Conducting
Clear vision, free voices
Gesture, breath, and the conversation between a conductor and the people singing.
From Ann Arbor to Baltimore
Simone is Assistant Conductor of the Frederick Chorale and is studying for a Master of Music in Choral Conducting with Beth Willer at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
At the University of Michigan she was assistant conductor of the Arts Chorale, a 60-voice choir of non-music majors, and the founding conductor of the Northville Chorale. Masterclasses with Jerry Blackstone, Bill Weinert, Eugene Rogers, Donald Nally and Stephen Spinelli have shaped her attention to breath, gesture and rehearsal technique.
Teachers
- PeabodyBeth Willer
- MichiganEugene Rogers, Mark Stover, Julie Skadsem
- EastmanJerry Blackstone, Bill Weinert
- WestminsterDonald Nally, Beth Willer, Stephen Spinelli
Positions
- 2026 to nowFrederick Chorale Assistant Conductor · Frederick, MD · leads warm-ups and rehearsals; works with the music director on programming and repertoire
- 2023 to 2024University of Michigan Arts Chorale Assistant Conductor · 60-voice choir of non-music majors; conducted one piece with orchestra each semester, led sectionals, wrote program notes
- Dec 2022The Northville Chorale Founding Conductor · 45-voice community choir, Northville, MI
Selected performances
- Mar 2025Through Love, We Shine, senior recital Stamps Auditorium · Conductor and soprano
- 2023 to 2024Words of Love, Peace and Joy Hill Auditorium · University of Michigan Arts Chorale
- 2023 to 2024Words of Wisdom, Strength, and Hope Stamps Auditorium · University of Michigan Arts Chorale
- Dec 2022Community Christmas caroling Downtown Northville · The Northville Chorale
Training and masterclasses
- Jun 2026Eastman Choral Masterworks: Bach’s Mass in B Minor Rochester, NY · with Jerry Blackstone and Bill Weinert
- Jul 2025Westminster Choir College Conducting Intensive Lawrenceville, NJ · with Donald Nally, Beth Willer and Stephen Spinelli
- Jul 2024SMTD Choral Conducting Symposium Ann Arbor, MI · with Eugene Rogers, Mark Stover and Julie Skadsem