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.)
Anne Marie Juliano
Member-at-Large
Anne Marie Juliano is Director of Music Ministries at Presbyterian Church of Upper Montclair where she serves as pianist, organist and choir director. Before coming to PCUM, she directed handbell and children’s choirs at Union Congregational Church in Montclair. Born to Christian missionaries in Tangier, Morocco, she spent her grade school years in Malaga, Spain before moving with her family to the United States. After receiving her BME degree from Rutgers University, she taught music in the public schools of West New York and Montclair until her retirement in 2017.
Karen Lundry
Member-at-Large
Karen Lundry, coloratura soprano, has appeared as featured soloist world-wide including NY Radio City Music Hall, Hong Kong television, and in Santorini, Greece. In the NY area she performs a classical cabaret, solos for church services, music recitals, and private events, and shares her acting talents for the NJ Mental Health Players. She has a degree in mathematics from Duke University and enjoyed both a successful career in IT and raising two daughters with her husband, before devoting herself full-time to the arts.