Carolyn (Susie) Braden - Choral Personnel Manager
Carolyn Braden oversees the selection and contracting of professional singers for all Voices of Ascension concerts. Since 1999 she has assisted Voices Artistic Director Dennis Keene on his vocal choices to create the sound he seeks for the featured repertoire. Carolyn is the liaison between Voices and the professional singers. She majored in vocal performance at Missouri State University and The University of Texas (Austin) prior to moving to New York. She was a founding member of Voices of Ascension, and she has also performed with Concert Chorale of New York, The New York Choral Artists, Musica Sacra, Sacred Music in a Sacred Space, and various other professional choral groups in New York City as both an ensemble member and soloist. Carolyn recently retired from her job as an Executive Secretary at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where she worked for 12 years.