The Organizing Committee
Youth Trad Song is an exciting idea born out of a love for traditional singing. A group of dedicated volunteers organizes the weekend. Learn more about becoming a committee member.
Jayke Bouche, Malden, MA
Jayke (they/them) loves harmonies and playing with music, and sometimes even remembers the words! Jayke has lived all over the world and enjoyed learning all sorts of song and dance folk traditions growing up. They were reintroduced to pub sings and contradance while in college in Western MA, and have since relished learning more about local New England traditions. In their daytime hours, Jayke makes illustrations and fixes people’s tech problems - they can attest that there’s nothing quite like singing while wiring up a network stack or hunting down cables in the ceiling!
Jayke (they/them) loves harmonies and playing with music, and sometimes even remembers the words! Jayke has lived all over the world and enjoyed learning all sorts of song and dance folk traditions growing up. They were reintroduced to pub sings and contradance while in college in Western MA, and have since relished learning more about local New England traditions. In their daytime hours, Jayke makes illustrations and fixes people’s tech problems - they can attest that there’s nothing quite like singing while wiring up a network stack or hunting down cables in the ceiling!
Chris Bracken, Greenfield, MA
Some of Chris's (she/her) earliest memories involve sitting in someone's lap around a fire, ear pressed up against a chest resonating with a low note. She kept that soft spot for basses as her folk experience widened from sea shanties, music hall ditties, and work songs to include shape note hymns, and post-morris dance pub singing. She has a penchant for wordy songs, and is the only member of her law school class to study for the bar exam using hypothetical fact patterns from Child Ballads. In her day job, Chris is a public defender.
Some of Chris's (she/her) earliest memories involve sitting in someone's lap around a fire, ear pressed up against a chest resonating with a low note. She kept that soft spot for basses as her folk experience widened from sea shanties, music hall ditties, and work songs to include shape note hymns, and post-morris dance pub singing. She has a penchant for wordy songs, and is the only member of her law school class to study for the bar exam using hypothetical fact patterns from Child Ballads. In her day job, Chris is a public defender.
Ruthie Byers, Somerville, MA
Ruthie (she/her) got hooked on folk music and dance when her best friend in second grade brought her to a family dance in her hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. She found singing after college and since then has hosted living room sings on two coasts and at least six different addresses. Now in Somerville, Massachusetts, Ruthie works as a software engineer by day and sings, fiddles, contra dances, and rapper dances whenever she gets the chance.
Ruthie (she/her) got hooked on folk music and dance when her best friend in second grade brought her to a family dance in her hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. She found singing after college and since then has hosted living room sings on two coasts and at least six different addresses. Now in Somerville, Massachusetts, Ruthie works as a software engineer by day and sings, fiddles, contra dances, and rapper dances whenever she gets the chance.
Molly Ellis, Providence, RI
Molly (she/her) has been singing in choirs and ensembles since early childhood. When she discovered that people sing together, for fun, it was a life-changing revelation. Molly enjoys shape-note singing as well as pub-style singing, and especially loves singing very loud. Additionally, Molly has been a member of the S. Stephen's church choir for ten years. Other music making activities include dabbling in fiddle and banjo as well as karaoke with her coworkers. When Molly isn't singing, she can be found helping people buy vegetables, reading advice columns, riding bikes, or acting as a cat bed.
Molly (she/her) has been singing in choirs and ensembles since early childhood. When she discovered that people sing together, for fun, it was a life-changing revelation. Molly enjoys shape-note singing as well as pub-style singing, and especially loves singing very loud. Additionally, Molly has been a member of the S. Stephen's church choir for ten years. Other music making activities include dabbling in fiddle and banjo as well as karaoke with her coworkers. When Molly isn't singing, she can be found helping people buy vegetables, reading advice columns, riding bikes, or acting as a cat bed.
Becca Mandel, Cambridge, MA
According to family lore, Becca (she/they) has been singing since before she could talk. She grew up on musical theater and motown, singing in school choirs. Since the folk music community found her in 2014 or so, she has been an enthusiastic participant in participatory singing, including pub sings, sea music, and shape note. Becca loves the transcendent feeling of locking in harmonies, whether in a room full of singers or in a small group practicing and sometimes performing close harmony singing. She plays some guitar and ukelele and is learning to play the fiddle. When not singing, Becca spends her time running her business as a massage therapist, being a moss enthusiast, and contra dancing. Let’s be honest, she sometimes sings when she’s doing those things too.
