Meet the CYC Staff

Nina Revering

CYC Director
Conspirare Children's Choir, Director

Ms. Revering's choral music experience began at an early age. While growing up in Brazil, she performed in the Coro Infantil do Teatro Municipal under the direction of Elsa Lakschevitz. After moving to Canada, she joined the renowned Toronto Children's Chorus, directed by Jean Ashworth-Bartle, and performed with noted directors Andrew Davis and Sir David Willcocks. Ms. Revering's musical training included six years of study in Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music in baroque recorder as well as piano. Ms. Revering's educational background includes work at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky, and Boston University.

She studied baroque recorder with John Tyson of the New England Conservatory and performed with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus under conductors Seiji Ozawa, John Williams, and John Oliver.

Nina Revering has performed widely as a soloist and chorister throughout the region and around the country. Soloist at St. Mary's Cathedral from 1994-1997, she was also Victoria Bach Festival's New Young Artist in 1994. A member and frequent soloist of Conspirare since 1995, Ms. Revering is a featured soloist on both Grammy-nominated CDs, Requiem and Threshold of Night.

Ms. Revering has recently returned to the Bridge Point Elementary School Music Classroom in the Eanes District in Austin, having taught there from 1996-2003. A frequent clinician, guest conductor, and vocal adjudicator around the state of Texas, Nina Revering was one of eight participants selected for the International Symposium for Children's Choirs held in Toronto, Canada in May 2005. Professional affiliations include ACDA and TMEA. She is the founding director of the acclaimed Conspirare Children's Choir, now entering its fifth concert season in Austin, Texas.

 

Jennifer Tynan

CYC Manager

Jennifer is a seasoned administrator with marketing, educational and organizational experience in a variety of private and nonprofit organizations. She moved to Austin from Colorado where she was Executive Director of The Heart of the Rockies Chamber of Commerce. She has been an assistant director and teacher at the Suzuki Learning Center in Atlanta, Marketing Director for The Effective Edge, a business productivity company in Austin, and Retail Operations Manager at St. David's Books & Gift Shop. In addition to her organizational and business skills, Jennifer brings a lifelong love of choral and orchestral music to the position and currently sings in one of the St. David Episcopal Church choirs.

Dr. Maimy Fong

CYC Staff Accompanist and Opera Chorus Coordinator

Dr. Maimy Fong, pianist & vocal coach, earned a Bachelor's degree in piano with a concentration in vocal accompanying from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She also completed Master's and Doctoral degrees in piano performance at the University of Texas at Austin School of Music. She has worked for the Des Moines Metro Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, and was the first pianist-coach in El Paso Opera's Artist-in-Residence Program. In Austin, she maintains an active schedule of playing chamber music, instrumental and voice recitals, teaching, and coaching.

 

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