Laura Nevitt is a conductor, composer, & educator based in Boston. As a fierce advocate for new music, they love working with composers, and have conducted over 40 premieres of new works. She is passionate about giving voice and space to gender marginalized musicians and poets through choral and vocal music.
She is the Founder & Artistic Director of Lilith Vocal Ensemble, Artistic Director of VOICES Boston Children’s Choir, Prep Choir, Children’s Choir & Chamber Chorus Director at New England Conservatory Prep, a Teaching Artist with Boston Lyric Opera, and Music Director at First Parish UU in Needham, MA, where she is also Artistic Director of the “To The Fore” Concert Series, focused on bringing historically marginalized voices to the forefront.
Their compositions are frequently performed by musicians across the country, some highlights being the Handel & Haydn Society Youth Choruses, Choral Arts Initiative, the Evelyn Duo, Voices Boston Children’s Choir, Boston Conservatory Choir, Nightingale Vocal Ensemble, Lilith Vocal Ensemble, BRACE New Music Choir, Opera on Tap Boston, the UofSC Concert Choir, sparks & wiry cries’ songSLAM, Source Song Festival, Cantilena, Detroit Women’s Chorus. They have recently completed their first opera, The Ninth Wave, which they will conduct this May with the company Voice of Iris.
She earned degrees in Composition and Music Education from the University of South Carolina, studying with John Fitz Rogers & Wendy Valerio; and a M.M. in Choral Conducting at Boston Conservatory, studying with George Case.
Laura Nevitt
Artistic Director
Georgia Lipari
Executive Director
Georgia Lipari is an artist, administrator, and educator whose work lives at the intersection of creativity, community, and youth development. Raised in an artistic home—trained as a ballerina from early childhood and the daughter of an orchestral and choral conductor—Georgia carries a deep, lifelong connection to music, movement, and the power of artistic community.
Georgia is passionate about nurturing curiosity, confidence, and artistic identity in young people. Across her artistic and administrative work, she champions accessible, joyful pathways for creativity and community connection. For VOICES Boston, Georgia is the director of our Lyndon School Theater Class partnership – directing Shrek the Musical Jr. (2026).
Georgia is currently on the ballet faculty at José Mateo Ballet Theatre and is also a certified birth doula.
Chris Lockman is a North Carolina native, professional pianist, composer, and audio producer with deep roots in collaborative music-making. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Audio Production from Full Sail University. Along with his work at VOICES, he currently serves as a staff pianist at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, New England Conservatory (where he also works as a music director), and Assistant Music Director/Pianist at First Parish in Needham.
Chris began his career in NC as an accompanist for Mitchell Community College and Catawba Valley Community College. Since then, he has played for a wide array of public schools, taught private piano and voice students, music-directed over 30 musicals, and contributed to countless theatre productions as both a pit orchestra musician and actor. With over 25 years of piano experience and vocal training dating back to his teens, Chris has become a versatile and highly sought-after collaborator for choirs, soloists, and ensembles spanning a wide range of musical genres.
Chris Lockman
Associate Conductor
Emily Vincent
Senior Administrator
Emily Vincent is a music educator, voice teacher, and arts administrator from Thompson, Connecticut. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Community, Youth, and Education Studies from Clark University. During her undergraduate studies, Emily focused on nonprofit education, equity, collaboration, and the importance of uplifting youth voices. Emily also holds a Master of Music in Music Education from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Her graduate research explored the intersections of choral conducting, vocal pedagogy, and the creation of safe, affirming spaces within music studios and classrooms.
In addition to her work with VOICES Boston, Emily teaches small ensemble classes and private voice lessons through the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education, working with students with a wide range of cognitive and developmental disabilities. She also serves as Director of Music and Private Lessons at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, where she heads the department and teaches voice, ukulele, theater, and K-8th grade choir. In this role,
Emily is a passionate advocate for accessible, adaptive, and inclusive music and theater education, which she believes is one of the most powerful ways to build community and spread joy!
Hailed as “anchoring” and “excellent,” Maria Rabbia is an accomplished collaborative pianist and vocal coach celebrated for her versatility, musical sensitivity, and dedication to uplifting underrepresented voices in classical music. A native of Central New York, she earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano from Boston University in 2024, where she studied with esteemed pedagogue Shiela Kibbe.