According to family lore, Becca (she/they) has been singing since before she could talk. She grew up on musical theater and motown, singing in school choirs. Since the folk music community found her in 2014 or so, she has been an enthusiastic participant in participatory singing, including pub sings, sea music, and shape note. Becca loves the transcendent feeling of locking in harmonies, whether in a room full of singers or in a small group practicing and sometimes performing close harmony singing. She plays some guitar and ukelele and is learning to play the fiddle. When not singing, Becca spends her time running her business as a massage therapist, being a moss enthusiast, and contra dancing. Let’s be honest, she sometimes sings when she’s doing those things too.
Lafayette Matthews, New York, NY
Lafayette (he/him) grew up on country music and church hymns, but fell into the folk music community after discovering Exceedingly Good Song Night in Brooklyn. Since then, he has organized song circles and festivals, taught workshops, and performed with Jules Peiperl as The Ranzo Boys. He delights in connecting with people across generations through singing. Lafayette recently graduated from law school, where he proudly served as his classmates' go-to resource on sea shanties.
Lafayette (he/him) grew up on country music and church hymns, but fell into the folk music community after discovering Exceedingly Good Song Night in Brooklyn. Since then, he has organized song circles and festivals, taught workshops, and performed with Jules Peiperl as The Ranzo Boys. He delights in connecting with people across generations through singing. Lafayette recently graduated from law school, where he proudly served as his classmates' go-to resource on sea shanties.
Emilie Moore, Somerville, MA
Organizing Committee for YTS 2023
A folky since childhood, Emilie (they/she) grew up in Maryland in the Washington Revels community, steeped in many traditions and cultures, and a huge chosen family who were constantly bursting into song. Singing has always been not only one of their greatest passions, but also one of their favorite ways to connect with others. They currently live in Somerville, dance with Muddy River Morris, work at Revels in Cambridge, and are also on the Youth Dance Weekend Committee - the first person to be on both committees at the same time! In their spare time you’ll find them cooking at Pinewoods Dance Camp, playing with small children, creating folk/pop song mashups, encouraging people to talk about their feelings, and braiding hair.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2023
A folky since childhood, Emilie (they/she) grew up in Maryland in the Washington Revels community, steeped in many traditions and cultures, and a huge chosen family who were constantly bursting into song. Singing has always been not only one of their greatest passions, but also one of their favorite ways to connect with others. They currently live in Somerville, dance with Muddy River Morris, work at Revels in Cambridge, and are also on the Youth Dance Weekend Committee - the first person to be on both committees at the same time! In their spare time you’ll find them cooking at Pinewoods Dance Camp, playing with small children, creating folk/pop song mashups, encouraging people to talk about their feelings, and braiding hair.
Jules Peiperl, New York, NY
Jules Peiperl (they/them) was nearly unaware of folk music until they walked into a Rise Up Singing jam session in college. They have made a quick study since. As a queer/trans musician, they are dedicated to honoring the tradition of the songs they sing while making the folk community a more inclusive and welcoming space for all people. When not leading chanteys or sending emails, Jules builds costumes professionally for Broadway and film, and pursues their quest to befriend every tree in New York City.
Jules Peiperl (they/them) was nearly unaware of folk music until they walked into a Rise Up Singing jam session in college. They have made a quick study since. As a queer/trans musician, they are dedicated to honoring the tradition of the songs they sing while making the folk community a more inclusive and welcoming space for all people. When not leading chanteys or sending emails, Jules builds costumes professionally for Broadway and film, and pursues their quest to befriend every tree in New York City.
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Nicole Singer, Easthampton, MA
Nicole Singer (she/her) is a musician, teacher, and artist living in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. Nicole sings sea songs and chanteys, gospel, work songs, ballads, blues, and lots of other things. With Julia Friend, she co-authored the Folk Sing Starter Kit for the Country Dance and Song Society. Nicole has performed or taught at many festivals, camps, and colleges, and at local participatory sings from Baltimore to Boston and many places in between. She can sometimes be found singing aboard tall ships too. When she’s not singing, Nicole teaches visual art at an elementary school in Easthampton, MA. “Singer” is her real last name.
