Sacramento Valley Concert Choir

SVCC Director jim parr, jr., is a Sacramento native and received his Bachelor’s degree and teaching credentials in music, as well as a Master’s in Education, from California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). Jim has directed a long list of community and church choirs in the area. He is currently a music specialist at Sierra Oaks and Del Paso elementary schools. He directs before- and after-school choirs at both, as well as Citrus Heights Elementary School and Laurel Ruff Special Education Center. Jim believes that music is a life long gift to be enjoyed and shared by all ages to both heal and change for the better the community in which we live. He is in his fourth season with SVCC.

SVCC aSSISTANT Director AND SVS DIRECTOR Alysse Rocha is a 14-year SVCC veteran Soprano who stepped up three years ago to assist Jim in teaching the soprano and alto sections. Alysse, who has enthusiastically sung in choirs every year since the age of 8, is trained in music theory, guitar, drama, and dance, as well as voice. Last year, she directed women’s pieces in concert for the first time. This season marks her debut directing the Sacramento Valley Singers. Alysse also sings with the Three Rivers Chorale.

SVCC pianist JASON SIA received his musical education at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Piano Performance at CSUS, graduating cum laude. At CSUS, Jason joined the Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Kappa Lambda, and Golden Key honor societies; and received the CSUS Senate Scholarship Award and the Festival of New American Music Award. He has attended the Aspen Music Festival and School, and played for master classes for internationally renowned classical pianists. He is an active member of the Music Teachers’ Association of California, Music Teachers National Association, California Association of Professional Music Teachers, and the National Guild of Piano Teachers. Jason is a keyboardist for the Camellia Symphony Orchestra and teaches piano at Northridge Music Center.

svs pianist AND SVCC accompanist MAUREEN PARK joined SVCC in Spring 2008. When not delivering babies as an Ob-Gyn at Kaiser, Maureen plays violin with the Camellia Symphony Orchestra, the piano for SVS (which she claims is her dream job—understandably!), and one or the other at all sorts of celebrations. She sang with the women’s chorus at Cornell University. There, and then at USC Medical School, Maureen earned book money by playing piano and violin at alumni gatherings and Sunday brunches. When she becomes too old to be a doctor, Maureen plans to share music with anyone who is willing and to teach music to anyone who wants to learn.