LISA GILLESPIE
Conductor – Red Mountain Choir 2010 - Present
Lisa Gillespie has a great passion for choral music. She has been singing in, accompanying, and conducting choirs, since junior high. As she has moved around the country, she has been able to sing with choral groups all over including BYU Women’s Chorus and Concert Choir, the Salt Lake City Temple Square Chorale and select performances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Chorus pro Musica (Boston), Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, and Las Vegas Master Singers.
Lisa received a bachelor degree in music education with a choral conducting emphasis from Brigham Young University in 1998. Her career as a musician has led her in many directions including work as a choir teacher in the public schools, the owner and director a KindermusikÒ studio, a private voice and piano teacher, and an accompanist. She has also directed a number of choirs for local church congregations and other community events. As someone who loves the Boston Red Sox almost as much as choral conducting, one of the highlights of her life was conducting young adult choirs singing the National Anthem at Fenway Park on three occasions.
Currently Lisa teaches a few private piano students, but focuses most of her energy and time on being a mother. She and her husband, Tim, have three young children, Gabriella, Claire, and Calvin. Whenever opportunity allows, they enjoy traveling, camping, and exploring as a family.
Conductor – Red Mountain Choir 2010 - Present
Lisa Gillespie has a great passion for choral music. She has been singing in, accompanying, and conducting choirs, since junior high. As she has moved around the country, she has been able to sing with choral groups all over including BYU Women’s Chorus and Concert Choir, the Salt Lake City Temple Square Chorale and select performances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Chorus pro Musica (Boston), Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, and Las Vegas Master Singers.
Lisa received a bachelor degree in music education with a choral conducting emphasis from Brigham Young University in 1998. Her career as a musician has led her in many directions including work as a choir teacher in the public schools, the owner and director a KindermusikÒ studio, a private voice and piano teacher, and an accompanist. She has also directed a number of choirs for local church congregations and other community events. As someone who loves the Boston Red Sox almost as much as choral conducting, one of the highlights of her life was conducting young adult choirs singing the National Anthem at Fenway Park on three occasions.
Currently Lisa teaches a few private piano students, but focuses most of her energy and time on being a mother. She and her husband, Tim, have three young children, Gabriella, Claire, and Calvin. Whenever opportunity allows, they enjoy traveling, camping, and exploring as a family.
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JEE WONG - ACCOMPANIST
Red Mountain Choir 2023-Present Jee Wong maintains a diverse and exciting Classical and Popular music career. He is recognized nationally as a concert artist and teacher of piano. Mr. Wong received his Master’s degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Montana where he was a graduate teaching assistant in group piano, piano ensemble and dance accompanying for two years. His teachers include Steven Hesla, Dennis Alexander and Dr. Jody Graves. After graduation, he pursued postgraduate studies with Ivan Davis, a student of Vladimir Horowitz, from the University of Miami. He was a staff artist and adjudicator for Yamaha Piano Company in Japan from 1995 – 1999 where he performed and gave workshops in Asia. He has worked with the late pianist George Winston, choreographer Karen Kaufmann, and R&B artist Brian McKnight. His work with the disabled "A Step Forward" was featured in PBS in 2002. He served as staff pianist for the American Ballet Theatre for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts from 2009 – 2012. His multi-media piano project “Lotus” was also featured at the Kennedy Center in 2006. Mr. Wong is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) and an adjudicator for Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). His soundtrack was featured in the Seattle International Film Festival in August 2003. He is currently the President of the Las Vegas Federation of the Music Clubs and the chair for the inaugural Sonata - Sonatina Festival. In 2022 he was awarded the Nevada Music Teacher Association’s Outstanding Music Teacher Award, then in 2023 he was given the Outstanding Service Award by Las Vegas Music Teachers Association. During the 2024 season his concerts will showcase music by Carlos Chavez, Manuel Ponce and Miguel Jimenez in Latin America. Mr. Wong is passionate about bringing concerts to the community and schools. He is currently the accompanist for Red Mountain Choir. His fundraising concerts have raised funds to benefit Corazon de Vida, an organization that provides life changing support for abandoned and orphaned children in Baja, Mexico, and ASAP ministries, an organization that provides education, evangelism and humanitarian aids to children living in trash dumps as well as children who are victims of human trafficking in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. |
AMANDA HALLAM
GARRETT JUNIOR HIGH SHOW CHOIR CONDUCTOR
Amanda Hallam is the choir director at Garrett Junior High School in Boulder City, where she resides with her husband, two sons, three dogs, and eight chickens. A Pennsylvania native, she is a graduate of the Duquesne University School of Music, where she earned a degree in Music Education with a minor in Spanish. During her time at Duquesne, she performed over 400 shows across the country touring with the Tamburitzans, America’s longest running stage show. She earned her M.Ed. from UNLV in Health Promotions and is a National Board Certified Music teacher. As an improv comedian, Amanda performed at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in the Second City: Scriptless show. She performs regularly across the valley and has most recently been seen in Super Summer Theater’s productions of Matilda and Kinky Boots. She’d like to extend a very special thank you to the Red Mountain Music Company for helping support and encourage the choral arts in Boulder City.