Nicole Singer (she/her) is a musician, teacher, and artist living in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. Nicole sings sea songs and chanteys, gospel, work songs, ballads, blues, and lots of other things. With Julia Friend, she co-authored the Folk Sing Starter Kit for the Country Dance and Song Society. Nicole has performed or taught at many festivals, camps, and colleges, and at local participatory sings from Baltimore to Boston and many places in between. She can sometimes be found singing aboard tall ships too. When she’s not singing, Nicole teaches visual art at an elementary school in Easthampton, MA. “Singer” is her real last name.
Mira Whiting, Arlington, MA
Mira (she/her) has always loved to sing, but first really fell in love with the joy of communal singing as a child on hot summer nights on a family friend's porch just on the New York side of the Berkshires -- every July, her family would visit and the singing in the evenings was always a highlight. An elementary school music curriculum deeply rooted in folk music and dance traditions (her elementary school had a longsword team!) and a childhood attending Revels performances cemented a love of folk music and interest in how folk music evolves over time. She sang for eight years with what is now Boston City Singers, but at the time was the Dorchester Division of Youth pro Musica. When Mira is not singing, she dances with Muddy River Morris and Harbour Steel, knits, cooks, and hangs out with her husband and three kids. Mira is the Communications Manager for Boston Workers Circle, home of the largest Yiddish chorus in the known universe, in her day job.
Mira (she/her) has always loved to sing, but first really fell in love with the joy of communal singing as a child on hot summer nights on a family friend's porch just on the New York side of the Berkshires -- every July, her family would visit and the singing in the evenings was always a highlight. An elementary school music curriculum deeply rooted in folk music and dance traditions (her elementary school had a longsword team!) and a childhood attending Revels performances cemented a love of folk music and interest in how folk music evolves over time. She sang for eight years with what is now Boston City Singers, but at the time was the Dorchester Division of Youth pro Musica. When Mira is not singing, she dances with Muddy River Morris and Harbour Steel, knits, cooks, and hangs out with her husband and three kids. Mira is the Communications Manager for Boston Workers Circle, home of the largest Yiddish chorus in the known universe, in her day job.
Former Committee Members
Youth Trad Song never would have come to be without its founding committee, including members who have moved on to other projects. Please join us in thanking our former committee members for all that they did for this event!
Youth Trad Song never would have come to be without its founding committee, including members who have moved on to other projects. Please join us in thanking our former committee members for all that they did for this event!
Molly Wexler-Romig, Boston, MA
Organizing Committee for YTS 2024
Molly Wexler-Romig (she/they) was one of those folk babies in a sling at NEFFA and Rise Up Singing gatherings, and except for a rebellious preteen hiatus, basically never stopped. She particularly loves English country dancing, protest music, and harmonizing in small groups. Molly has been lucky to attend almost every YTS weekend, and is happy to give back to this beloved community by keeping the tradition alive and well. When not singing or dancing, they foment revolution and snuggle with their two adorable kitties in Jamaica Plain, MA.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2024
Molly Wexler-Romig (she/they) was one of those folk babies in a sling at NEFFA and Rise Up Singing gatherings, and except for a rebellious preteen hiatus, basically never stopped. She particularly loves English country dancing, protest music, and harmonizing in small groups. Molly has been lucky to attend almost every YTS weekend, and is happy to give back to this beloved community by keeping the tradition alive and well. When not singing or dancing, they foment revolution and snuggle with their two adorable kitties in Jamaica Plain, MA.
Rhys McGovern, Belmont, MA
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2021
Rhys is a western Mass native who has has been singing since childhood and has traveled to a variety of places, often in search of good music and good dancing. Particular musical interests include sea shanties, Corsican polyphony, Sacred Harp, mining, milling, and factory songs, and regional differences in vocal technique. Rhys has previously sung and toured nationally and internationally with Village Harmony, and now supports sound engineering at the Mystic Sea Music Festival every year. Beyond musical endeavors, Rhys is a disability and accessibility advocate and teaches American Sign Language.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2021
Rhys is a western Mass native who has has been singing since childhood and has traveled to a variety of places, often in search of good music and good dancing. Particular musical interests include sea shanties, Corsican polyphony, Sacred Harp, mining, milling, and factory songs, and regional differences in vocal technique. Rhys has previously sung and toured nationally and internationally with Village Harmony, and now supports sound engineering at the Mystic Sea Music Festival every year. Beyond musical endeavors, Rhys is a disability and accessibility advocate and teaches American Sign Language.
