Our Team

He moved to Goodwin House Life Plan Community in Bailey’s Crossroads, where Encore Chorale had one of its roots, and has sung with the Chorale there since 2010. He also traveled with the Chorale on its Danube Cruise in 2014 and enjoyed a singing weekend at The Homestead in 2017, followed by a week with Encore Chorale in Chautauqua that same year.

Since retirement, Tony has been a member of his church choir. He is also involved with his wife, Anne Stewart, in other activities at Goodwin House. Among other things, Tony is the only resident on the Goodwin House Board of Directors and also serves with his wife on the Board of Directors of Goodwin House Foundation, the charity-giving arm of Goodwin House.

Prior to joining the bench, Frank was a staff attorney at the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, and served for one year as the Chief of its Appellate Division. Before joining the Public Defender Service, he was an associate at the firm of Palmer & Dodge in Boston, Massachusetts. He was law clerk to the Honorable Levin H. Campbell when Judge Campbell was both a United States District Judge and United States Circuit Judge on the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Frank holds a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Frank is married to Diana Martin. M.D., and has two adult children, Sarah and Tom. His hobbies and interests are piano, singing, golf, reading and playing keyboard in a rock band. He serves as a volunteer tutor at the Academy of Hope, a District of Columbia charter school for adults who have not completed high school. He is a parishioner at Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown, where he sings in the choir.

At age 50, Janie chose to begin a career as a Mediator. Janie is a Harvard Law School trained Mediator and holds a Certification by the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution. To augment her mediation skills, Janie earned a Master’s Degree in Clinical Counseling from Johns Hopkins University. For the last 22 years, Janie has maintained a private Mediation practice focusing primarily on property, financial, and domestic disputes and serves on the Circuit Court Panel of Mediators.

Janie brings a sincere love for Encore and the desire to maximize and enhance each singer’s Encore experience through the process of lifelong learning. Janie places a high value on the opportunity to contribute to the Board and, more importantly, serve each Encore singer.

In addition to Encore, Jan keeps busy volunteering with the Smithsonian’s American Art/Portrait Gallery Museums, Ford’s Theatre, Chevy Chase At Home (a community-sponsored “senior village”), and most recently with the Capital Area Food Bank where she helps load emergency food relief boxes in a setting reminiscent of “Lucy and the Chocolate Factory.” When not in lockdown, Jan travels extensively and has visited all 7 continents.

After graduating from the University of Maryland with a BS in Mathematics, Jan began her professional career at the U.S. Department of State with assignments in DC, Tokyo, and Montevideo. She then moved to the private sector working on USAID and World Bank projects around the world, lending her computer and project management skills to various governments. Ultimately she ended up in the education sector in international operations, setting up computerized testing centers for the GRE, GMAT, and various professional licensure exams. Her career allowed her to live and work in Cairo, Hyderabad (India), Manchester (UK), and Mexico City, with short term assignments throughout Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Jan is pleased to support Encore during this transition period by serving on the Board.

Before her retirement in 2009, she was an elementary school teacher for 28 years. She taught all the grades from one to six. Teaching was all she ever wanted to do since she was a child herself.

Jan has given many volunteer hours throughout her teaching career and in her retirement. She has held leadership positions in her synagogue, in the Brandeis Women’s Committee, and in Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America.

Jan is the current president of the White Oak chapter of the Friends of the Library and chairman of the Library Advisory Committee. These groups raise money to help the library provide programs for the very diverse White Oak community it serves. She is also an active volunteer with The Metropolitan Washington Ear reading orally and recording print publications for their blind clientele to dial-in and access the news of the day.

Jan welcomes the opportunity to serve on the Encore Board of Directors and to participate in helping to create the future of Encore Creativity.

After graduating from the University of Maryland (Diamondback drama critic), Howard got married and went to work teaching middle school English in Baltimore (English teacher, English department chair), which he did for 22 years until he finally graduated to high school in 1990. Along the way in the 20th Century, he also taught English and World History (Ner Israel Rabbinical Academy, Baltimore), and Freshman Writing (Catonsville Community College); wrote theatre reviews for the Baltimore Chronicle; got two masters degrees (Loyola College, Johns Hopkins University); helped raise two great kids who, as adults, were smart enough to move to California; and acted as a supernumerary (non-singing soldier, priest, waiter, servant, whatever) in 25 Baltimore Opera productions.

After retiring from teaching in Baltimore City, Howard’s second career began in 1999 at the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Social Organization of Schools, as the writer of Freshman Seminar, a 9th grade academic and life skills curriculum, which was used in schools in over 20 states. After writing the curriculum, he and his team traveled the country training teachers to use this new curriculum.

When he wasn’t helping train teachers, Howard was singing with the ShowTime Singers, based in Ellicott City, for eight years, and traveling: by 2011, he and his wife had visited 20 countries on all six real continents (Antarctica? Oh please).

