Rebecca

1st Soprano

Rebecca is a born and bred Midwesterer, and has lived in the states of Indiana, Kentucky and Nebraska. While in Nebraska, Rebecca taught at Concordia University. She was the director of the Jazz Band, four Handbell Choirs, and taught Freshman Music Theory. She also taught instrumental and general music at the elementary and middle school levels. Rebecca moved to New Jersey in 2006 due to her husband's pursuit of his Doctorate in Music from Rutgers University. She is currently a K-8 music teacher in Red Bank, teaching musical theater. She is also a tubist with the Princeton Brass Band and was a tubist with the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra.

Rebecca is currently in her fifteenth year of teaching and is still very excited to share her love of music. Whether it is player her tuba or singing with a talented group of women, She always hopes to inspire the excitement, passion, and love of music in the listener.

Rebecca resides in Old Bridge, New Jersey with her husband.

Michele

2nd Soprano

Michele has been involved in various aspects of instrumental and vocal performance, as well as composing, directing, and teaching both publicly and privately for many years.  "Annie", "Finnian's Rainbow", and "The Sound of Music" are just some of the productions she participated in as a young girl as well as being in the Billy Joel video, "The Night Is Still Young", and an extra in the movie "House On Carroll Street" with her most recent role as Auntie Em and Glinda, the good witch, in a stage production of "The Wizard of Oz" for Soar Productions in Union Beach, New Jersey.

Michele has also taken part in various talent shows and original plays throughout the last decade, as well as worked as a percussionist for the Garden State Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Michele is presently an elementary music teacher in Monmouth County. She is thrilled and thankful to be a part of such a talented group of people.

Elana

1st Alto

Elana has been singing with The Angeltones^® since December of 2005.  She has been singing in a professional capacity for more than twenty years. While still in high school, she performed with the New Jersey All-Shore Chorus , the New Jersey All-State Chorus and represented New Jersey in the prestigious All-Eastern Chorus as well.

Elana is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Musical Theater Performance. She performed professionally in many muscials in regional, dinner, and summer stock theaters in NJ, NY, PA, CT, MA, and CA. Favorite roles include Maria in "West Side Story" and Diana in "A Chorus Line".

Elana has also done professional recording work and can be heard on Roxbury Records recordings of two Gershwin musicals, "Pardon My English" and "Oh, Kay!", as well as the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra's CD, "Journey to the Stars: A Sci-Fi Fantasy Adventure".

While teaching in Los Angeles, Elana spent five years singing with "The Music Company", a professional a cappella caroling group. Elana has been both an elementary and middle school teacher for the last ten years and has taught in New York City, in Los Angeles, and in Red Bank, NJ.  She has a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education from the Bank Street College of Education in New York City and is certified to teach in both New York and New Jersey.

Though, originally from Colts Neck, NJ, Elana has spent many years living in both New York City and Los Angeles. She currently resides in Red Bank.

Leah

2nd Alto

Leah is the last original Angeltone. Combine her R&B groove with her sultry voice, 16 years of classical piano training, and her love of the guitar and you begin to understand her intimate relationship with music.  Her playful, energetic, infectious approach to performing emanates from her experience in singing with several bands, and that constant funky 70’s rhythm that plays in her ear. A ”disco diva“ born a decade too late; give her a solid bass-line and watch out.

From her earliest years in school chorus and church choir, performance has been a driving force in Leah’s life, taking her to the stage in local theater productions to the bright lights of Atlantic City.  Leah appeared in two music videos - one of which was directed by Malcolm-Jamal Warner (of The Cosby Show fame) and in 1991 was approached by a major record label, but was unable to commit and had to decline.  Throughout the 90's, Leah performed in several New York City bands.  In addition, she competed in various singing competitions.  In 1999, Leah was courted by a female doo-wop group but again had to decline due to other commitments.  Always a lover of harmonies, Leah welcomed the opportunity when it arose again in the form of The Angeltones^® in April 2005.

Leah is a nurse and lives in Howell, New Jersey.