Choir Leadership

​Chris Vincent
Artistic Director

Chris holds a master's degree in ethnomusicology and a bachelor's degree in piano performance, both from Florida State University. He has also worked towards his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at the University of Washington. 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 Florida State University, the University of Washington, and the Art Institute of Seattle, and has conducted several choirs and served as a piano accompanist for several area churches and choral ensembles. Chris also currently directs the Sound Singers Japanese Choir, the chancel choir at University Temple United Methodist Church, and the Chorale at the Music Center of the Northwest.

Contact email: director@marketstreetsingers.org. 

Mitchell Fund
Assistant Artistic Director

Mitchell Fund is a composer, music teacher, and performing musician in the Seattle area. Having studied composition and performance with various instructors around the Puget Sound area he developed a passion for music of the Renaissance and contemporary minimalist musical styles, which have inspired and influenced his own compositions. He has sung in choirs most of his life and is currently studying conducting with Chris Vincent. Mitchell has been teaching since 2006 and currently offers private lessons in drums, piano, and composition out of his studio in Ballard. Many of his compositions are available for free-use on his website, mitchellfundmusic.com. ​

Ingrid Verhulsdonk
​Accompanist

​​Ingrid 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 held organist positions since 1993 in Honolulu and Seattle. Currently she serves as adjunct music faculty at Holy Names Academy, Principal Organist at Mary Magdalen Parish in Everett and staff accompanist for the Cascadian Chorale and the University of Washington. She has also been a regular accompanist for Northwest Opera In Schools Etcetera (NOISE) and operates a small piano studio in Seattle.

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Board of Directors

President - Bobann Fogard 
Vice-President - Mitchell Fund 
Secretary - Catherine Arnaiz 
Treasurer - Birdie Bagwell 
Director - Elaine Mathies 
Director - Sara Ditzel 
Director - Kim Howard-Lloyd
Director - Gordon Kennedy
Director - Miruna Petrescu-Prahova
​Director - Kari Stromsland
Director - Gary Woods