Miriam Davidson
Artistic Director
Miriam has been Artistic Director of ANNA Crusis Feminist Choir since 2012. She is proud of this thoughtful and passionate choir more than she can say.
Miriam is a multi-instrumentalist/ vocalist, singer-songwriter, author for Alfred Publishing, and recording artist as well as choral director. She joined synagogue choir rehearsals with her mom and dad at age five. She attended Tyler School of Art at Temple University and The Petrie School of Music at Converse College.
As a performer, she has toured extensively throughout the United States, performing at folk and women’s music festivals, concert series’, coffee houses and house concerts. She has garnered many awards from both the Folk and LGBTQ communities, and has recorded and co-produced eight CDs, several of which have won national awards. She is a member of the board of directors of GALA Choruses (Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses), has been the Director of the Festival Choir at the National Women’s Music Festival and at SUUSI (Southeastern Unitarian Universalist Summer Institute). She is Music Director of the Unitarian Congregation of West Chester, and is the Director of Makhaelat Micha’el, The Community Choir at Mishkan Shalom in Philadelphia.
She is married to Kim Singleton (their ceremony was on the rooftop of the Atlantic Sands Hotel in Rehoboth, DE during the Sea Witch Festival), and together, they homestead in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.
Nicole Aldrich
Accompanist
Nicole Aldrich spends her days as Director of Chapel Music at Princeton University, where she directs the 75-voice Princeton University Chapel Choir and oversees a full calendar of concerts and other special musical events. Before coming to Princeton, she served as Director of Choral Activities at Washington University in St. Louis for 10 years and held teaching positions at the University of Delaware and University of Maryland.
Nicole earned degrees in conducting from the University of Maryland and Northwestern University and studied piano and voice at Virginia Wesleyan College. She still divides her musical time among all three pursuits, and she counts her work as a collaborative pianist as one of life’s greatest joys.
Nicole lives in South Jersey and always has room for one more native plant.
Laura Grassia
Administrative Assistant
Laura has been a member of ANNA since August 2012. She has served on the Board of Directors and has overseen concert production and related tasks since joining. Laura is employed at Temple University and manages a state-funded grant that assists Pennsylvanians with disabilities. She lives in South Jersey with her partner and daughter.