Our Directors

S. Katherine Mikijanic obtained her Bachelor of Music in Choral Music Education from the University of Delaware with Paul Head. During the summer of 2006, Ms. Mikijanic directed and led PAPA’s envoy of singers on a tour of four cities through China as part of the Fourth Annual Eric Whitacre International Choral Festival. Currently, she is the co-founder and director of the PAPA Chamber Choir, an advanced ensemble that specializes in outreach performances throughout the community, and the Ariana Women’s Choir, a women’s ensemble that rehearses and performs during the summer. Additionally, Ms. Mikijanic is honored to have recently been appointed as the Director of the Masterworks Choir starting in the Fall of 2009. Ms. Mikijanic teaches Vocal Music at the PA Leadership Charter School’s Center for Performing and Fine Arts in West Chester, Pennsylvania. She resides in Chadds Ford with her husband James, where she teaches voice privately.

Chris McGinley received his formal choral training from Paul Head at the University of Delaware. He currently teaches General Music and Chorus at Springside School, an all-girls Independent School in Chestnut Hill. He has just completed his first season on the conducting faculty of the Pennsylvania Girlchoir where he directs the Troubadours. He is the founder and Director of PAPA's Orpheus Men's Choir, a men’s ensemble that rehearses and performs during the summer, and is proud to have sung in, directed or assisted with nearly every choir in PAPA.