Meet Our Carolers
The Village Carolers™ was founded in 2013 by Michael and Suzanne Chadwick when a local candy store owner asked them to put together some carolers for their annual tour. That same year, four other families heard the carolers at the candy store and inquired about having us sing for them. Since that time, The Village Carolers has performed on national television for several regional networks as well as The Food Network, and has made appearances singing the national anthem for the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Knicks.
We have also sung for Comcast, Make a Wish Foundation, United Airlines, Tito’s Vodka, the National Football League, ChristmasCon, and many other fantastic organizations.
Sopranos
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Laura Berman
Soprano
Laura enjoys a diverse career as a performer and music teacher. Performance highlights as a soloist include the beloved soprano solos in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, the Mozart Requiem, Bernstein’s Mass, Schubert’s Mass in G, as Hansel in Hansel und Gretel, and as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. As a chorister she has enjoyed singing with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, Opera Delaware, and the Princeton Festival Opera. Ms. Kosar maintains a private voice and piano studio, holds a position at St. James the Less as a soprano and director of the youth choir, and teaches early childhood music classes.
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Erin Brittain
Soprano
Erin Brittain has performed over 30 roles in opera, operetta and musical theater ranging from comic roles like Clorinda in La cenerentola and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro to dramatic roles such as Beatrice in Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers. As a soloist in Ernest Bloch's Avodath Hakodesh with the Master Voices Chorus led by Tony Award-winning conductor Ted Sperling in 2023, her "crystal soprano" drew praise from reviewers.
Erin has appeared with numerous companies and festivals, including the American Symphony Orchestra, the Bard Music and Summerscape Festivals, the New York Virtuoso Singers, the Berkshire Bach Society, Opera Fayetteville, Princeton Festival Opera, ARE Opera (now City Lyric Opera), Opera Delaware, Dicapo Opera, Hubbard Hall Opera, Chelsea Opera, and Liederkranz Opera, appearing onstage at venues that include Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall.
An enthusiast of contemporary and new music, Erin is a founding member of The Perspective Collective Ensemble (TPC), commissioning and producing thought-provoking new works. Erin holds a bachelor's degree from New York University and a master's degree from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, both in Classical Voice.
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Emily DeMarzio
Soprano
Emily DeMarzio is a versatile crossover vocalist from Northern New Jersey focusing on classical, musical theater, and pop styles. Recently, she has been seen as Zorah in Ruddigore (Ridgewood Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company) and a featured soloist with New Jersey Choral Society (Ridgewood, NJ). Emily holds a Bachelor of Music in voice performance and music education from Ithaca College and a Master of Arts in music and music education from Teachers College, Columbia University. When not performing, she teaches Elementary General Music in West New York, NJ and enjoys trying new foods, seeing live music, and yoga. Emily is delighted to be returning to The Village Carolers for another season.
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Janine Dunlap-Kiah
Soprano
Janine sings with The Village Carolers.
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Julie Green
Soprano
Julie-Ann Whitely Green earned a Bachelor of Arts degree as a double major in Vocal Performance and Music Education from Rowan University. She has earned Artists Diplomas from the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Austria, and has studied Italian Opera, Language, Art and Culture at the Florence Voice Seminar in Florence, Italy. Her vocal talents have attained her numerous honors including Encouragement Grant, Marian Anderson Award; Mozarteum Academy Scholarship; and National Winner, Leontyne Price Vocal Arts Competition. Ms. Green made her New York solo debut at Carnegie Hall in 1992, and was presented in a solo recital at Weill Hall in 1997. Other major venues include cathedrals in London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Madrid, and the Mormon Tabernacle.
Ms. Green has sung with the Opera Company of Philadelphia since 2001, and has performed solo roles in Porgy and Bess (Strawberry Woman), and Il Trovatore (Inez) as well as their innovative production, the Hip H’Opera Project. Her debut with New York City Opera at Lincoln Center was in Richard Danielpour’s opera, Margaret Garner. Concert performances of Porgy and Bess (Bess, Clara, Serena) and I Pagliacci (Nedda) have left audiences mesmerized. Ms. Green made her debut in the title role of Aida in the spring of 2008, and has performed with Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera in their productions of Porgy and Bess. Other performances include an appearance with the Allentown Symphony, her debut in the title role of Tosca, the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors and as soprano soloist for the Verdi Requiem with both the Lancaster Symphony and Vox Ama Deus Ensemble.
