Aubrey Rodriguez

Aubrey is a Tucson native and a graduate of Sahuaro High School. She is a dual degree student in Psychology and Family Studies & Human Development with a Religious Studies minor and plans to graduate this coming May. Despite the demands of school, Aubrey is committed to making time to pursue her passions in vocal performance and in church and community outreach. She  always enjoys the challenge of creating vocal percussion and interesting bass lines. She sends love and thanks to her wonderful family and her friends, and to her Savior and the Giver of Life and Song, Jesus! Listen for Aubrey in 'da basement' of VE arrangements!

Jennifer Barta

Jennifer is a Nebraska/recently Phoenix native and a graduate of Hamilton High School. Although majoring in nursing, she has played the piano and sung for nearly ten years and can’t imagine letting the habit die. She sang with several different choirs throughout high school, and participated in the 2005 Arizona Ambassadors of Music program which brought music concerts to seven different countries in Europe over the course of a summer. Recently she has been involved in the more traditional Mastersingers group that performs at various church services and retirement homes around Tucson, but she looks forward to the new style of Vocal Ease. She would like to thank God for the ability and opportunities to sing and her family for their ever present support. 

Gaby Carrillo

Gaby is a Tucson native and a graduate of Mountain View High School, where she was an active member in choir, troupe 4644 thespians, and orchestra. She is currently a Vocal Performance major at the University of Arizona, where she studies under Professor Faye Robinson. Gaby first stumbled upon Vocal Ease when she was a freshman in high school. She was so impressed with the talent of the group; she immediately set a goal for herself to eventually audition for the group when she was eligible. Gaby is very honored to be a member of Vocal Ease and is blessed to get to sing with these beautiful, talented women.

Genny Gaus

Genny is a Tucson native and graduated from Tucson High School where
she was an active member in choir all four years.  She has been singing and playing piano all her life and has participated in numerous musicals.  Genny has also been singing in a local jazz band called Shadz for the past eight years, which gigs regularly around Tucson.  She is currently at the U of A majoring in
psychology.

Rachel Koons

Rachel is a soprano from Redmond, Washington and a graduate of Inglemoor High School, where she was an avid member of Belle Voci Women's Choir and Columbia Choir Vocal Ensemble.  With the Vocal Ensemble, she has received 2^nd place in a worldwide choir competition and had the opportunity to travel to England, Wales, and Italy.  Beginning in 5^th grade, she studied the clarinet, then the piano, and finally discovered her passion: voice. She is currently pursuing a double major in Vocal Performance and Communication with a French minor at the University of Arizona, and has been involved in University Singers and Kantorei since her freshman year.   She is thrilled to continue her vocal experience with Vocal Ease.

Jennifer Blodgett

Jennifer is a Phoenix native and graduate of North Canyon High School, where she was an active member in high school choir, jazz ensemble, and the Phoenix Girls Chorus. She is currently an Accounting major at the University of Arizona, though she spent a semester at University of Pacific in Stockton, CA as a Music major. She also works as a Spa Concierge at the JW Marriott Starr Pass. Jennifer enjoys every second of singing with Vocal Ease and looks forward to a bright future with the group.

Ali Davis

Ali is a Tucson native and graduate of Tucson Magnet High School where she was an active participant in both choirs and musicals. She is majoring in Music Education and Vocal Performance at the University of Arizona. She also enjoys writing music and she and her band mates were finalists in the John Lennon Song Writing Contest and performed at the Rialto. She has been singing since she came out of the womb and has been playing the keys since about fourth grade. Currently at the U of A, Ali is singing with Arizona Choir. Besides school and rehearsing, Ali has a job at a restaurant and likes to spend time with cool people.

Kristen Islas

Kristen is a Tucson native and graduate of Tucson High Magnet School where she was active in choir, theater, and dance. She has been in various choirs around Tucson since she was 9 years old, played the flute five years, and was in a few plays at Tucson High, where she also placed in the State Shakespeare Competition. Kristen loves learning new instruments. She is currently learning how to play the guitar. She is majoring in Vocal Performance and plans to take up a double major in Women's Studies.

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Kelsey Ortelli

Kelsey is a Tucson native and a graduate of Ironwood Ridge High School where she was an active member of their Touch of Class concert choir and President of the elite Encore! Show Choir. She is currently a Vocal Music Education major. She has had extensive training and experience in choral music beginning at age eight (including a major in choir at L.J.A. Arts Academy for two years, all-state choirs, Oregon Bach Festival's Youth Choral Academy, etc.). Kelsey
has been in numerous musicals and plays and loves to dance. She is so grateful
to be a member of Vocal Ease and looks forward to the years ahead. She would
like to thank her family, friends, and loving boyfriend, Mitchell for their
unconditional love and support.

Sonia Patel

Originally an east-coaster, Sonia moved from Maryland out to the desert at an early age, and has been seriously pursuing music ever since. From piano lessons
to voice lessons to her current pursuit of mastering the guitar, Sonia has always let music carry her through her life. She has performed in plays and musicals as well as NATS, a musical theater competition in which she placed second. She has also explored the style of Indian classical singing and is proud to be brown. She is currently majoring in Visual Communications at the University of Arizona.

Paige Wheeler

Though born in California, has lurked about Tucson since the tender age of four and was raised a proud Wildcat. From 3rd through 7th grade, Paige sang in the Tucson Girls Chorus.  She gave up singing entirely for a few years after that, and consequently had a lot of vocal work to do when she decided to join choir again her junior year at Sabino High School.  She sang as an alto in Sabino's Advanced Women's Choir and Vocal Ensemble, but is vocally confused, having been told by several teachers she is secretly a soprano.  Paige performed in various musicals in high school: Annie Get Your Gun (as a broomsweeping cowgirl), Anything Goes (as a gambling Chinese man named Ching and a boat passenger), and The Wiz (as Scarecrow).  She is thrilled to have the chance to weave harmonies with the musically gifted girls of Vocal Ease.