President Currently Vacant
Jeanette Kohler
First Vice-President, Program Chairman
Studied organ, piano and violin, graduating with a B.M.E. from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music and a M.Mus. from Bowling Green State University. She taught strings in the Caldwell-West Caldwell Schools, the American School in the Hague, and the School for Strings in NYC. She left teaching and entered the world of business, becoming publisher of a trade magazine in the medical device market, and selling and producing educational and promotional projects in the pharmaceutical market. Since retiring, she assists her husband in his architecture firm and his property management business.
Carol Erickson
Second Vice-President Membership and Communications
Carol has been singing publicly since 2009. With a forty-year nursing career winding down, she embarked on an unexpected second career and began taking voice lessons at Broadway Bound in Lyndhurst. Carol then studied with Melanie Mitrano and Mia Norrie. She performs in libraries, assisted living and nursing home facilities, senior centers, and clubs and restaurants throughout the tri-state area.
Paul Erickson
Treasurer
Paul is a horn player and organist. He earned his Music Education degree from Temple University in 1980. After teaching general music in the Paterson public schools for five years, he left the field for a career in business. He recently retired from Prudential Financial and is now able to devote more time to music study and performance. As a horn player, Paul performs regularly with the Society of Musical Arts, Livingston, and North Jersey Symphony Orchestras. He was Organist and Choir Director at Little Falls United Methodist Church for over 20 years, and is a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists (CAGO.)