DIRECTORS
Artistic Director
Erin Odell Cook
Erin Odell Cook is a third-generation barbershopper, growing up in both SPEBSQSA/BHS and Sweet Adelines, International. She joined her first chorus as a Sweet Adeline at the age of 16. She received her BA in Music Education and Piano Performance from Virginia Tech in 2005 and her Masters in Music Education from the University of Missouri, St. Louis (UMSL) in 2011. As a music educator, Erin has taught Pre-K-2 general music and choirs grades 4-12, private piano lessons, directed and coached barbershop choruses and quartets, and served as a clinician for many youth in harmony camps. As a singer, Erin has performed in many different ensembles in schools, churches, Sweet Adelines, and BHS including a 2nd place SAI International medalist chorus (Pride of Baltimore) and SAI Regional quartet champion (Shades of Jade). Erin currently teaches Aural Training at UMSL as well as directing Visions of Harmony and is a certified BHS Musicality Category judge.
Assistant Director
Lauren Kilgore
Lauren Kilgore started singing from a young age in a very musical family. Upon graduating high school near Kansas City, MO, she attended Northwest Missouri State University, receiving her Bachelor of Science in Vocal Music Education. She later worked with Dr. Jim Henry while completing her Master of Music Education at UMSL. This experience planted her love of barbershop. Lauren has previously taught vocal music in the Adrian R3 and Warren County R3 school districts. Currently, Lauren works as a private voice teacher and music clinician out of O'Fallon, Missouri with her husband, Sean, and their two children, Rhys and Anora.
2023 CHORUS LEADERSHIP
President
Janet Myers
Secretary
Ronda Mitchell
Controller
Patti Schuler
VP of Music and Performance
Susan Pingel
VP of Membership
Meghan Brueggemann
VP of Marketing
Lauren Baker
Member at Large
Autumn Jennings
Member at Large
Peggy Leon
Member at Large
Donna Kleinschmidt
Member at Large
Abby Youngbauer