As an active teacher and clinician, Ms. Green is an annual presenter at the Burlington County TeenArts Festival, and has taught at the Friends School Mullica Hill, Christus Academy in Camden, and Settlement Music School’s Camden School of Musical Arts. Ms. Green is currently a vocal teacher at ChARTer~TECH High School for the Performing Arts in Somers Point, New Jersey; and Music Director at First Baptist Church of Pitman, New Jersey.
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Brittany Morgan
Soprano and alto
Brittany Morgan is a Philadelphia-area lyric mezzo-soprano and voiceover artist. Some of her favorite performance credits include the titular role in Bizet’s Carmen, Nicklausse in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Musetta in La boheme, and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro. She has also appeared as a soloist in a number of major works, including Handel’s Messiah, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, and Mozart’s Requiem, and has performed as a chorister in a wide variety of performances, ranging from "The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses" at Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall and Mann Center, to Monteverdi’s Gloria at Carnegie Hall in NYC. As a voiceover artist, Brittany has voiced commercial promos for companies such as Mail Chimp, GoNoodle, and Nickelodeon, but particularly enjoys character work and performing for a variety of independent audio dramas.
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Amanda O'Toole
Soprano
Soprano Amanda O'Toole kicked off 2021 by being named an Encouragement Award Winner in the Arkansas District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She looks forward to studying the role of Tatyana with the Russian Opera Workshop this coming summer. Additionally, during the 2020-2021 season, she was a Semi-Finalist in the Premiere Opera Foundation + NYIOP International Vocal Competition as well as a finalist in the Dallas Opera Guild Biennial Lone Star Vocal Competition.
Prior to 2018, Ms. O'Toole was performing primarily as a mezzo-soprano. She has since fully embraced the transition to soprano and, with that, the opportunity to explore new repertoire. As a Soprano Section Leader for East Dallas Christian Church, she made her formal soprano debut in April 2019 as a soloist in Howard Goodall's Eternal Light: A Requiem. Ms. O'Toole has been fortunate to work with living composers Tom Cipullo and Blake Henson. She premiered two songs from Mr. Henson's Of Earth and Air at Texas Wesleyan University and recorded a live performance of his Dirge for Two Veterans which will be used as the definitive recording. Ms. O'Toole also had the opportunity to work directly with composer Tom Cipullo during his 2017 UNT residency. She performed in a concert of the composer's works and was praised by Mr. Cipullo as "naturally funny."
Ms. O'Toole has previously competed as a Finalist in the Lewisville Lake Symphony International Vocal Competition and received an Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2017), She has participated in the Forth Worth Opera Masterclass Series (2020), Career Blueprints at OPERA America (2018), and Opera in the Ozarks as an Emerging Artist. Ms. O'Toole holds a Master in Music in Voice/Opera from the University of North Texas and Bachelor in Music in Voice from the University of Michigan. Ms. O'Toole currently studies with Jennifer Rowley and sings with the Dallas Opera as part of the Regular Chorus. She is originally from Richmond, VA.
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Elizabeth Patterson
Soprano
Elizabeth Patterson is a voice teacher and an operatic soprano based in the Philadelphia Main Line. Raised by a family of accordionists, she upended the family tradition and pursued her love of singing. Elizabeth is best known for her frequent appearances with Opera Cultura in La Llorona as the sly seductress Carmela (2012, 2014, 2019) and more recently as Ana, the spirit woman (2024). She has also appeared with Opera Cultura as Calavera (Frida), Margarita (Zorro), and Chiquita (Coyotes and Rabbits). She debuted with San Francisco Opera Guild in the role of Mimi (La bohème). She has sung with Phénix Opera as Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Giulia (La Scala di Seta), First Witch (Dido and Aeneas), Ernestina (L’Occasione Fa il Ladro), and Monica (The Medium). Elizabeth recently debuted with Opera Philadelphia Chorus in their “Pipe Up!” concert series at the historic Wanamaker Building. She sings locally with Liberty City Arts and Opera on Tap.
Off-stage, Elizabeth teaches singers of all ages and levels. Her students have pursued music careers, performed in professional theaters, won competitions, and been accepted into conservatory programs. Elizabeth is also a co-manager of Opera on Tap Philadelphia.