A'yen Tran, Brooklyn, NY
Organizing Committee for YTS 2019–2021
Guitarist and vocalist A’yen Tran is a lover of the old-time string band music. She sings and plays guitar in the group Ginny’s Kitchen. A’yen finds inspiration in the vibrant tradition of women in American string band and traditional music. Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens, The Coon Creek Girls, Ginny Hawker, and Val Mindel are among her greatest inspirations. A’yen was raised in New York where she grew into an artist and community organizer. Her background in activism and intersectional feminism permeate her mission in the traditional music community: to honor the roots of old time music while helping the community become more inclusive.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2019–2021
Guitarist and vocalist A’yen Tran is a lover of the old-time string band music. She sings and plays guitar in the group Ginny’s Kitchen. A’yen finds inspiration in the vibrant tradition of women in American string band and traditional music. Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens, The Coon Creek Girls, Ginny Hawker, and Val Mindel are among her greatest inspirations. A’yen was raised in New York where she grew into an artist and community organizer. Her background in activism and intersectional feminism permeate her mission in the traditional music community: to honor the roots of old time music while helping the community become more inclusive.
Jess Wenstrom, Minneapolis, MN
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2021
Jess learned to sing harmonies sometime in toddler-hood through a process of osmosis, a learning mode that fails to serve nowadays, alas. Jess grew up in a rich family tradition of unaccompanied harmony singing. In Minnesota, Jess is a regular song leader at local Shanty and Pub sings, and has performed at the MN Irish Fair and at Traditional Singers Club concerts. Jess is a member of The Free Range Orphans, singing backup on Riki Schneyer’s record, Children of Zion. She also hopes to record soon with her family group, Whinny Muir. Jess loves all genres of old English language folk songs, from ballads to gospel, from the British Isles to the American South. When not singing in pubs, Jess facilitates music and art projects at a day center that provides services for adults with disabilities.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2021
Jess learned to sing harmonies sometime in toddler-hood through a process of osmosis, a learning mode that fails to serve nowadays, alas. Jess grew up in a rich family tradition of unaccompanied harmony singing. In Minnesota, Jess is a regular song leader at local Shanty and Pub sings, and has performed at the MN Irish Fair and at Traditional Singers Club concerts. Jess is a member of The Free Range Orphans, singing backup on Riki Schneyer’s record, Children of Zion. She also hopes to record soon with her family group, Whinny Muir. Jess loves all genres of old English language folk songs, from ballads to gospel, from the British Isles to the American South. When not singing in pubs, Jess facilitates music and art projects at a day center that provides services for adults with disabilities.
Morgan Lobrose, Marlboro VT
Organizing Committee for YTS 2017–2021
Morgan has been steeped in the folk community since he was born. At just 4 months old, he made his debut performance “singing” at the midwinter celebration Welcome Yule. Since then, he has taken up several instruments, and has danced regularly on as many as six different Morris and sword teams at a time. Morgan currently spends his summers working at Pinewoods Camp, and spends the off season studying psychology and Deaf culture at Holyoke Community College
Organizing Committee for YTS 2017–2021
Morgan has been steeped in the folk community since he was born. At just 4 months old, he made his debut performance “singing” at the midwinter celebration Welcome Yule. Since then, he has taken up several instruments, and has danced regularly on as many as six different Morris and sword teams at a time. Morgan currently spends his summers working at Pinewoods Camp, and spends the off season studying psychology and Deaf culture at Holyoke Community College
Ian McGullam, Medford, MA
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2020
Ian’s parents used to make fun of him for belting out sea chanteys while mowing the lawn as a kid. Their fault; they started him on the music. After screwing up the courage to sing in a few folk club floor spots while studying in London, he really discovered trad session singing through the Morris world and Exceedingly Good Song Night in New York City. Ian loves close harmony singing, when you’re so in tune with the other singer that you can feel your voices physically pushing together. He also sings shape-note and classically, and plays the fiddle and viola. When not making noise, Ian is a writer and editor.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2020
Ian’s parents used to make fun of him for belting out sea chanteys while mowing the lawn as a kid. Their fault; they started him on the music. After screwing up the courage to sing in a few folk club floor spots while studying in London, he really discovered trad session singing through the Morris world and Exceedingly Good Song Night in New York City. Ian loves close harmony singing, when you’re so in tune with the other singer that you can feel your voices physically pushing together. He also sings shape-note and classically, and plays the fiddle and viola. When not making noise, Ian is a writer and editor.