Howard and his wife Barbara, the CEO of Jewish Community Services, retired and left Baltimore in 2016, moving to Los Angeles to be near one of their children and one of their grandchildren. He continues to enjoy editing and writing for his neighborhood’s quarterly newsletter, visiting museums, subscribing to several theaters (yes, there is theatre in Los Angeles), traveling, and photography. He’s excited about his new role as co-chorale master of the now full-member Santa Clarita Encore Chorale, and singing the great repertoire Encore Creativity presents (as long as there aren’t too many E’s in the bass part).

John Morefield joined Morefield Communications as the Vice President of Data Communications in 1991. He became President of the company in 1996 and Chairman of the companies Board in 2010. During his tenure with the company, revenues have tripled to be in excess of $25 million, in 1995. The company also celebrated its 50th and 75th anniversary.

Prior to joining Morefield Communications, John worked for AT&T Computer Systems in Boston as a Data Sales Executive serving the financial industry. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1988) and Bates College (1983). In the early 80’s he worked for First Phone of New England.

John lives in Mechanicsburg with his wife, Catherine. Catherine is a Pediatric Palliative Care Hospice Nurse working for Capital Caring. They have two daughters. Annie is pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School in Cambridge, MA, while Susan is a Content Editor at Amazon in Arlington, VA.

In addition to serving Morefield Communications, John serves as the regional chair for the MIT Educational Council and the Board of Harristown Development. John is also an active member of the Harrisburg Rotary Club. In the past he has served on the Boards of the Harrisburg Academy, WITF, the Essence of Humanity and the Harrisburg University.

Dr. Jeffery Redding, Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor is the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Recipient, is the newly announced Director of Choral Activities at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Dr. Redding has led his choirs in performances at national, regional, and state conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). His choirs have earned first place awards at Heritage Festivals of Gold in California, Chicago, New York and at the Festival of Spirituals in Washington D.C. While participating in the International Music Festival in Verona, Italy, his chorus from West Orange High School received the Gold Award for best choir, with Dr. Redding honored as top director.

Nationally, Dr. Redding is in demand as a guest conductor and clinician. He has conducted the ACDA National High School Honor Choir, the Central Division ACDA Honor Choir, and the North Central Division ACDA Honor Choir, the Eastern Division ACDA Honor Choir and All-State and Honor choirs in approximately forty states.

In 2014, Dr. Redding was the only American adjudicator at the International Choral Festival, Verona, Italy. Additionally, he conducted at the TAISM Festival of Choirs in Muscat, Oman. He was the Artistic Director for Limerick Sings International Choral Festival in Limerick, Ireland in 2018. In 2019, he conducted the Alaska All-State Treble Choir, the NAfME Central Regional Elementary Honor Choir, the Morehead State University Honor Choir, and the Honors Young Adults Choir, at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. In 2020, conducted honor choirs and festivals across the country, including Carnegie Hall. He also held the position of Artistic Director for Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary in Vienna, Austria and was an adjudicator for the World Choir Games in Belgium, Germany.

Previously Director of Choral Activities at West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida and West Virginia University (WVU), Dr. Redding has been featured as guest conductor at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center, and Orchestra Hall on numerous occasions. He was also honored to give the prestigious TEDx Talk. He is also one of the conductors for Walt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional at Epcot. Recognized for his achievements and service in the profession, Dr. Redding was awarded the R. Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award for dedicated service, leadership, and excellence by the Florida Chapter of ACDA.

Dr. Redding is founder and Artistic Director of the Garden Community Choir and Voci del Cuore (Voices of the Heart) in Winter Garden, Florida. Dr. Redding is also the Executive & Artistic Director of the Orlando Choral Society, founded in 2019. He also serves as the Director of Worship Arts for the First United Methodist Church of Orlando. Formerly with the Moses Hogan Singers, he remains active as a singer in the professional male singing group, “Brethren.” The Jeffery Redding Passion and Purpose Choral Series is a compilation of new choral music by various composers, published by Colla Voce Music, Inc.

Dr. Redding holds a Ph.D. in Choral Conducting/Music Education and a Master of Music Education, both from the Florida State University, and a B.S. in Music Education from Florida A&M University. He is a member of ACDA, NAfME, FVA, NATS, and Chorus America. He has served his profession in numerous capacities, as District 8 Chair for the Florida Vocal Association (FVA), as State R&R Chair for Ethnic Music/Multicultural Affairs, R&R Chair for Youth/Student Activities, and High School Mixed Honor Choir co-chair for Florida ACDA, and as R&R Chair for Community Choirs for Southern Division ACDA. Currently, he is R&R Lifelong Coordinator (Community, Music and Worship) for Florida ACDA.

Rich Taylor is an accomplished professional with career chapters as live entertainment executive, college dean andprofessional entertainer. He began his career as aprofessional vocalist, producer, director and teacher with Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians. He then joined Walt Disney Entertainment, and for the next 27 years advanced through executive leadership roles. Taylor transitioned to higher education as Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma, and was adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida. Through RICH IMAGINATION,  he now provides fresh eyes, sensible solutions and multi-faceted expertise to those seeking inspiration or enhancement of their creativity, communication, operation, or process.