David Rossi is only the sixth director of the chorus in its 75 years of existence, succeeding John H. Nethaway, who retired after 30 years of service this spring.
Besides his teaching experiences, Rossi has been music director of the Choraliers of St. Clare’s in Schenectady since 2004 and of the Clifton Park Community Chorus the past year. He is also choir director and organist at Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Christ the King Church, a position he has held since 2003.
Rossi is currently teaching in the Schenectady City Schools. His teaching career has included stints at Germantown, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady and St. Brigid’s Regional Catholic School. He also served as a substitute teacher at Sidney Central for several years.
Among his other conducting experience was directing the First Congregational Church of Greene choir, where he also led a three-octave bell choir, and the Tri-Town Ecumenical Choir.
Rossi is a graduate of Colonie Central High School and Hartwick College, where he sang with the Hartwick College Choir and the Hartwick Chamber Choir. He has also sung with the Catskill Choral Society.

Alfred V. Fedak is an organist, a composer, a choir director, a teacher and an accompanist.
This is his third year with MVC. He is accompanist for the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society; chapel organist at Emma Willard School in Troy; minister of music and arts at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Albany; and an adjunct member of the College of Saint Rose music faculty.
As a composer, he has published more than 60 choral anthems, two masses and 50 organ works as well as 100 hymn tunes. He has composed numerous works on commission, including pieces for the BH Oratorio Society, the Eastern New York chapter of the American Guild of Organists, the Siena College Music Series, the Schenectady Choral Society, the Octavo Singers and the Cobleskill Chamber Singers.
Fedak holds degrees in organ performance and music history from Hope College and Montclair State University and has done additional study at Westminster Choir College, the Eastman School of Music as well as in England and Austria. He is a fellow of the American Guild of Organists, a member of the Organ Historical Society and ASCAP, a life member of the Hymn Society and a visiting fellow in church music at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest.
He and his wife Susan are the parents of two grown sons.

President: Charles Snyder
Vice President: C. Paul Landis
Secretary: Gail Shufelt
Treasurer: Wayne Brule

The Sentimentalists are six Mohawk Valley Chorus members who have been singing together since 1996.
Known for their unique blend and harmonies, the sextet sings a wide variety of music -- from sacred songs to blues and jazz -- although it specializes in American standards and show tunes. It is available for a church service or an hourlong performance. All donations received go to the chorus.
Members are Audrey Hagadorn and Elaine O'Connor, sopranos; Beth Nanartowich and Mary Anne Eriksen, altos; Jack DeWeese and Lee Ferris, tenors; and bass Dean McCreight. Accompanists are Sally Mann and Tonie Close.
To learn more about the Sentimentalists or book an appearance, contact Lee Ferris, 16 Minaville St, Amsterdam, NY 12010, (518) 843-5196, or Elaine O'Connor, 703 S. William St., Johnstown, NY 12095, (518)-762-9728.

These three groups, led by Terrie Jackson and Margaret Lazarou and comprised of our younger members, are also part of the Mohawk Valley Chorus.