Elizabeth holds a Master of Music from Duquesne University and a Bachelor of Music from Gettysburg College. She lives with her husband, John, her sons, Remy and Cody, and her cat, Juniper.
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Alize Francheska Rozsnyai
Soprano
Alize Francheska Rozsnyai is a soprano graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music “displaying profound imagination and control” (Philadelphia Inquirer), building a diverse and exciting performance career as a classical soprano with a "superb voice" (Harrogate News) which is “sparkling” (ArtBlog), all while serving up "deliciously diva performances" (I CARE IF YOU LISTEN). In performances of Alcina REVAMPED, Alize "impresses as Morgana. She attacks the melismatic demands of “Tornami a vagheggiar” ("Come Back to Woo Me") with practiced ease and accentuates the besotted naiveté of her character…" (Broad Street Review).
Alize's recent engagements include her role debut in Carmen as Frasquita, directed by Stefano Koroneos with
Boheme Opera Company New Jersey, joining St. Petersburg Opera as an Emerging Artist covering the role of Morgana in Handel's Alcina, and creating multiple roles including Minerva and Cookie in Experiments in Opera's Five Ways To Die, in which she is a part of the project through all workshopping phases, and the World Premiere, and making her debut with Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra of Los Angles in repertoire by Schoenberg and Nina Shekhar. She portrayed the role of Rivka in the World Premiere of Misha Dutka's Liebovar with Boheme Opera NJ, and was the Soprano Soloist in Joseph Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne with New City Sinfonia San Diego, soloist in Der Durchzug durchs Rote Meer, S. 33 a rare oratorio by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, the role of Evelyn Hutchinson in Silk City with
Garden State Opera, and Serpina in Pergolesi's La serva padrona with Hub City Opera Company.A frequent artist with Hub City Opera, she returns for the roles of Heather in her very own (as librettist) Phony, a satirical opera which chronicles smartphone addiction, music by David Brown, and her adaptation of Bach's Coffee Cantata, and Ivy Sweet in The Cook-Off by Shawn E. Okpebholo in 2025. She also sang as Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata in her company debut with New Jersey Opera Theatre, and made her role debut as Zerbinetta in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos at the Trentino Music Festival, under the baton of Arthur Fagan and stage direction by David Gately, as well as a return to one of her favorite roles, Morgana in Handel’s Alcina, conducted by Neal Goren and directed by José Maria Condemi.
Other recent performances include a debut with Opera Fayetteville as Zina in Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters, Phyllis in Iolanthe at the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Harrogate, England, returning after portraying Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, the world premiere and recording of Will Brobston’s Woven Images with ENA Ensemble, and the lead role of Zohara in the world premiere of Meira Warshauer’s opera Elijah’s Violin at the Presidio of San Francisco, performing a virtually streamed concert with Beth Morrison Projects at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, for the Next Gen series, and Morgana in Handel's Alcina REVAMPED with Alter Ego Chamber Opera/Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
Alize’s concert performances include performing for George Crumb himself in October of 2019, for his 90th birthday at the Annenberg Center, in Apparition, Soprano Solos in Carmina Burana, her debut with the Cape Cod Symphony, at Carnegie Hall as soprano soloist in Berio’s Sinfonia, and the Kennedy Center Schonberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, set to her original English adaptation, with the Curtis 20/21, Königin der Nacht with Den Nye Oper, in Bergen, Norway. Alize performed the Soprano Solos with in Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert, a stylistic fusion of opera and jazz, to open the Wilmington Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, and guest recitalist in Saigon’s Performance Complex at the Soul Music and Performing Arts Academy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
A sought after interpreter of new music and atonal works, Ms. Rozsnyai covered the Title Role in the World Premiere of Louis Karchin’s Jane Eyre with the Center for Contemporary Opera, created the role of Andy #1, in Andy: A Popera, world premiere with Opera Philadelphia, and reprising with the Seattle Symphony [Untitled 3] Series, helped to create several roles including Lila in Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain, and Silvana in Missy Mazzoli’s A Flourish of Green workshop with Opera Philadelphia. Other favorite operatic highlights include Delia in Il viaggio a Reims with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.
