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Director - Janice Gunderson
Janice Gunderson was named Director of Peninsula Cantare in January 1997, and under her vibrant direction, the choir has delighted Peninsula audiences with performances of choral beauty and excitement. Janice has been an active musician in the Bay Area, working as a director, pianist, and teacher. From 1985 to 1997 she served as Assistant Conductor for the Masterworks Chorale. She has been a church Choir Director and Organist and in demand as a piano accompanist.
Janice studied at Lewis & Clark College and holds a degree from the University of Oregon in Music with additional work at Cal State Hayward and San Jose State.
Janice also directs the Peninsula Choraliers, a women's choir. She is a member of the American Choral Directors Association.
Accompanist - Alex Bootzin
Alexander Bootzin holds a B.A. degree in piano performance and an M.A. degree in Musicology from U. C. Santa Barbara. He performs as solo pianist and in chamber music concerts throughout the Bay Area and is active as a teacher, accompanist, and musical director. He is currently Director of Music Ministries at Hope Lutheran Church in San Mateo and runs the Spindrift School of Performing Arts in Pacifica.Founding Director - Carl Sitton
Carl Sitton founded the Peninsula Master Chorale (now Peninsula Cantare) in 1968 and directed it until his death in 1996. He was head of the voice and choral departments at Cañada College, Redwood City, California. He was known widely in the United States as a choral conductor and composer. A student of the French composer, Darius Mihaud, he published over twenty five compositions and arrangements, as well as nine commissioned scores for theater and dance and two anthems commissioned by Woodside Village Church for their centennial celebration in 1993. He was president of the Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and appeared as a conductor at the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association.
Singers
Sopranos- Susan Breuer
- Rebecca Dashiell
- Pamela Eaken
- Roxanne Fornells
- Shirley Fitzgerald
- Toby Goldberg
- Debby Hamburger
- Vicki Hanson
- Linda Litz
- Sharon Rice
- Laurel Shimer
- Ruth Sitton
- Joanne Sun
- Eryl Aynsley
- Jean Cole
- Ellen Hill
- Victoria Jayswal
- Kay Johnson
- Miriam Kaplan
- Marilyn Michaelson
- Kathy Nebel
- Paula Ondricek
- Laura Pearce
- Robyn Peters
- Diane Reeve
- Pamela Schwarz
- Patricia Steuer
- Carol Vollen
- Larry Baer
- Max Capestany
- Jamie Gaskin
- Emery Gordon
- Joseph Kresse
- Paul Reeve
- Nuwan Senaratna
- Ruth Wilkins
- John Friesen
- Peter Gunderson
- Ronald Hodges
- Gene Hogenauer
- Robert Janssen
- Mark Loy
- Dave Peters
- Robert Peterson
- Stephen Pursell
- Paul Wendt
- Charlie Zimmerman
. Last update 14 February 2010.