GARRETT JUNIOR HIGH SHOW CHOIR CONDUCTOR
Amanda Hallam is the choir director at Garrett Junior High School in Boulder City, where she resides with her husband, two sons, three dogs, and eight chickens. A Pennsylvania native, she is a graduate of the Duquesne University School of Music, where she earned a degree in Music Education with a minor in Spanish. During her time at Duquesne, she performed over 400 shows across the country touring with the Tamburitzans, America’s longest running stage show. She earned her M.Ed. from UNLV in Health Promotions and is a National Board Certified Music teacher. As an improv comedian, Amanda performed at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in the Second City: Scriptless show. She performs regularly across the valley and has most recently been seen in Super Summer Theater’s productions of Matilda and Kinky Boots. She’d like to extend a very special thank you to the Red Mountain Music Company for helping support and encourage the choral arts in Boulder City.
Linda Murphy - Accompanist Red Mountain Choir 2022-2023
Linda Murphy is a 3rd generation native of Las Vegas, Nevada. Linda grew up in a large, musical family and participated in many community performances and competitions as a young musician. At nine years of age she studied piano with Dr. Robert Steinbauer at UNLV and later studied with Roger Bushell during her junior high and high school years. She studied cello with Barbara Badgley and Russ Rausch. A highlight of her youth was performing Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals for two pianos and orchestra at UNLV's Ham Hall in 1977 with her sister Molly Murphy and the Las Vegas Chamber Symphony for 6 performances. She has played in several hotel orchestras during her career and was the principal cellist of the Henderson Civic Symphony.
Linda attended Kansas State University and UNLV, majoring in music performance. She has been an accompanist for several local groups and is the pianist for Grace Community Church in Boulder City, Nevada. Currently, she is a traveling music teacher with 48 piano and cello students and teaches cello at Kessler and Sons in Henderson, Nevada. She enjoys spending time with her step-daughter Tiffany, her son-in-law Tommy and her two grandsons, Austin and Blaze.
Linda Murphy is a 3rd generation native of Las Vegas, Nevada. Linda grew up in a large, musical family and participated in many community performances and competitions as a young musician. At nine years of age she studied piano with Dr. Robert Steinbauer at UNLV and later studied with Roger Bushell during her junior high and high school years. She studied cello with Barbara Badgley and Russ Rausch. A highlight of her youth was performing Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals for two pianos and orchestra at UNLV's Ham Hall in 1977 with her sister Molly Murphy and the Las Vegas Chamber Symphony for 6 performances. She has played in several hotel orchestras during her career and was the principal cellist of the Henderson Civic Symphony.
Linda attended Kansas State University and UNLV, majoring in music performance. She has been an accompanist for several local groups and is the pianist for Grace Community Church in Boulder City, Nevada. Currently, she is a traveling music teacher with 48 piano and cello students and teaches cello at Kessler and Sons in Henderson, Nevada. She enjoys spending time with her step-daughter Tiffany, her son-in-law Tommy and her two grandsons, Austin and Blaze.
Adrienne Mosley
Accompanist - Red Mountain Music Company 2021-2022
Adrienne Mosley loves the power and emotion of music. Taught by an outstanding piano teacher and encouraged by a mother who nurtured her musical abilities, Adrienne enjoyed many piano and choral activities throughout her youth in Mesa, Arizona. She participated in Regional and All-State Choirs, accompanied school and church choirs frequently, completed the Arizona Study Program with Superior with Honors ratings, and taught private piano students.
Adrienne graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brigham Young University, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Business Management in 2005. She taught Let’s Play Music for five years and has adjudicated piano events for the Las Vegas Music Teachers Association including the Jazz Festival, Junior Festival, and the Chase-Riecken Musicianship and Theory Exams. Adrienne continues to be involved in local music associations, serving on the executive committee of the Las Vegas Federation of Music Clubs from 2020-2021. Recently, she sang with the Zion’s Youth Symphony and Orchestra adult choir in their Lamb of God production in 2020.
Adrienne considers raising and loving her family to be her greatest work. Together with her husband, Michael, they are the parents of seven children ages four to sixteen (2021). As a family, they enjoy trips to the lake, singing around the piano, and playing games together.