Ms. Rozsnyai received accolades from many prestigious competitions such as First Place and Grand Prize Winner in the Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego, First Place POSA Competition, Career Bridges Grant,Winner, Semi-Finalist, Lotte Lenya Competition, Semi-Finalist American Traditions Competition, Early Music America, Bel Canto Vocal Scholarship, Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego, Lois Alba Aria Competition, and is a recipient of a Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship in Voice.
A passionate collaborator, Alize is a librettist working on her first full-length operas with composers Jane
Kozhenikova and Tori Lavan, and has also collaborated with Garth Baxter (A Pregnant Pause), Roger A. Martinez (Potentialite, Souls Unscreened), Steven Sametz (Seasons Unseen), and Colin Payne (Distance Calls). She is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Alter Ego Chamber Opera based in Philadelphia, which strives to serve as a catalyst for positive change, performing brand new works and old works in new ways.
Altos
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Suzanne Chadwick
Alto
Suzanne Chadwick, Contralto, has sung with the Spoleto Festival dei due Mondi (Charleston and Italy), Opera Festival of New Jersey, The Princeton Festival, Berks Opera Company, The Little Opera Theater of New York, ConcertOPERA Philadelphia, Empire Opera, One World Symphony, The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, Opera Company of Brooklyn, Center City Opera Theater, Westminster Opera Theater, and the Austrian/American Mozart Academy.
Complete Operatic Roles include La Zia Principessa (Suor Angelica), Quickly (Falstaff), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Marthe (Faust), Dritte Dame and Geiste (Die Zauberflöte), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Hansel (Hänsel und Gretel), Ciboletta (Eine Nacht In Venedig), Mrs. Nolan (The Medium), Mary (A Feast in Time of Plague), and Rosine (Signor DeLuso). Solo oratorio work includes the Requiems of Mozart and Duruflé, Händel’s Messiah, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
Ms. Chadwick has also worked extensively as a choral member throughout New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, and on such recordings as I Pagliacci (Muti / Philadelphia Orchestra – Luciano Pavarotti), Honneger’s Jean d’Arc (Masur/New York Philharmonic) and Dvořák’s Stabat Mater (Macal/New Jersey Symphony). Other credits: Florence – Yeston/Kopit Phantom (Ocean City Music Pier, NJ), Rosemary Clooney’s "White Christmas" (Sands, AC), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (America Sings Choir), Mrs. K – The Real Legend of Sleepy Hollow (TD Bank Arts Center and The Ritz Theater – NJ) and the national anthem (quartet alto) for The Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
Along with her husband Michael, she is a member, manager, and co-founder of The Village Carolers™. With TVC, Ms. Chadwick had the pleasure of performing on Philadelphia’s NBC 10 River Rink Winterfest, “The Kitchen” on The Food Network, and at the opening ceremony of the Hallmark Channel sponsored "Christmas Con" alongside Jonathan Bennett and Lacey Chabert.
Ms. Chadwick holds a Bachelor of Music from Westminster Choir College in Music Education (Voice), a Master of Arts in Voice Performance from Montclair State University, where she served as a graduate assistant, had further studies in New York, Italy, and Austria and is a past grant recipient from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Ms. Chadwick maintains a small private studio where she shares her passion for music and theater with her students, and has served as Vocal Director at Moorestown Theater Company.
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Marissa Chalker
Alto and soprano
Marissa Chalker is an active chorister, soloist, and teacher in the greater Philadelphia area. She performs with local ensembles such as the Opera Philadelphia Chorus, Curtis Opera Theatre, the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir and Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Village Carolers. She has a B.M. degree from Baldwin-Wallace College and Conservatory of Music and a M.M. degree from Westminster Choir College. Marissa currently lives between Philadelphia and Point Pleasant, NJ with her husband, George, son, Roscoe, and chihuahua, Todd.
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Allison Deady
Alto
With a stage presence that commands the spotlight and a voice to match, Allison Deady is a captivating young operatic performer. Hailing from Philadelphia, Allison loves being a member of The Village Carolers.
Known for her comedic roles, Allison has performed such favorites as Mrs. McClean (Susannah), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Ruth (Pirates of Penzance), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), and Lola (Cavalleria rusticana). Company highlights include performances with Opera Tampa, Nashville Opera, Dayton Opera, and Knoxville Opera. An energetic soloist, Allison has performed with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.
