Administration and Staff Archives

Mary Clementi

March 3rd, 2014

Executive Director & Music Director

Mary Clementi is the Executive Director and Music Director of Highbridge Voices. As music director, Mary conducts the Chamber Choir, a 45-voice ensemble of students in grades 7-12. Mary has led Highbridge Voices’ Chamber Choir in several high-profile performances, including a concert for the Justices of the United States Supreme Court, a performance of the National Anthem at Yankees Stadium, and a concert for recording artist and producer will.i.am.

Jade Kearney

March 4th, 2019

Academic Director

Jade Kearney has been an educator for over eight years serving inner-city youth in both Newark, New Jersey and New Orleans, Louisiana. Jade received her Master’s in education from Montclair State University, and currently attends NYU where she is pursuing a degree in Digital Media Design for Learning.

SunHee Lim

March 3rd, 2014

Music Director

SunHee received her M.M in Choral Conducting at Westminster Choir College in Princeton and her B.M in Voice Performance with Secondary Education Teaching Certificate at Catholic University of Daegu, South Korea. Before she came to the States, She served as an assistant director and a voice instructor for five years for the youth choir Pueri Cantores in South Korea and also performed extensively in choral works around the world.

Anita Botello Santoyo

August 8th, 2016

Administrative & Development Assistant

Anita Botello Santoyo is graduate from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in History. She received an MA in Women’s History from Sarah Lawrence College.

Elena Blyskal

October 2nd, 2018

Voice Instructor

Acknowledged by the South Florida Classical Review for her “vocal color and variety,” soprano Elena Blyskal creates vivid and versatile performances of traditional and contemporary repertoire. Favorite roles include the infamous Queen of the Night, a mysterious Voice haunting the Old Testatment’s Jonah (Einstein’s Inconsistency), and Khloe/Kourtney in the workshop of Dana Kaufman’s Opera Kardashian, which were roles created for her.

Alex Chadwell

October 2nd, 2018

Music Theory Instructor

Alexander J. Chadwell is a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-born and raised, New York City-based composer of post-genre music.

Olivia Egemba

February 20th, 2018

Math Instructor, Tutor

Olivia Egemba is an educator, a public health data analyst, and a social justice advocate. Prior to joining the team, she completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, a Master of Science degree at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and a Master of Public Health degree at Columbia University.

Amber Evans

October 1st, 2018

Voice Instructor

Amber Evans is originally from Brisbane, Australia, currently based in New York. A recent graduate of the contemporary classical Masters at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Lucy Shelton, she premiered over thirty new vocal works and became well-versed in modern contemporary classic works of the last few decades.

Robert Johnson

March 26th, 2018

Academic Tutor

Robert has been working as an Electrical Engineer in New York for the past five years. He has strong interests in urban planning, transportation, education and the impacts of city services within communities. He has been a singer and admirer of choral music since childhood. For the past two years he has been a member of the Fort Washington Community Choir in Washington Heights.

Christina Kay

October 10th, 2016

Voice Instructor

Christina Kay is a versatile singer and teacher with a particular enthusiasm for concert, early, and new music repertoire. As a professional chorister who has sung in choirs since middle school, she is excited to share her love of choral singing with the students at Highbridge Voices. Before moving to New York City, Christina […]