Performing Arts

Duane teaches Lower School music and directs the Treble Choir. He performed in the Westminster Chapel Choir, the Westminster Symphonic Choir, and was one of the youngest singers invited to perform with the renowned Westminster Choir. He has performed at the Academy of Music, Avery Fisher Hall, and Carnegie Hall under the baton of Joseph Flummerfelt, Ricardo Muti, Robert Shaw, and Kurt Masur. He holds a BME from Westminster Choir College and a M.Ed from the University of Delaware.

Valerie is a Lower School music teacher and the accompanist for Treble Choir. While her principal instrument is the piano, having studied with Marcantonio Barone and Harold Zabrack, she also held a position with Westminster Choir College's Symphonic Choir. Valerie is an experienced music educator and choral director who held positions in the Springfield school district and The Malvern School. She holds a BME from Westminster Choir College and an M.A. from the University of Delaware.

Jennifer founded two philanthropic theatre companies, Fourth Wall Productions and H.O.P.E. Players (Helping Other People Endure). She has directed and been cast in various productions, including playing Ouiser in "Steel Magnolias" and Crystal in "Little Shop of Horrors." She has performed in multiple cities' Fringe Festivals as well as the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA). She holds a B.A. from West Chester University.

Darren's extensive Philadelphia-area acting experience includes performances at The Walnut Street Theatre, the Arden Theatre, and the 11th Hour Theatre Company Next Step Concert Series. He has performed in "Les Miserables," "Of Mice and Men," "Sunday in the Park with George." One of the greatest honors of his career was singing for Stephen Sondheim at the Arden Theatre’s first Master Storyteller Award. He holds a B.A. from Lycoming College and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

John directs the Centennial Singers, The Haverford Boys Choir, and is a Middle School music teacher. At Temple's Esther Boyer College of Music, he studied with Alan Harler and received the Elaine Brown Tribute Award for choral conducting in 2001. John is associate director of the world-renowned Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale and is also artistic director of the Media Chamber Chorale. He holds a BME from Susquehanna University and an M.A. from Temple University.

Dex got his start as a freelance stagehand in the Boston and Massachusetts Bay area working as a stage electrician, scene shop carpenter, fly operator, costume craftsperson, digital film projectionist. Odd jobs in New England theaters led him on the path to general management and operation of performing arts venues. He has served in that role for Emerson College's Office of the Arts in Boston and the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, TX.