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LYNN WEDDINGTON TUCKER (Secretary) has been a stay at home mom since 1995. Previously, she was a partner in the public relations company, Tobin and Tucker. In 1983, she founded Mountain Laurel, a childrenswear company based in her native Kentucky after having served as Director of Public Relations for Dan River, Inc. Lynn is not a musician --- but is an enthusiastic supporter of the New York City Opera, the Glimmerglass Opera and the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival. Lynn is a Trustee of Park Avenue United Methodist Church; Chairperson, Park Avenue Methodist Day School Committee; a sustaining member of The Junior League of the City of New York --- and an involved Brearley School parent!
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DON ADKINS (Advisory Board) is active in the arts as a performer, stage director and administrator. He has performed and directed opera and musical theater in New York and regionally, and has been a performer and stage manager with the national tours of The Sound of Music, Cats, and Evita. As an administrator, he has worked with American International Artists, a concert artists management firm, Arabesque Recordings and WNYC-TV.
VIRGINIA BROBYN (Advisory Board), an original member of the Phoenix Quartet board, moved to the advisory board in 2006. A retired opera singer (New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington Opera), she is currently a teacher of English as a Second Language at City University of New York and African Services Committee. She also tutors private students for accent reduction and business English and edits information publications for Loyens & Loeff, an international law firm, and for a legal website.
CHARLES COMBOPIANO (Advisory Board) founded the Whitewater Opera Company and the Sorg Opera Company, and served as Artistic Director/Conductor of both until his retirement in 2000. In an international career, he served as artistic director and conductor for more than 500 performances of operas, ballets, musicals and concerts such organizations as the Peterloon Opera Festival, the Northern Opera Company and Orchestra Sinfonico of San Remo, Italy. He served as arts administrator for num-erous organizations and was frequently engaged as an artistic and management consultant to performing arts groups. He was a faculty member of Earlham College, Indiana University East, the State University of New York at Stoney-brook, and Miami University of Oxford, Ohio where he directed the opera program as Visiting Professor. He holds an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University. He now lives in Port Orange, Florida.
SHARON KRISTENSEN DEMERE (Advisory Board) is the Founder and President of Organization Plus, a Silicon Valley-based firm specializing in the organizational needs of businesses and individuals. In 2003, she received certification as a Project Management Professional, extending her vast networking skills coast to coast and extending her vast organization expertise to the management of home remodels ... Before, During and After.
KAREN KETTERING DIMIT (Advisory Board) is a singer, conductor and artist, who taught at California State University, Northridge, and has performed in recitals and operas, most recently in Boston. She maintains a sculpting studio in Tribeca. Her website is: www.homepage.mac.com/kkdimit
NOMI TICHMAN (Advisory Board) enjoys success in many areas of the entertainment industry. She is an actress (off-Broadway, regional, tours, television and films), a singer, voice teacher and vocal coach. She combines her own creative talents with her vast experience networking within the industry in her work as a casting director and also as a board member of an avant garde theatre company, Peculiar Works Project.
The Phoenix Quartet is dedicated to
...performing music composed or arranged for vocal quartet
...commissioning new music for vocal quartet
...conducting educational outreach.
Vocal music is an especially powerful form of communication that can encourage a better understanding of the struggles and achievements that define people and can develop values that sustain people in life’s experiences. It has a unique power to create community. Throughout its rich cultural history and directly because of its melding of poetry and music, vocal music has had a place in all celebrations of life - to herald new life, mourn the passing of life, mark holidays, and to explore the human condition.
For repertoire and booking information, please contact Debra Poulter, Artistic Director
Phoenix Quartet
(212) 222-2064 or click here
The Phoenix Quartet is proud to be a member of
Chamber Music America
The Phoenix Quartet is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation and donations are tax-deductible as determined by law.
Board of Directors
Gregory Dimit
Linda Tempel
Lynn Weddington Tucker
Advisory Board
Don Adkins
Virginia Brobyn
Charles Combopiano
Sharon Kristensen Demere
Karen Kettering Dimit
Nomi Tichman
GREGORY DIMIT (Treasurer) is a Managing Director of Colchester Partners LLC a firm of investment bankers based in Boston and New York. His 25-year career includes 10 years as a CPA with Price Waterhouse in Los Angeles, London and Boston followed by 15 years working in a variety of roles in the investment management industry. As a pianist, he works with a number of singers and vocal groups as a collaborative artist and coach. He has served on the Boards of both the John Oliver Choral and the Community Music Center of Boston. He hosted and performed in a number of musical fundraisers for the Community Music Center and led their recent successful capital campaign.
LINDA TEMPEL, M.S., M.B.A. (Interim President) is Executive Vice President of Developmental Disabilities Services at HeartShare Human Services of New York. She has 27 years experience in the non-profit field serving in numerous administrative capacities with expertise in marketing, public relations, and fundraising.