Anna Nowogrodzki, Medford, MA
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2019
Anna has been singing all her life, but it was in children’s choir that she got addicted to harmony and the social aspects of singing. In college she discovered the folk community and was happily stunned to find that she was not the only person on Earth who listened to folk music. When not singing or trying to learn more than one chord on the banjo, she writes about science. She has tragically managed to lose the red jacket in this photo somewhere in her own house.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2019
Anna has been singing all her life, but it was in children’s choir that she got addicted to harmony and the social aspects of singing. In college she discovered the folk community and was happily stunned to find that she was not the only person on Earth who listened to folk music. When not singing or trying to learn more than one chord on the banjo, she writes about science. She has tragically managed to lose the red jacket in this photo somewhere in her own house.
Becky Wright, Northampton, MA
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2019
Becky has loved singing since she can remember, though she didn’t discover the traditional song community until college. An avid Sacred Harp singer and organizer, Becky serves as a Board member of the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Community and has chaired the Keystone and Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Conventions. Becky’s non-singing pursuits include morris dancing, working in health communication, and feeling nostalgic for Philadelphia things (like tofu hoagies, numbered streets, and cars that don’t stop for pedestrians). She particularly enjoys minor keys, small-group singing, and room-shaking harmonies.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2019
Becky has loved singing since she can remember, though she didn’t discover the traditional song community until college. An avid Sacred Harp singer and organizer, Becky serves as a Board member of the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Community and has chaired the Keystone and Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Conventions. Becky’s non-singing pursuits include morris dancing, working in health communication, and feeling nostalgic for Philadelphia things (like tofu hoagies, numbered streets, and cars that don’t stop for pedestrians). She particularly enjoys minor keys, small-group singing, and room-shaking harmonies.
Julia Friend, New Haven, CT
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2017
When she was a kid in NY most of Julia’s family outings were to folk concerts, song parties, and singing weekends. She branched out into Contra and Morris dancing but still loves singing and listening to ballads, chorus songs, etc more than anything and so she was very pleased to co-author the CDSS Folk Song Starter Kit with Nicole Singer. Julia repairs woodwind instruments and sells her Stringcycle guitar string crafts at festivals and at stringcycle.etsy.com.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2017
When she was a kid in NY most of Julia’s family outings were to folk concerts, song parties, and singing weekends. She branched out into Contra and Morris dancing but still loves singing and listening to ballads, chorus songs, etc more than anything and so she was very pleased to co-author the CDSS Folk Song Starter Kit with Nicole Singer. Julia repairs woodwind instruments and sells her Stringcycle guitar string crafts at festivals and at stringcycle.etsy.com.
Mel Novner, Somerville, MA
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2016
Mel has been singing off-key with folkies in bars since zir childhood in Minnesota, and has expanded to singing for more than warmth. Zie’s discovered a love for Sacred Harp and Sea Music in recent years, and is always up for a rousing chorus. When not singing, morris dancing, contra dancing, blues dancing, playing the concertina badly or searching for Bigfoot, zie enjoys petting furred seals.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2016
Mel has been singing off-key with folkies in bars since zir childhood in Minnesota, and has expanded to singing for more than warmth. Zie’s discovered a love for Sacred Harp and Sea Music in recent years, and is always up for a rousing chorus. When not singing, morris dancing, contra dancing, blues dancing, playing the concertina badly or searching for Bigfoot, zie enjoys petting furred seals.
