About Us
Bill McMillan, Artistic Director
Bill McMillan, our Artistic Director/Conductor, comes to us with over 30 years of experience teaching the choral arts at the collegiate, public school, community and church levels. Most recently, Bill served as an Associate Professor, Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Chair at the University of Texas at El Paso's Music Department. He is active as an adjudicator and clinician. Bill is also Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church of Monterey where he directs the Chancel and Bell Choirs.
Lucy Faradany, Collaborative Pianist
Lucy Faradany, Collaborative Pianist
Lucy is enjoying her third season as pianist for Camerata Singers. She was the pianist for the Carmel Bach Festival chorus for several years. Lucy performs regularly with Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra and has played many times in the Monterey Symphony Orchestra. Her concerto performances have included Rhapsody in Blue with both EMCO and Monterey Peninsula College orchestras and the Mozart Rondo in D major K.382 with the Monterey Symphony. She has given recitals for Carmel Music Society and Carmel Bach Festival donors. She has been the accompanist for the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula since 2007. Lucy teaches piano at Santa Catalina School, which has a large private teaching studio. She holds a post-graduate diploma in piano accompaniment, with distinction, from the Royal Academy of Music in London. She lives in Carmel Valley with her husband, Rob, and daughter Giulia.
Our 2024
Board of Directors
The Camerata Singers Board of Directors consists of a core of hard-working individuals committed to bringing choral music to Monterey County. The Board has a number of subcommittees that meet to develop the group’s marketing, development, fundraising and public relations exposure. If you are interested in helping us with any of those tasks or are interested in serving as a board member, please contact our board president or call our office at 831.642.2701
- Executive Officers -
President - Julia Turner
Vice-President - Robert Stephenson
Secretary - Robert Stephenson
Treasurer - Marilyn Maxner
- Directors -
Brian Jacobson
Richard Leslie
Kellie D. Morgantini
Michael Russell, D.C.
Our
Founder -
Dr. Vahé Aslanian
1918 - 2008
In the 1550’s, a literary, philosophical and artistic society known as the Florentine Camerata met in the salon of Giovanni de’ Bardi in Florence, Italy to discuss the music of Greek antiquity. Other members included Pietro Strozzi, and the musicians Vincenzo Galilei (Galileo’s father) and Guilio Caccini. The Camerata Singers, like their namesakes, rehearsed each week in the Camera de music, in the home of their founder and Conductor Emeritus, Dr. Vahé Aslanian, from 1980 until his retirement in 1999. Today the Camerata Singers are proud to perform throughout Monterey County.