A graduate of SUNY Fredonia and the University of Tennessee, Allison has honed her skill at prestigious training programs. These include the Mary Ragland Emerging Artist Program at Nashville Opera, Knoxville Opera Studio, Chautauqua Opera Company Studio Artist, the Spoleto Festival, and the Brevard Music Center.
Beyond the stage, Allison is a passionate advocate for the accessibility of opera and opera education. She has collaborated with educational programs, including writing her own outreach show for Dayton Opera Fall 2023 tour, bringing the beauty and emotional depth of this art form to the next generation of music lovers.
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Samantha Ferrara
Alto
Samantha Ferrara, mezzo-soprano, is a performer, conductor and teacher based in Union, New Jersey. Ms. Ferrara made her Carnegie Hall solo debut in May 2019 under the baton of Maestro John Rutter. In addition to Maestro Rutter, she has performed at Carnegie Hall with conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gustavo Dudamel, Marios Papadopoulos, Mark Hayes, Candace Wicke, Peter Tiboris, and Yvette Burdick. She is Director of Program Services, Operations Manager and Assistant Conductor at the Continuo Arts Foundation in Summit, a non-profit performing arts organization whose mission is to further music education, exposure, and appreciation from generation to generation. She is on faculty at the New Jersey Conservatory of Music teaching voice, musical theatre and audition prep, and is a frequent children's theater director and music director throughout New Jersey, working with Broadway & Beyond in Summit, Exit 82 Theatre in Tom's River, and Madison Public Theatre in Madison.
Ms. Ferrara has been part of the New Jersey choral and musical theatre community for the past fifteen years; in addition to Continuo Arts, choral credits include performances with Vocala, Music in the Somerset Hills, and the MidAtlantic Chamber Choir. She is a graduate of Westminster Choir College of Rider University where she studied Music Education and Musical Theatre. Stage credits include The Light in the Piazza (Franca), Beauty and the Beast (Babette), Iolanthe (Iolanthe), Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit), The Secret Garden (Lily Craven), Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), and The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Paper Mill Playhouse. Ms. Ferrara has served as Alto Section Leader at St. Bernards Episcopal Church in Bernardsville for the past thirteen years and sings with The Village Carolers throughout New Jersey every holiday season.
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Shannon Lally
Alto
South Jersey native Shannon Lally is a classically-trained mezzo-soprano and music educator. Recent credits include Laura in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta with Redivivus Opera and Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette with New Jersey Lyric Opera, and she was additionally engaged as an Apprentice Artist with Berkshire Choral International. An active musician in the greater Philadelphia area, she performs regularly with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, has sung with VoxAmaDeus, and currently serves ChildrenSong of New Jersey as Vocal Coach.
Additional role highlights include Stefanie Schmid (The Mensch, world premiere), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Madame Flora (The Medium), Ramiro (La finta giardiniera), and Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas). An avid choral artist, Lally has sung as Alto Soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore and Missa brevis in D major, and Alfred Schnittke’s Requiem. She holds degrees in Voice from Indiana University (M.M. 2023, Graduate Certificate in Vocology 2024) and Westminster Choir College (B.M. 2021).
Tenors
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Joe Haughton
Tenor
Joe Haughton, New Jersey based tenor, is excited to make his debut season with The Village Carolers in 2026. He sang for 20 years with the US Air Force Singing Sergeants in Washington D.C. While on active duty, he deployed 3 times to 11 countries in support of Embassy events and troops morale missions. Joe was featured on over 50 US tours with the Air Force Concert Band as well as diplomatic functions at The White House for the past 6 US Presidents.
As an opera singer, he was an apprentice artist at Chautauqua Opera, Central City Opera, and Pittsburgh Opera. In 2027, he is returning as an Associate Chorus member at The Metropolitan Opera for their productions of Parsifal and Mahler’s 8th Symphony. Previous credits include Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Annapolis Opera, Mobile Opera, Pensacola Opera, Asheville Opera, INSeries, Opera Comique de Washington, Washington Concert Opera, Garden State Opera, and Jersey Shore Light Opera.
