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Cantemos Youth Chorale Staff

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Emily Boedeker
Chorale Director

emily@cychorale.org

Emily is a lifelong Kansan and has lived in Lawrence for the past 17 years. She is a graduate of The University of Kansas with a degree in Music Education. Emily has been teaching musicians of all ages in both the public and private sector for the past 13 years. Music has always been important in Emily’s life; the daughter of two musicians, Emily has been singing and playing her way through life since she was a small child. She has sung in many ensembles both as a student and adult and continues to perform in her free time.

 

Emily is currently the music teacher at both Woodlawn and New York Elementary School in Lawrence. In her free time, she loves to explore National Parks with her family, volunteer with the Girl Scouts and spend time with her husband Mark, daughter Adelaide and their two dogs Walter and Pedro.

Suzanne Wilmot
Assistant Chorale Director

suzanne@cychorale.org

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Holly Beneventi
Accompanist

holly@cychorale.org

Holly Page is a professional accompanist and accomplished chamber musician with a diverse knowledge of solo literature for clarinet, saxophone, voice, and violin. Holly has performed in most of the 50 states under the auspices of Columbia Artists with acclaimed marimbist Linda Maxey and has been heard multiple times on National Public Radio.  Her music has taken her around the globe to Canada, England, Ireland, Germany, Costa Rica and the Mediterranean.  She has also worked with artists from Romania, Italy and Brazil.  

Holly and saxophonist Vince Gnojek have collaborated for several years and are featured together on the compact discs Crossings and Tango.  She can also be heard on a compact disc of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with Linda Maxey.  

Holly is retired from a staff position at the University of Kansas where she has played for faculty, visiting artists and students on hundreds of recitals.  She graduated from Drake University where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance. She has three grown children who live in New York City, Canada and California. Holly and her husband, Dan, live in Lawrence, where she maintains a teaching studio in their home. 

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