Originating in the summer of 2004 as the Arts Ballard Festival Choir, we performed at the Shev Shoon Arts Center for the September Ballard Art Walk event, "art'fisk 2004." We so enjoyed singing for the community that we decided to continue and began rehearsing and performing under our new name, The Market Street Singers, in October 2004. We made our debut in November at Homeward Bound, a fundraiser for the Interfaith Hospitality Network, which helps homeless people to learn to provide for themselves.

Mr. Vincent, a Ballard resident, is a Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology at the University of Washington and holds a master’s degree in ethnomusicology and a bachelor’s degree in piano performance, both from Florida State University. He lived five years in Japan where he did research and mastered the koto (a traditional 13-string zither), while attending the Tokyo University of Arts and Music. During his time there, he accompanied the Tokyo International Singers and directed the choir at St. Alban’s Anglican/Episcopal Church. In the U.S., he has taught music theory and world music appreciation at the University of Washington and the Art Institute of Seattle, and has conducted several choirs. He is currently Director of Music for Mt. Baker Park Presbyterian Church and Staff Accompanist at the Cornish College of the Arts.

Mr. Vincent may be contacted by email at:

director@marketstreetsingers.org           

Ms. Verhulsdonk did her undergraduate work at the University of Hawaii and received her 
master’s degree in piano performance from the University of Washington in 2004. She has 
accompanied the Mormon Tabernacle Choir of Honolulu and the University of Washington choirs. 
At the University of Hawaii, Ingrid was the winner of the Student Concerto Competition in 
2000 and performed with the University of Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. She has held organist 
positions since 1993 in Honolulu and Seattle. Currently she is Principal Organist at Sacred 
Heart Catholic Church in Bellevue, and accompanist for the University of Washington drama 
department. She has also been an accompanist for Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera 
(NOISE).