Joe is also a multi-instrumentalist (piano, guitar, banjo, mandolin, percussion, and trombone) and plays with Irish, ska, bluegrass, cover bands, and music directs cabarets. During the pandemic he produced over 100 videos for churches and theater companies, mixing audio and video content to help communities stay connected. Joe is also an avid billiards player, amateur sailor, and enjoys playing solo concerts at retirement communities and rehabilitation centers.
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Jonathan Kline
Tenor
An eclectic performer, Jonathan Kline has made a career in a number of venues & media, here & abroad. He was engaged as a solo artist with The New York City Opera in several productions, including the World Premiere of Haroun & the Sea of Stories. In addition, he has appeared in the 1st National cast of Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Jekyll & Hyde, toured Europe in Phantom, and appeared at the York Theatre as Chief Martino in The Black Dahlia. More recently, he has been seen in two productions at the New York Fringe Festival: as Papa in Dancing with Abandon, and as Morrie in this past year’s production of The Seed of Abraham.
Mr. Kline is an accomplished interpreter of Early & New Music and in the past 2 months appeared as Evangelist & soloist in J.S. Bach’s Matthaus-Passion, tenor soloist in Johannes-Passion, and as a principal soloist in the rarely performed Requiem Mass of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Operatically, he has recently appeared in Glory Denied (Older Thompson), Chelsea Opera; Fra Diavolo (Diavolo), Bronx Opera; and The Impresario (Angel), Yard Opera.
Mr. Kline has been featured in television campaigns for TV Land, The American Liver Foundation, Dragon Ball Z, and I-Flex, being broadcast nationally, and has recently featured on the Investigation Discovery network as Felix Polk in the “Greed” segment Deadly Sins.
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William Lim
Tenor
Filipino-Chinese Tenor William Lim was born and raised in the Philippines, and is now based in Philadelphia. He has performed for various opera companies including Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Philadelphia, St Petersburg Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Libera, Opera MODO, Poor Richard's Opera, Center City Opera Theater, Opera New Jersey, and Opera in the Ozarks. He has portrayed a wide variety of operatic roles including Anfinomo in Il Ritorno d'Ulisse, Oronte in Alcina, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Gastone in La traviata, Mayor Upfold in Albert Herring, Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi, and Guillot de Morfortaine in Manon. He has also appeared as a concert soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Symphony in C Orchestra, the Philadelphia Singers, and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, with whom he can be seen in the Academy Award nominated film Maestro.
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Nicholas Petroski
Tenor
Nicholas Petroski has performed at various venues over the country and the Netherlands, including
Lincoln Center, University of Utrecht, and the Minneapolis Convention Center. He has been invited as a guest soloist for ensembles such as the Rutgers University Glee Club, and the Summit Chorale. Nicholas has had the opportunity to perform in a number of operas such as Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, and Puccini’s La boheme with the Castleton Performing Arts Festival, and Eastern Opera of New Jersey. He is currently teaching music in Sayreville, and is also the director of the Garden State Chorale. -
Cameron Smith
Tenor
Cameron Smith, a proud Village Caroler since 2016, has been heard at Tanglewood, Caramoor, Lake George Opera, Boheme Opera NJ, Geneva Light Opera (NY), Light Opera of New Jersey, and Bronx Opera. He debuted at Carnegie Hall performing the world premiere of Alvin Singleton's Brooklyn Bones.
As leading tenor with New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players since 2009, he has performed in The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, The Gondoliers, Princess Ida, Iolanthe, Trial by Jury, Utopia Limited, and The Yeomen of the Guard. He is the 2024-25 recipient of NYGASP's Isaac Asimov Award for Artistic Achievement.
Recordings include Victor Herbert’s The Only Girl with Light Opera of New York on Albany Records and The Marc Blitzstein Centennial Concert on Footlight Records.
He holds an MM from Manhattan School of Music and a BFA from The State University of New York at Purchase.
When not on stage, he can be found running marathons and spending time with his amazing family.
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George Ross Somerville
Tenor
George Ross Somerville, tenor, has appeared as a soloist with opera companies including Sarasota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Saratoga, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Opera Philadelphia. An active professional chorister, George has performed with The Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera, The New York Philharmonic, and the Berlin Philharmonic. George lives in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, with his wife, Marissa, a Village Carolers Alto, and their two sons, Ross and Mac. While music is an important part of George’s life, being a husband and “Dada” is the most important role he gets to play. He is grateful to share his life with the three people who make it all worthwhile.