Accompanist - Red Mountain Music Company 2021-2022
Adrienne Mosley loves the power and emotion of music. Taught by an outstanding piano teacher and encouraged by a mother who nurtured her musical abilities, Adrienne enjoyed many piano and choral activities throughout her youth in Mesa, Arizona. She participated in Regional and All-State Choirs, accompanied school and church choirs frequently, completed the Arizona Study Program with Superior with Honors ratings, and taught private piano students.
Adrienne graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brigham Young University, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Business Management in 2005. She taught Let’s Play Music for five years and has adjudicated piano events for the Las Vegas Music Teachers Association including the Jazz Festival, Junior Festival, and the Chase-Riecken Musicianship and Theory Exams. Adrienne continues to be involved in local music associations, serving on the executive committee of the Las Vegas Federation of Music Clubs from 2020-2021. Recently, she sang with the Zion’s Youth Symphony and Orchestra adult choir in their Lamb of God production in 2020.
Adrienne considers raising and loving her family to be her greatest work. Together with her husband, Michael, they are the parents of seven children ages four to sixteen (2021). As a family, they enjoy trips to the lake, singing around the piano, and playing games together.
Ashley Peel
Accompanist – Red Mountain Music Company 2010-2020
Ashley has had twelve years of formal training and twenty-six years of experience as a pianist. Additionally, she studied violin from Oscar Carrescia, renowned Argentinean violinist and played violin in his Las Vegas Winchester Youth Camerata Orchestra for several years. As a girl, Ashley participated in Junior Festival piano competitions at UNLV, receiving superior ratings, the highest honor, three years in a row. While attending Boulder City High School, Ashley rehearsed and performed with the Jazz Band and for drama productions (including "Grease") as single musician on the keyboard, and was a school choir accompanist. She had formal vocal training with Jeffrey Skouson, and in addition to volunteering as a pianist for her church accompanying children, adult choirs and soloists, she has performed many piano and vocal solos herself.
Ashley received a Bachelor of Science degree at Brigham Young University majoring in Elementary Education. She taught fifth grade at Martha P. King Elementary for two years and also served as student choir pianist there. She began teaching piano lessons while attending college, which she continued to do so in her home in Boulder City. She began teaching at Martha P King again as a 4th grade teacher in 2019. She has two children, James and Tessa.
Accompanist – Red Mountain Music Company 2010-2020
Ashley has had twelve years of formal training and twenty-six years of experience as a pianist. Additionally, she studied violin from Oscar Carrescia, renowned Argentinean violinist and played violin in his Las Vegas Winchester Youth Camerata Orchestra for several years. As a girl, Ashley participated in Junior Festival piano competitions at UNLV, receiving superior ratings, the highest honor, three years in a row. While attending Boulder City High School, Ashley rehearsed and performed with the Jazz Band and for drama productions (including "Grease") as single musician on the keyboard, and was a school choir accompanist. She had formal vocal training with Jeffrey Skouson, and in addition to volunteering as a pianist for her church accompanying children, adult choirs and soloists, she has performed many piano and vocal solos herself.
Ashley received a Bachelor of Science degree at Brigham Young University majoring in Elementary Education. She taught fifth grade at Martha P. King Elementary for two years and also served as student choir pianist there. She began teaching piano lessons while attending college, which she continued to do so in her home in Boulder City. She began teaching at Martha P King again as a 4th grade teacher in 2019. She has two children, James and Tessa.
LaNette Coker
Conductor - Martha P. King Singers
LaNette Coker is currently a music teacher at Martha P. King Elementary in Boulder City Nevada. She has a professional background of extensive and successful experience in teaching instrumental, vocal and general music, and strives to utilize her talents and skills to motivate students to their best efforts. Ms. Coker has a Bachelor of Music Education, Violin and Piano (double major) and is certified to teach any music class grades K-12. She also has a Masters of Educational Psychology and Counseling, Elementary Counseling (both degrees received at
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky). She has 30 years of teaching experience as a music specialist, orchestra teacher and string instructor and has also been a private instructor for violin, piano, viola and cello since 1987. She loves teaching, mentoring, team building and performing and is known for her patient and nurturing style.
Some of Ms. Coker’s many awards include: Clark County School District Rave Review Award 2010, 2011; Boulder City Excellence in Education Award 2007, 2008, 2009; National School Orchestra Association Nevada Teacher of the Year 2007; Jefferson County Public Schools Outstanding Staff Award 1999. She has been elected to Who’s Who among America’s Teachers 4 times and has received numerous music awards for violin, piano, viola baritone, orchestra and band as well as awards and titles in gymnastics, dance and women’s fitness.
