Meet Our Artistic Director!

 The Chorale has been very fortunate to have Pat Prentzel as our director since 1998.  A Pennsylvania native, she earned a M.Ed. degree from Temple University.  She was a music educator in the public school system for twenty years.

Pat was a concert pianist and appeared with major symphony orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C.  She is frequently requested to accompany musical artists.

Pat is choir director and organist at Hope Lutheran Church, Gulf Cove.  She currently teaches private voice and piano students.

As artistic director of the North Port Chorale, Pat has responsibility for the selection and presentation of the Chorale's music and auditions.

Meet Our Chorale Accompanist

Michelle Kasanofsky moved to Florida from New York in 1998.  She is married to the handsome and talented Neil, a financial consultant and a talented thespian in his own right.  Michelle is the fine Arts Program Planner, Choral Director and Drama Coach at PCHS.  She is also the stepmom to Marisa, Eric and Jessie and the proud mama of Greg, who has recently returned from serving our country in Iraq, Alyssa, who is an engineering major at USF and Mikal, who attends Pine View School and is a gifted pianist himself.  Michelle has musically directed in Florida at Venice, Charlotte Players and the Manatee Players.  She has accompanied such performers as The Irish Tenors and Bernadette Peters and is looking forward to her work with the North Port Chorale.

Meet Our Soundsations Accompanist

Mary Jeanne Moorman was a soloist with the Oklahoma City symphony, pianist for Oklahoma City Metropolitan Ballet, Staff accompanist for Texas Woman's University and performed at receptions for such celebrities as Phyllis Diller and Senator John Tower.

Mary Jeanne and her husband, Steve, live in Venice, where she is accompanist for Grace United Methodist Chancel Choir, Venice's chorale, Exsultate and soprano Deborah Berioli, founder of the Venice Performing Arts Series.