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President, JENNIFER FRENCH TURLINGTON
Jennifer has been singing since she was 7 (thank you Girl Scouts!) and previously sang in her college touring group, and in Boston as part of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (the official chorus for the Boston Symphony and the Boston Pops) for five years. She then moved to Chicago, where she lived for 23 years and performed in numerous musical theatre shows, cabaret solo concerts and as the main female vocal in the country bluegrass band called Crow Island. Jennifer moved to Virginia in August of 2019 and is delighted to join the RCS as a second alto. When she was not singing, Jennifer worked as as an FBI Special Agent for over 25 years and was also in house counsel for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. She and her husband Gary live in Fawn Lake and have three daughters between them.
Treasurer, LINDA MONNER
While Mrs. Monner is known to our audiences and fans as the Founding Conductor/Artistic Director of the RCS for the past eight years, she has had a varied career in other areas. Originally a business major at the University of Connecticut, most of Mrs. Monner’s professional years ran the gamut from accounting to administration. As an employee of a publicly traded NASDAC corporation she rose to the position of Corporate Vice President.
Now at the helm of the business portion of the RCS, Mrs. Monner is eager to continue to provide leadership in sustaining and growing the chorus. With the assistance of an experienced Board of Directors and a dynamic new Conductor, she looks forward to a year of creative innovation in the continued development of the RCS.
Secretary - Nancy Fauth
Mrs. Fauth grew up in Long Island, NY but has lived in Virginia for almost 30 years. She has been singing first soprano since she was in middle school with schools, churches and community choruses. She has been a member of RCS since 2010 and has been secretary on the board since fall of 2019. She graduated with her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1988, passed her RN state boards, and has been working at least part-time since then mostly in hospitals. She currently works at one of our local northern VA hospitals. She obtained her Master’s degree in counseling in 2011. Besides working, she enjoys time with her husband of over 30 years, her 4 children and daughter-in-law, and friends. She is an avid reader, walker, hiker, gardener and of course, singer.
Vicky Hannold - Music and “show biz” has been a part of Vicki’s life since she was a little girl. Appearing numerous times as an extra in TV kid shows, she knew this would always be a part of her life. She has studied both piano and violin and spent several years working in theater with staging and costume design. Vicki has sung numerous solos with the RCS and is especially talented when it comes to comedic roles. On her non-musical side, Vicki was a Hospital Care Coordinator.
Victor Szabo - Mr. Szabo’s early work experience was in banking. Working with a large Chicago bank, he was responsible for making sure that millions of dollars of securities moved every day from the bank to the brokers. He helped to create a 200 person customer service area for the bank as they introduced their first bank charge card. Interfacing with managers and contractors he worked with IBM to create the first computer monitor. In his second career he worked for the Defense Logistics Agency where he wrote their first database program. Later he was responsible for running a computer installation for the DLA. Mr. Szabo has been singing for many years and is a founding member of the Rappahannock Choral Society, Inc., serving on the bylaws and budget committees.
Larry Nordlof - Mr. Nordlof and his wife Sharon recently made the move from the Midwest (Chicago/St. Louis) to Virginia to be close to family. He is pleased to be part of the RCS family as a singer and a board member. A native of the Chicago area, he graduated from the University of Illinois (and later earned an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management. After service in the U.S. Army, he worked as a corporate officer and builder in the new home industry and as a Realtor. He is currently affiliated with Samson Properties in Fredericksburg.
Choral singing has been a lifelong passion, from high school choruses and musicals, university glee club, Seventh Army Soldier’s Chorus (in Germany), Lyric Opera in Chicago to numerous community choral organizations. A few of his many memorable choral experiences include, singing for the Pope in Italy, singing to 18,000 fans in the Chicago Stadium, singing in an ancient amphitheater in Greece, singing in the chorus for Don Carlo at the Lyric Opera in Chicago, and singing for U.S. troops at Christmas on the border with Soviet East Germany. Above all, he values the multitude of friendships he has made being part of wonderful organizations like the Rappahannock Choral Society.
Becky Daniel - Ms. Daniel is a retired teacher from Spotsylvania County and a retired Assessment Specialist for the Virginia Department of Education. Originally from Kentucky, she has lived in Spotsylvania since the early 1970’s, with her husband, Bob, and daughter, Aliceanne and family. Music has always been a big part of her life, singing mostly in church choirs, community choirs and a chorus in outdoor theatre while in high school and college. Becky has sung with RCS for over 7 years.