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Royce Strider
Tenor
Royce sings with The Village Carolers.
Basses
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Alexander Brown
Bass
Alexander Brown is a South Jersey Baritone with several years of experience. He enjoys sharing his voice and talents on any platform, from the stage to the church, with choirs and even a cappella groups. He has performed with various organizations, including the Marian Anderson Honors Society and the Choral Arts of Southern New Jersey. As a graduate of Rowan University's Music Industry program, he has worked with a diverse range of musicians and has released music under the name Mister Morgan.
Previous stage credits include Ragtime (Ensemble/Booker T. u/s), Once On This Island (Agwe), Bisley Boy (Ensemble), Plum Bun (Matthew Henson), and Die Fledermaus (Dr. Falke). He thanks his family and friends for their continued support.
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Michael Chadwick
Bass
Michael spent decades as a vocalist and stage director in opera and oratorio choruses around the U.S. and abroad. As a stage director, singer, or stage combat choreographer some of the companies he has worked with include The Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Opera San José, the Spoleto Festival USA and Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Opera North, Princeton Pro Musica, Fort Worth Opera, Opera East Texas, Princeton Opera, and many others.
Some of the roles he has enjoyed bringing to life include Colline (La bohème), Rocco (Fidelio), Il commendatore (Don Giovanni), Caiaphas (Jesus Christ Superstar), Daniel Webster (The Mother of Us All), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Betto (Gianni Schicchi), Chief Bromden (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Mortimer (The Fantasticks), Eddie/Dr. Scott (The Rocky Horror Show), Cléon (Le malade imaginaire), Lane/Merriman (The Importance of Being Ernest), Dr. Mendel (Falsettos), and the titular character in The Man in the Long Black Coat. As a voice artist, his voice has been used in many audiobooks, film narrations, video games, and in composer's demos including one for the Disney feature length film Frozen.
Michael wrote his first original composition while an undergraduate Music Education major at Westminster Choir College. Performing and directing took over for a brief three decade period, but he never stopped arranging or composing music for various ensembles including The Village Carolers. Michael holds a Master's in Music Theory from Stephen F. Austin State University.
In addition to being a composer, Michael is a professional wedding minister and also maintains the largest privately held supertitle rental library on the planet. His hundreds of clients have come from nearly every U.S. state, as well as several international companies across four continents.
Michael co-founded The Village Carolers in 2013 with his wife Suzanne. They have been residents of Medford NJ since 2012. Michael is also a Freemason, in which capacity he is involved in various charitable projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
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Mike Doheny
Bass
Michael Doheny was the Choral Director and Drama Music Director at Winslow Township High School in Atco, NJ, formerly Edgewood Regional High School, from 1994 until his retirement in October 2025. He earned his B.M. in Music Education in 1994, and his Master of Music in Choral Conducting in 2011, from Glassboro State College/Rowan University, under the tutelage of Clarence Miller, Dr. Eugene T. Simpson, and Dr. Z. Randall Stroope. Mike is an NJMEA Master Music Teacher and was awarded the 2012 Winslow Township District Teacher of the Year honor. He has twice conducted the Salem County Honors Choir (in 2000 and 2023) and the South Jersey Senior High Chorus (in 2004 and 2012), and has led rehearsals for the New Jersey All State Mixed Chorus, New Jersey All State Treble Chorus, and the NAfME Eastern Division Treble Chorus.
Mike is currently singing with the Greater South Jersey Chorus, and is a Choral Scholar at Christ Episcopal Church in Woodbury, NJ. He has performed in leading and supporting roles in many of South Jersey’s community theaters over the past 30+ years, including the Ritz Theatre Company, Haddonfield Plays and Players, and the Broadway Theatre of Pitman. Mike resides in Wenonah, NJ with the Mayor (his wife, Jessica), and their children, Jillian and Joey. His grown son, Patrick, resides in Deptford, NJ.
