Who We Are

Current members include:

Maggie Symington

Maggie is the Director of the group, which she started in 2014. She has been singing in various types of groups since grade school, but her favorite is women’s a cappella - she was in her college’s group, before it was “cool,” and she led the Treblemakers in London in the early 2000s. She is retired from paid work, and is an active volunteer in the community. 

Jackie Bowser

Jackie joined Rocappella mid-pandemic, in September 2020. Jackie is currently a 5th grade teacher in Pittsford, but has been an elementary teacher and K-12 technology teacher in Illinois and Northern Virginia before moving to Webster in 2018. Jackie is married to Michael, a Rochester area native, and a mom to Meghan, Link (a cockapoo), and Runner (the same turtle she's had since she was 10)!

Emily Brodhead

Emily joined Rocappella in the Spring of 2016. She performed in her college a cappella group or on stage in musical theater.  Emily worked as a Project & Account Manager at various marketing agencies for over a decade. Most recently, she traded the spreadsheets for sippy cups and took a career hiatus to raise her young sons. They have proven to be very demanding clients, and she is up for the challenge!

Pamela Danger

Pamela moved to Rochester TWICE! Born and raised in Chicago. Pamela studied voice at Triton College and the Chicago Conservatory of Music, and she joined the group in late 2014. Pamela is an active volunteer and shares the love of food, wine, cooking and entertaining as well as travel with her husband Reinhard. She is the proud mother to Anastasia Verno and grandmother to Ayla Jo. La familia!

Debby Doro *

Debby is a nurse at Strong Memorial Hospital and joined the group in January 2017.

Caroline Hill *

Caroline is in the financial services industry and has had a lifelong love of music. She joined Rocappella in 2018 and is thrilled to bring joy to those who need it! She is a proud dog momma to a beautiful lab, Sassy, and ventures around the city with her husband, Stephen. 

Rebecca Kemp

Rebecca is a music teacher at Barker Road School in Pittsford where she teaches general music, chorus, and vocal directs the school’s musical. She is the music director for the Parish of the Holy Family in Gates and vocal director for many local children’s music theater shows during the summer. Rebecca has been a member of Rocappella since 2017. She also performs with Concentus Women’s Chorus and serves on their board of directors.

Suzanne McMillan

Suzanne joined the group in January 2022, and works at RIT.

Lisa Miller

Lisa Miller has been singing with her Rocappella sisters since 2014. She is married and a mom to three grown children. She is a Director of Full Circle Home -a nonprofit organization supporting military families. Lisa loves spending her time off at her camp in the Adirondacks.

Monika Reifenstein

Monika joined Rocappella in fall 2016. She currently works at the  ESL Foundation. In addition to singing with Rocappella, Monika is part of Concentus Women's Chorus and the Madrigalia Festival Singers. Monika is passionate about social justice and how it intersects with media and the entertainment industry. 

Lucy Sheils

Lucy has been singing with Rocappella since it began in 2014. She’s also a Surgical and Clinical Pathologist at Rochester General Hospital, and she spends her free time with her husband biking on any surface imaginable, and traveling to or with their four adult children.

 

 

Bonnie Reigelman

Bonnie has been with Rocappella since its beginning and enjoys singing with actual people, instead of just in the car/shower. Bonnie works at the Monroe County Office of Mental Health helping to plan services for people with mental health challenges, substance use concerns, and intellectual and developmental disabilities in Monroe County. Besides singing and working, she enjoys running long distances and being a mom to two awesome kids.

Bri Vespone

Bri has been singing with Rocappella since the Fall of 2017. During the day, she works supporting students at RIT in the Academic Success Center and then heads to either teach Jazzercise or to attend classes at the Warner School of Education, working toward her doctorate degree. When she's not working, teaching, or singing, Bri goes home to take care of her husband and four fluffy cats, all of whom are named after Game of Thrones characters.

* On Leave

Alumnae include:

Ann Balderston

Sarah Banks

Chelsea Hill

Ali Loveys

Mary Maida

Naomi Raymond

Ellie Rusling

Anne Smith

From Left to Right: (Top) Caroline, Rebecca, Monika, Maggie, Mary
(Bottom) Emily, Ellie, Lisa, Lucy, Debby, Pamela, Bonnie