Natty Smith, Somerville, MA
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2015
As a child, Natty was constantly asked by his parents to stop singing to himself on his high chair during dinner. He studied violin while growing up, and sang in Christmas Revels productions during the year and in singing classes with folks like Peter and Mary Alice Amidon, and John Mayberry and Jamie Beaton, in the summers. He can usually be heard singing after Morris dancing somewhere in North America or England, or while sailing off the coast of Maine. Natty teaches high school English in Salem, Massachusetts, plays fiddle, Morris dances with the Pinewoods Morris Men, Maple Morris, and Thames Valley International, and serves on the Pinewoods Camp, Inc. and Country Dance & Song Society Boards of Directors.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013–2015
As a child, Natty was constantly asked by his parents to stop singing to himself on his high chair during dinner. He studied violin while growing up, and sang in Christmas Revels productions during the year and in singing classes with folks like Peter and Mary Alice Amidon, and John Mayberry and Jamie Beaton, in the summers. He can usually be heard singing after Morris dancing somewhere in North America or England, or while sailing off the coast of Maine. Natty teaches high school English in Salem, Massachusetts, plays fiddle, Morris dances with the Pinewoods Morris Men, Maple Morris, and Thames Valley International, and serves on the Pinewoods Camp, Inc. and Country Dance & Song Society Boards of Directors.
Jonathan Leiss, Hillsborough, NC
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013
Jonathan Leiss’s earliest musical memories are of listening to LPs of sea shanties and by Jean Ritchie. At the tender age of ten he embarrassed himself by lip-synching to Woody Guthrie at a Sunday School ice-cream social and lip-synching party. Since then he’s taken up claw-hammer banjo, learned to can pickles and jam, and become a professional fire fighter. Jonathan lives with his wife in Hillsborough, NC, where they have realized their dream of owning a farm. He was tickled pink to be a part of Youth Traditional Song Weekend.
Organizing Committee for YTS 2013
Jonathan Leiss’s earliest musical memories are of listening to LPs of sea shanties and by Jean Ritchie. At the tender age of ten he embarrassed himself by lip-synching to Woody Guthrie at a Sunday School ice-cream social and lip-synching party. Since then he’s taken up claw-hammer banjo, learned to can pickles and jam, and become a professional fire fighter. Jonathan lives with his wife in Hillsborough, NC, where they have realized their dream of owning a farm. He was tickled pink to be a part of Youth Traditional Song Weekend.
Joining The Committee
What do Organizing Committee Members do?
We have a great time dreaming up ways to make YTS better every year and figuring out how to put those dreams into action. We all love singing of course, and we also love working together and bringing our various skills to this collaborative adventure. We’re usually joined by some “super volunteers” with special roles, too.
If you're potentially interested in joining the committee, you can let us know at [email protected]. We will bring people on by consensus of the existing committee as openings come up.
Required Qualities for YTS Committee Members:
We have a great time dreaming up ways to make YTS better every year and figuring out how to put those dreams into action. We all love singing of course, and we also love working together and bringing our various skills to this collaborative adventure. We’re usually joined by some “super volunteers” with special roles, too.
If you're potentially interested in joining the committee, you can let us know at [email protected]. We will bring people on by consensus of the existing committee as openings come up.
Required Qualities for YTS Committee Members:
- Has attended at least one YTS weekend.
- In the “youth” category (under age 50).
- Familiar with and excited about enacting and promoting the mission of YTS.
- Committed to shaping a fun, positive, inclusive, progressive community of singers.
- Able to attend Google Hangout meetings regularly. Meetings are scheduled at least once a month, and can be held more frequently during busy periods. Subcommittees also schedule separate meetings.
- Able to work thoughtfully and effectively in small and large groups, as well as on independent tasks.
- Able to be a welcoming and friendly representative of our committee, event, and community.
- Able to adhere to deadlines and complete tasks in a timely manner.
- Welcomes difference of opinion, navigates delicate interpersonal situations, and participates in crafting compromises.
- Has integrity, a sense of humor and the ability to self-reflect.
- Understands and is invested in their local song communities.
- Comfort with (or willingness to learn) use of Google Drive and spreadsheets.
- Bonus skills such as: financial bookkeeping, registration data manipulation, website design and maintenance.