Janelle McCoy, Executive Director
Janelle McCoy, Executive Director for Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, has an extensive background in for-profit, social service, cultural, and performing arts organizational revisioning. While working in market research, she was directly responsible for discovering weaknesses and making recommendations for a variety of industries ranging from hospitality to health administration. Through her dotcom work as chief liaison between marketing and technology, she managed remote and onsite teams as large as twenty and was responsible for cost centers in the millions. Of particular note are the various leadership roles she has taken within many community coalitions; the outreach roles performed on behalf of foundations looking to educate their grantees; and the many awards she has received for leadership, performance and artistic vision. In 2008, she was named an Angel of the Arts by the Alliance for the Arts in Lee County, FL. As as arts journalist, her columns covered the southwest Florida readership.
Ms. McCoy also enjoyed a distinguished solo classical career, performing with world-class orchestras and artists, and her work has been broadcast nationally on NPR’s Performance Today. As Artistic Director for the Chamber Music Society of SW Florida, she produced and presented seven regional premieres.
Contact Janelle at jmccoy (at) mcchorus.org.
Rachelle Brisson, Development and Marketing Associate
Mendelssohn Club’s Marketing/Development Associate, Rachelle Brisson, has had a strong passion for choral music since joining her elementary school choir in the 4th grade. From those beginnings her choral experiences have taken her around the world, with performances at Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, Italy; San Antonio, Texas; and the Swiss Alps. Making her home in Philadelphia, Rachelle joined Mendelssohn Club as a singer in 2010. Her interest in the administrative side of art led her to serve as the intern for the Director of Community Programs at the Opera Company of Philadelphia in February 2011. Rachelle holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and Vocal Performance from Mansfield University and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Arts Administration at Drexel University.
Contact Rachelle at rachelle (at) mcchorus.org