Bill Colosimo was named Music Director of the exciting mixed-voice adult show choir, The Alexandria Singers, on January 1, 2007.  Mr. Colosimo is a passionate and experienced vocal music performer, educator, coach, clinician, and choral director, with over 40 years of active professional engagement in the vocal arts.  Trained at Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) and Brandeis University in vocal music and choral direction, Mr. Colosimo has produced, performed in, or directed over 200 professional or educational vocal music programs and workshops all over the East Coast, particularly in the Washington, DC, area, including such venues as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Constitution Hall, Lisner Auditorium, Philadelphia’s Academy of Music, the National Mall, countless places of worship, and Georgetown and Salisbury Universities, as well as major concert venues like RFK Stadium, the Patriot Center, the Verizon (formerly MCI) Center, and convention centers nationwide. 

In addition to his duties as Music Director for The Singers, he is also currently Musical Director of the acclaimed 50-man, 60-year-old Singing Capital Chorus, a men’s a cappella ensemble.  A sought-after clinician, workshop leader, and ensemble coach, Bill’s passion for music education and vocal performance for children and teenagers prompted his establishment of the Choral Foundation of Northern Virginia and its performing entity, the “Young Voices of Hope”, in 2005.  He is currently the Foundation’s Founder and Artistic Director.  He serves (or has served) on numerous boards and advisory committees dedicated to vocal music activity, including the Arlington Arts Commission and the Curriculum Committee for the Diocese of Arlington. 

Mr. Colosimo is a member of MENC - the National Association for Music Education, American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and numerous nationwide men’s vocal music organizations, in which he holds committee chair posts dedicated to education and choral director development.  He is a member of the President’s Council of the Harmony Foundation, headquartered in Chicago, dedicated to funding vocal music education and performance for youth.  He currently keeps his own tenor voice active as a professional soloist and cantor in the area.  Mr. Colosimo and his family live in Arlington, Virginia.  He can be reached by e-mail at billcatps@aol.com or by phone at 571-213-7376.

Linda was a charter member of The Singers and has served as President,
Performance Vice-president, Assistant Music Director, Accompanist, and
Music Captain. A native of Richmond, Linda is a 1966 graduate of The
American University (Washington, DC), with a BA in International
Relations. For the past 28 years, she has been Director of Publications
for the International and American Associations for Dental Research,
headquartered in Alexandria. Linda also has 40 years' experience in
church music, and is the Director of Music/Organist at Bethany Lutheran
Church in Alexandria, where she directs two handbell choirs and two
singing choirs. She is a passionate Washington Capitals fan, and
confesses devotion to "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance".

Meg Slachetka comes to the Alexandria Singers from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2006 with a B.A. in Music and Government. An accompanist with over ten years of experience, she has worked with numerous choirs, soloists, and theatre companies. Recent credits include accompanying the William and Mary Choir during its past two seasons, vocal direction for the Sinfonicron Light Opera Company for the past two seasons, accompanying the William and Mary Music Department vocal faculty, and directing a 25-member vocal ensemble as part of her senior piano and conducting recital. Meg is a recipient of several awards, including the Walford Scholarship in Classical Music, the Stephen Paledes Scholarship, and the Carl Fehr Scholarship. In addition, Meg has worked for the Eastern Virginia School of Performing Arts as accompanist for the vocal and musical theater programs and as audition accompanist for Norwegian Cruise Lines.  She currently lives in Arlington and works in Washington.

Karen grew up in the Washington, DC, area and received a BFA in Dance from George Mason University at the age of 19. In Washington, she performed with Eric Hampton Dance and DC Dance Theater, among others, as well as performing and staging her own choreography. In New York, she has danced with Robert Battle, Sue Bernhard, Patricia Kenny, and Louis Johnson, and she continues to perform frequently with the Mark Morris Dance Group. Ms. Reedy has staged the work of Eric Hampton and has assisted such choreographers as Ji?í Kylián, Hans van Mannen, Robert Battle, and Nacho Duato, at the Juilliard School. She has been a guest teaching artist at Northern Illinois University and George Mason University, and she currently teaches at the Mark Morris Dance Center. Her choreography has been seen throughout the New York and Washington, DC, areas, in venues such as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Dance Place, Joyce Soho, and the Cosmopolitan Club.