Teacher

Stacey Brett Davern is a Vocalist (Soprano) and Music Educator. She received an M.M. in Vocal Performance from Duquesne University, and a B.M.E. in Music Education and Vocal Performance from West Virginia Wesleyan College. She is a certified Pennsylvania Music Educator and has previously served on the Vocal Faculty for Point Park University, Point Park Summer Dance, and West Virginia Wesleyan College. Mrs. Davern has been featured as guest conductor for PMEA District Chorus and an adjudicator for WVACDA High School Honors Choir. She has also worked with the Larry Parsons Chorale and the Chanticleer Children's Chorus of West Virginia. Throughout her career, she has also taught Musical Theater, Voice for Music Educators, Elementary Music/Choir K-8, and has served as a Student Teacher Supervisor. Mrs. Davern has performed with Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, and The Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh; She has also studied in Italy with the Ezio Pinza Council for American Singers of Opera (EPCASO), and continues to perform through out the Pittsburgh area.

As a faculty member at Chatham University, Mrs. Davern is the Director of Choral Activities, Voice faculty, and teaches academic music courses. Under her choral direction, the Chatham University Choir has had the pleasure of singing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, River City Brass, the National Women’s Choir at Lincoln Center in NYC, to name a few; as well as an annual education tour to local schools.