Maria has performed and coached throughout the United States and Europe, with engagements including the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Opera Vermont, Opera Ithaca, Opera Compnay of Middlebury, IC Opera Studio, The Voice Institute of the Finger Lakes, the International Performing Arts Institute in Kiefersfelden, Germany, and the Trentino Music Festival and Opera al Mare in Italy. During her doctoral studies, she collaborated extensively with the Boston University Opera Institute, working on numerous productions as répétiteur, continuo player, and orchestral pianist.
Equally passionate about art song, Maria is committed to the performance and promotion of underrepresented composers and repertoire. She centered each of her five doctoral recitals on lesser-known works, reflecting her dedication to inclusive and thoughtful programming.
An experienced educator, Maria has taught private piano for over a decade and works with students of all ages, from young beginners to adult musicians. She maintains a thriving private studio at the Cambridge Music Consortium, where she teaches piano, collaborates as a Suzuki accompanist, and serves as a vocal coach. She has worked with VOICES Boston for five years, serving as both Collaborative Pianist as well as instructor of ensembles. Her artistry and pedagogy reflects both technical excellence and a deep dedication to inclusive, meaningful musical storytelling.
Maria Rabbia
Collaborative Pianist
Brooke Meehan
Dance Teaching Artist
Brooke Meehan began her training in dance, cheerleading and musical theatre. She attended Keene State College where she earned a B.S in Early Childhood Education and Dance Education, then continuing on to receive her Masters in Special Education. While in her undergraduate program, she performed and choreographed for shows within the dance department and was on the competitive Hip Hop dance team. Her hip hop team competed at UDA Nationals in Orlando Florida, and earned a ranking of top 10 in the nation for 3 years. Post graduation, Brooke moved to Massachusetts and joined the VOICES Boston children’s choir as their choreographer in 2021, collaborating with various Boston artists and performers. During the day, Brooke works as a special education teacher for the Brookline Public Schools works as a dance teacher at Dancer’s workshop studio in Sudbury.
Brooke has taught dance of many styles including jazz, ballet, tap, lyrical, hip hop, acro and musical theatre. She has worked with students ranging from 3 to 18 of all various dance abilities. In middle school and highschool, Brooke performed in numerous musicals including Once on this Island, Godspell, and Suessical. She has always loved performing and has transferred that love into teaching!
One of the nation’s preeminent children’s conductors, Johanna (Jody) Hill Simpson has worked with young people of all ages and levels – from kindergartners through graduate students— at Dartmouth College, Lincoln Elementary School, Harvard University and the New England Conservatory. She founded PALS Children’s Chorus (now VOICES Boston) in 1990 and served as Artistic Director for 16 years, during which time PALS earned the reputation as one of the finest youth ensembles in the country.When Seiji Ozawa said “Jody really has a genius way of teaching”, he captured the essence of why she is able to transform groups of willing singers into compelling ensembles.
Simpson’s years in Boston with the PALS Children’s Chorus were rich with notable performances and collaborations in Boston, New York, Washington DC and Tanglewood with Ozawa, James Levine, Yo Yo Ma, Henri Dutilleux,Tan Dun, Raphael Fruhbeck DeBurgos, James Conlon, Marek Janowski, Tod Machover, David Hoose, Keith Lockart, and even Nathan Lane and Celine Dion. She was and continues to be a champion of composers and new music and has commissioned and premiered an impressive list of new works, including Mehmet Sanlikol’s Ergenekon, Howard Frazin’s Voice of Isaac, Bret Silverman’s Tree of Life, William Cutter’s Awake the Dawn, and Megan Henderson’s The Police Log.
In the world of opera, Ms. Simpson’s young singers have appeared in performances of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Tanglewood, Stefan Asbury conducting. Her children joined the Boston Early Music Festival for world premiere performances of Johann Mathesson’s opera Boris Goudenov in Boston and Tanglewood. Ms. Simpson has collaborated with the Boston Lyric Opera, for performances of the historic Carmen on the Common, Tosca, The Little Prince and La Boheme. She has also collaborated with Kayo Iwama and the Cantata Singers in performances of the children’s opera Brundibar.
She has conducted choruses at New England Conservatory (where she also received the Outstanding Alumni Award and studied with renowned choral conductor Lorna Cooke deVaron) and Harvard University. Her ensembles can be heard on recordings by the BSO, the Boston Pops and the PALS private label.
Johanna Hill-Simpson
Founder & Artistic Director Emerita
Board of Directors
Cher Duffield, Chair
Pauline Mak, Treasurer
Carina DiGianfilippo, Secretary
Katie DiMaria, Former Executive Director
Sumangali Krishnan
Christie Teeters
Catherine Sarkis
David Starmer