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Mark Hosseini
Bass
Praised as a "riveting baritone" (Cleveland Classical), Mark Hosseini is a frequent performer of vocal music across a wide range of styles and time periods. Some notable stage performances include Emile de Becque in South Pacific with Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre, John Brooke in Little Women with Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Masetto in Don Giovanni with Winter Opera St. Louis, Papageno in The Magic Flute with OPERA Iowa (Des Moines Metro Opera), El Gallo in The Fantasticks with Ohio Light Opera, Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Opéra Louisiane, the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance with Ohio Light Opera, Jim in The Gift of the Magi with Delaware Valley Opera, Signor Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza with Eastman Opera Theatre, Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea with Eastman Opera Theatre, Pandolfe in Cendrillon with Eastman Opera Theatre, and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus with Oakland University Opera. Mark has completed Young Artist Training Programs at Des Moines Metro Opera, Ohio Light Opera, Opera Delaware, and Sarasota Opera. He holds a bachelor's degree from Oakland University and a master’s degree from The Eastman School of Music.
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Reever Julian
Bass
Filipino-American bass-baritone Reever Julian, a finalist at the Paris Opera, is praised for his remarkable five-octave range and commanding interpretations of Mozart. Lauded by Sir Thomas Allen as “one of the most promising interpreters of Mozart repertoire,” he recently performed the complete Da Ponte trilogy as Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), and Masetto (Don Giovanni). His repertoire spans from Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) to Ford (Falstaff). Upcoming performances include solo appearances at the National Cathedral and the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph.
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Devin McGuire
Bass
Raised on rock and trained in opera, Devin McGuire has established himself as a capable and versatile baritone throughout the Northeast and beyond. He made his professional debut in November 2016 as Sciarrone in Tosca with Opera New Hampshire, also serving as assistant conductor under Maestro Jason Tramm. This has since led to engagements with MidAtlantic Opera, New York Opera Collaborative and the Minuetto Music Festival, where he was the recipient of an Emerging Artist award. He made his Carnegie Hall debut Memorial Day 2019, as bass soloist in Monteverdi’s Gloria a 7, under the baton of Sir John Rutter. As an ensemble member, he sings professionally with the choirs of St. Bernard’s Episcopal Church (Bernardsville, NJ) and Immaculate Conception Chapel (South Orange, NJ).
Additionally, Mr. McGuire is an accomplished bassist and passionate music educator. At Woodbridge Middle School, he teaches a diverse student body and directs the Choral and Handbell programs. Ensembles under Mr. McGuire’s direction have achieved excellence in competition and adjudication, and his students have been accepted into the New Jersey All State Chorus. A magna cum laude graduate of Seton Hall University, he has continued his studies within the studio of Christòpheren Nomura, and looks forward to the many adventures in store for him.
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Erik Potteiger
Bass
An internationally acclaimed singer and composer from Pennsylvania, Erik Potteiger is a multi-talented musician, playing several instruments, recording and composing in many different genres, and performing with vocal flexibility both in ensemble and solo settings.
As a bass, Erik has sung professionally across a plethora of cities and states in the US, as well as nine countries across three continents. He is sought after as a classical and jazz vocalist, taking the stage to perform with many internationally recognized singers and instrumentalists. As an accomplished ensemble singer, Erik is quickly expanding his ensemble commitments, which have included work with the Voces8 Scholars Program Ensemble (London, England), The Cathedral Singers (Columbia, SC), The Cecilia Ensemble (Augusta, GA), Choral Arts Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA), CORO Vocal Artists (Des Moines, IA), Coro Vocati (Atlanta, GA), CSoD (Wilmington, DE), The Red Shift (Baton Rouge, LA), and The Village Carolers (Medford, NJ). He also regularly sings across a plethora of church music programs in the greater Philadelphia/NYC network for a variety of musical happenings including evensong, compline, lessons and carols, special services, weddings, funerals, and sponsored chamber music programs.
As a composer, Erik’s music has been featured in multiple short film soundtracks including work by 1080C Productions, as well as broadcast on radio stations across the state of South Carolina. He is continuing to take on more writing work via internationally recognized performing ensembles and instrumentalists including the Voces8 US Scholars Ensemble.
Erik holds his bachelors of music in choral music education and vocal performance from the University of South Carolina and has experience as a teacher of choir, private voice, piano, and percussion. Away from his professional engagements, Erik enjoys writing, producing, and recording his own music, often collaborating with other high caliber performing artists. His most recent release, When October Wandered By, is a collaborative jazz concept album featuring Grammy nominated jazz pianist Lars Potteiger.
