KELLY SOPHER
Barbary Coast Chapter President
Chorus President aka Harmonia King
Kelly Sopher grew up in a musical household singing harmonies with her three younger sisters both at home and as a family at church. In high school and college she continued her musical education in Concert Choirs, Madrigals, and Musical Theater productions. Kelly has been part of the Sweet Adelines organization since 2013 and sings Lead in Lucky Pitches Quartet.
ALISA PETERS
Music Director
Alisa Peters began playing piano and singing trios with her mom and grandpa in church at age 4; continued her musical journey through church choir, high school choir, musical theater, and college choirs; and fell in love with barbershop in college while studying music theory, musicianship, and conducting. Since college, Alisa has been an active member of Sweet Adelines since 2005 - participating in multiple choruses as section leader and assistant director and singing in multiple regional medalist quartets.
Elaine abigail
Assistant music directoR
Fundraising Chair
Choir has always played a central role in Elaine's life as a place where they find community, engage with enriching music, and explore and express their relationships with themself, others, and the changing world around them. Elaine was inspired to start conducting by their University chorus director, Dr. Tom Davies, and studied conducting at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo under Dr. David Arrivée and Dr. Scott Glysson. Starting their Barbershop journey with Bay Area Showcase in 2019, Elaine found a home with Harmonia in 2021, and now sings Lead in the quartet Fanny Pack. Elaine works professionally as an arts administrator and a theatrical lighting and sound technician.
jessica blackshaw
Director of Membership & Engagement
Jess’s aunts taught her how to harmonize by listening to the Indigo Girls when she was six, and she’s been singing ever since. She has been a member of various choirs since elementary school, and she began performing musical theater and studying classical voice at thirteen. In college, Jess was a proud member of Mixed Company A Cappella and Stanford Chamber Chorale, and performed with Ram’s Head Theatrical Society and the Asian American Theater Project. Since then, she has sung with Convivium in Los Altos and, briefly, with the Coral da UFES in Vitória, Brazil.
CeCe Salinas
Digital Marketing & Design
CeCe’s family claims she has been singing ever since she heard Ernie singing “Rubber Ducky” on Sesame Street as a baby. She solidified her love for music and performing through musical theater programs in Middle School, high school choir, and performing with various musical groups during her time studying at University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music. CeCe is a proud founding member of University of the Pacific’s a cappella group, Pacific Stocktones (with many alumni later joining the Fog City family!), and is stoked to continue her musical journey with Fog City Harmonia.
Outside of Fog City Harmonia, CeCe enjoys travelling the world, being creative through photo and video projects, as well as pushing herself to survive running long distances.