Board of Directors

Sharon Messbarger, President

Sharon has been singing with the Arvada Chorale since 2019. She has worked in hospitality for many years, as a server, bartender and event captain at the Denver Zoo and some of Denver’s nicest hotels. Now retired, you will still find her preparing cocktails at the Cattlemen's Club at the National Western Stock Show every January. She served on the board as new member representative and sings alto.

Kesia Catuccio, Secretary

Kesia grew up in Lakewood but now calls Olde Town Arvada home with her partner Brian and their Great Dane, Luna. She has worn many hats in her life, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Metropolitan State University with a B.S. in Human Nutrition, spent over 15 years in the restaurant industry, and now runs a successful real estate business with Compass. She’s been singing as long as she can remember, in choirs, plays and musicals, talent shows and karaoke. She joined the Arvada Chorale in February 2025 and has loved re-honing the skill of reading music and being in community!

Joyce Dominguez, New Member Representative

Joyce grew up in western Pennsylvania but got to Colorado as soon as she could! She
and her husband Joe have lived in Arvada since 2012 and enjoy everything Colorado is known for: sunshine, snow, skiing, hiking to name a few! She joined the Arvada Chorale in 2023 and joined the board this year to serve as New Member Representative. According to Joyce, her mom always said Joyce was singing “in utero,” and hasn’t stopped yet! A High School Math teacher by profession, now retired, Joyce has always been a dedicated amateur and has sung with groups as wide-ranging as church choirs, college choirs, opera choruses, symphony choruses, folk groups, and back-up singer to well-known performers. She is delighted to finally find a home with a community chorus dedicated to true inclusion, quality music and community involvement.

Deb Morrow, Treasurer

Deb came to the Arvada Chorale in 2019 as General Manager after retiring from Central City Opera , where she was Director of Education and Community Engagement for 27 years. After five years as manager, she stepped back -- a little -- to become Treasurer. She is a soprano whose experience in both administration and artistic endeavors has been invaluable to the chorale.

Chris Varner, Member at Large

Chris joined the chorale as a bass in 2018, but as the child of a conservatory-trained jazz trumpeter, he has been surrounded by music his whole life. He spent 35 years at Ball Aerospace as an electrical engineer, designing computer systems for science projects including the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and the HiRISE camera that images the surface of Mars.

Craig Biesterfeld, Member at Large

Craig is the perfect example of a community chorister -- he loved to sing, but never learned to read music until he joined the chorale as a bass in 2022. When not singing or playing guitar, Craig is a Broker Associate with ReMax Alliance in Arvada, where he lives with his family.

Thalassa Martinez, Member at Large

Thalassa moved to Colorado from Minnesota in 2021 and joined the Arvada Chorale in 2022. Thalassa began singing in elementary school, belting the Star-Spangled Banner at the top of her lungs everyday as she walked off the bus. When not singing, Thalassa is an IT Manager and General Mills. She loves to cook and travel with her family and friends, immersing herself in new cultures and food.

Peter Munson, Member at Large

Peter Munson is a long-time Arvada resident, an Episcopal priest, father of two adult children, and recently became a grandfather. He is a widower since 2022 and was married to Julia, a therapist and coach, for almost 35 years. He joined the Arvada Chorale in January 2025. He loves to sing but had last sung in a boys’ choir in Charleston, South Carolina in the 1960s! His other accomplishment is that he walked across the United States in 2019, raising money for four different charities that do great work with children.

Sarah Rutherford, Community Member at Large

Coming soon!

John Hubert, Artistic Director (Ex Officio)

John is a conductor, singer, instrumentalist, musical collaborator, teacher, husband, father and lover of life from St. Louis, Missouri. He believes in the power of musical communities to bring people together and explore themselves through their musical repertoire. John has conducted ensembles at the First Universalist Church of Denver, Regis University and The Spirituals Project. He has been a conducting clinician for many other ensembles in the Denver metro area and beyond. John lives in Lakewood with his beloved wife, Christmas, and two children, Nick and Naomi.

Jen Cline, Chorale Manager (Ex Officio)

Jen is Colorado born and Minnesota raised. She joined the Chorale in January 2025 and quickly realized that her passion for the Arvada Chorale extended past simply singing. She began managing the Chorale in May 2025. She comes from a gigantic family of singers and enjoyed song with a family that could boast a nine part harmony at times. She sang in One Voice Mixed Chorus - an LGBTA chorus out of St. Paul, MN. As a licensed massage therapist, her focus has been largely entrepreneurial until her retirement from massage in 2024. She has since shifted her focus to endeavors in the non-profit arts sector and is thrilled with this mid-life transition. *ALTOS RULE*