JOnathan Smucker
President 

sanfranciscobaypresident@nats.org

San Francisco based tenor Jonathan Smucker serves on the voice faculty at San José State University. He teaches students of all ages, and particularly enjoys working with beginners, aspiring professionals and adult avocational students. His students have attended Oberlin Conservatory, Northwestern University, Manhattan School of Music, St. Olaf and San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and have sung with Opera San José, Pocket Opera and San Francisco Symphony Chorus.

An active soloist, Jonathan has performed more than fifty roles, with specializations in new works and early music. Notable credits include the Witch of Endor in Handel’s Saul (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale) and Miles in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up (Pasadena Opera-West Coast Premiere).

Jonathan is a full time member of the San Francisco Opera Chorus, and sings with American Bach Choir and the Philharmonia Baroque Chorale. He earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Postgraduate degrees in voice at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Mary Evelyn Hangley
co-Vice President of Programs & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

A first year Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera, Mary Evelyn Hangley was praised for her “stunning dynamic range and control”.  Soprano Hangley has been featured on the stages of The Glimmerglass Festival, Minnesota Opera, and the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco.  Most recently, she performed the role of Anna Sørensen in Kevin Put’s Silent Night at The Glimmerglass Festival. During her two years as a Resident Artist with Minnesota Opera, Hangley sang leading roles for the company, including Musetta in La bohème, Woglinde in Das Rheingold, and Contessa Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro.  In addition to numerous comprimario roles, Hanley covered Freia in Das Rheingold, Millicent Jordan in the world premiere of Bolcolm’s Dinner at Eight and the title role in Massenet’s Thaïs.  She has participated in many of the country’s leading young artist programs, including Minnesota Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival and The Merola Opera Program. While at the Merola Opera Program, Hangley was praised by Opera News for singing “…with considerable allure” when taking over for an ill colleague mid performance of Conrad Susa’s Transformations.  In concert, Hanley has sung Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s Mass in C minor, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, Schubert’s Mass in C major and will be the soprano soloist in the Verdi Requiem at SUNY Fredonia in Spring 2019.

dr. karine st-pierre

co-vice president of programs

Montreal-born soprano Karine St-Pierre completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Voice Performance and Vocal Pedagogy at the University of Toronto. She holds a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance and Vocal Pedagogy from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Université de Montréal.

Ms. St-Pierre has performed opera and operetta roles, including the roles of Ilia (Idomeneo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Annina (La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi), Bella (Paganini, Franz Lehar), Stella (La fille du tambour major, Jacques Offenbach), Gabrielle (La Vie Parisienne, Jacques Offenbach), Fleurette/Hermia (Barbe-Bleue, Jacques Offenbach), Princess Stasi (Princesse Czardas, Emmerich Kálmán), Huguette (Pas sur la bouche…, Maurice Yvain), and Délicia (Madame, Henri Christiné). She has sung recitals in Canada, the United States, and France. In 2019, she performed a recital of French mélodie and French Canadian repertoire with pianist Daniel Lockert as part of the Sausalito Song Society Concerts in California. Ms. St-Pierre has premiered the cycle “Quatre mélodies québécoises” by Matthew De Lacey Davidson in Toronto.

Ms. St-Pierre has adjudicated several music festivals and voice competitions, she has presided over the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and she has developed a guide to the interpretation of nineteenth-century French Canadian songs for voice and piano.