ann Stephenson-Moe is a native of Florida. She received a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University in political science and history, and a master’s degree in history from Rollins College.  She holds a Sacred Music Master’s Degree in organ performance from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, (now the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in New Haven). She studied with Claire Cocci, Robert Baker, Alec Wyton, and Gerre Hancock. She also served on the staff of St. John the Divine.

Ms. Stephenson -Moe  conducted at the Vatican in 2013, at the International Peace Conference, organized by Pope Francis. She conducted “Cantata of Peace,” by Daniel Moe at the Vatican and Assisi, Italy. She has conducted and performed solo organ recitals at St. John the Divine and St. Thomas Church in NYC; The National Cathedral, D.C.; Trinity Copley Square, Boston; and the dedicatory recital at Pacific Lutheran University Organ Recital Series.  She has performed in London, France and taken the Church of the Redeemer Choir on a choral singing tour in Great Britain.

Ms. Stephenson-Moe came to Sarasota in 1974, when she became Organist Choirmaster at the Church of the Redeemer – a position she held for 46 years until she retired in 2021.  She is now the organist and music director at Temple Beth Israel and at Venice Presbyterian Church on Venice Island.

Ms. Stephenson-Moe was one of the founders of Choral Artists of Sarasota, and the founder of Key Chorale with Dr. Moe who became the full-time conductor in 1993 when he retired from Oberlin Conservatory of Music.  

Monica Van Buskirk is the Principal of Monica Consults, developing and providing marketing, branding, and fund-raising services for Sarasota area non-profit organizations. Monica’s most recent contract has been with the New College Foundation to initiate and develop the Pei Residences Renewal Project. Previously, Monica had been a member of the New College Foundation Board before resigning to take on this project. Monica is currently an officer at New College Honors College in Sarasota. The college is going through a transformative change and rebranding which is being followed nationally.

In addition, she is a board Member of Forty Carrots in Sarasota. The nonprofit provides counselling and support to children, adolescents, and families.

Monica held the position of President and CEO of the Van Wezel Foundation from 2012-2019. During her tenure the Foundation had double digit growth. The Foundation won several awards including the 2014 Frank G. Berlin, Sr. Cultural Organization of the Year award from the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, Best Fundraising Event in Sarasota Magazine’s “Best of 2016” edition and the 2017 Herald Tribune Reader’s Choice for Best Non-Profit (both Sarasota & Manatee). Before becoming President and CEO of the Foundation, Monica was Vice Chairman of the Board and a Member of the Executive Committee and had been involved with the Van Wezel Foundation since 2002.

Before becoming President and CEO of the Van Wezel Foundation, Monica was a property consultant and Senior Realtor representing high net worth individuals and groups as well as Principal of Monica Consults. Monica has been a member of the Board for the Sarasota Medical Alliance Foundation and multiple year Chair for the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Leadership luncheons.

Monica’s wide range of business experience includes past President and CEO of Monica’s Best Foods, a multi-line chocolate company in New York City and Boston. She had also been the Vice President of Marketing for Godiva Chocolatier, Pepperidge Farms and Campbell Soup Company, as well as a Vice President for Brentano’s Book Stores and MacMillan Publishing, New York City.

Monica did undergraduate work at Columbia University, New York City, and received her BA and did graduate work in Economics at CUNY Graduate Center, New York City.