Our Board of Directors
Rachel Dorset (President)
Ms. Dorset holds degrees in chemistry from Smith College and Sacred Heart University and worked in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries for nearly a decade. She now teaches yoga. She rings with the Jubilate Ringers as well as Southport Congregational Church and enjoys performing handbell solos. Her handbell career started in 2006 at Smith College, where she was also captain of the swim team. She also sings with the Festival Chorus. Rachel enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and cooking.
Alice Kim (Vice President)
Alice Kim received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and her M.A. from the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration. She is the Chief Operating Officer of the Cohen Veterans Network, a not-for-profit foundation which provides accessible, high quality behavioral health care for veterans, active duty service members and military family members across the country. A long-time music lover, Alice participated in orchestral and vocal groups throughout high school and college and was happy to rediscover choral singing when she moved to Weston, Connecticut in 2015. She enjoys singing with the Music on the Hill Festival Chorus and Chamber Chorus.
Jane Gordon (Financial Secretary)
Ms. Gordon received a B.S. in Elementary Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has held local, regional, and national offices in the Embroiderer's Guild of America, Inc., an educational non-profit organization with 10,000 members, and is active in her local chapter. An avid amateur musician, she sings in the Norfield Congregational Church Sanctuary Choir and plays with the Norfield Handbell Choir and Jubilate Ringers.
Marsha Hall (Secretary)
Marsha is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music and the Hartt School of Music. She taught in the Norwalk Public Schools for 37 years as director of choirs at Norwalk High School and Brien McMahon High School. Marsha has been active in church music since her early teens, beginning in Michigan and later in Virginia. She has been the music director at the United Church of Rowayton for the last 43 years. Marshahas been fortunate over the years to tour as director and accompanist for choirs throughout Europe and the former Soviet Union. She has guest conducted regional festivals in Connecticut and served as accompanist for AllState choirs. She is ringing in the Jubilate Ringers and proud to serve on the board of Music on the Hill.
Debbie Handler (Treasurer)
Sarah Bleasdale-Coleman
Sarah Bleasdale-Coleman, long time singer with Music on the Hill in both the Chamber and Festival Choruses, holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Arizona School of Music. She is an AGMA member, apprenticed with Dicapo Opera and Sarasota Opera, and studied with the Atlantic Theater Company. She has enjoyed a long theatrical career, singing opera, operetta, and musical theater, and has soloed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Sarah lives in Stamford with her family, where she is active as a volunteer with several local organizations.
Shelby Miller
Ms. Miller holds music degrees from Butler University and Valparaiso University, and is an active performer, teacher, and director of vocal, piano, and organ music. She was a founding member of the Victoria Bach Festival in Victoria, Texas, and directed and performed with that group for ten years. She has sung with the Wilton Singers and sang with the Songspinners for fifteen years. She currently sings in the Sanctuary Choir and plays in the Handbell Choir at Norfield Congregational Church in Weston. She sings in the Festival Chorus and plays with the Jubilate Ringers of Music on the Hill. Ms. Miller lives in Redding.
Judy Wilkins
Tracy Pennoyer (Founding President)
Ms. Pennoyer graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from New York University. She is a clinical psychologist in Westport, where she works in private practice and in independent schools. She is the president of the William C. Bullitt Foundation and former chair of the Board of Music at Norfield Congregational Church in Weston. She has lived in Weston since 1994 with her husband, John Auchincloss, and her children, Emily and James.