Artist Leadership

Eunice Williams

Eunice Williams began directing a choral group and teaching private lessons while still in high school.  She has studied voice, choral conducting and piano at New England Conservatory, St. Olaf College, Arizona State and Cal State University, Fullerton.

She received her BA in Music from St. Olaf in Northfield, MN, and her MM in piano performance from CSUF in Fullerton, CA. In New Hampshire, Minnesota, Arizona and California, she has been employed in Lutheran churches as choral director and in public school systems as a music instructor. Eunice has also worked in several professional theatres as an actress, singer and musical director.  

She has taught for the San Diego Community College District since 1986.  She began several Continuing Ed classes for the District.  The Monday Piano class that meets at the Jewish Community Center, continuing now with Naomi Hobbs (Naomi & Eunice enjoyed playing together as Piano for Two); the Wednesday piano class at West City Center, continuing now with Stewart Simon; the Tuesday voice class at West City, continuing now with Lorea Herald; and the Thursday Music Appreciation class, also at the JCC, continuing now with Claudia Tornsaufer. 

Eunice loves teaching, conducting and performing with all three choirs and working with her collaborative co-instructors and accompanists, Patricia Cox, Lorea Herald and Stewart Simon.  Thanks to the dedication of these three talented musician AND to the commitment and friendship of members of the groups, our concert performances continue to improve in quality and attendance.  We all continue learning from one another, from other musical experiences and also from educated experts in the musical field.   

Simple fear of failure would be enough to make me walk away. But then there she is again, Williams ... (She) makes you laugh, and makes you try again. And then you stay, and learn, and make music.          - from Singing On A Team

by Kathryn Graham, 2008
 
At the front of this assemblage is a very small woman standing on a box to be seen who is most definitely in charge and commanding our attention to her. That would be Eunice Williams.
 - from Singing On A Team

 by Kathryn Graham, 2008

Stewart Simon

Stewart Simon received his Masters degree in Piano from the University of Kansas. A resident of San Diego since 1986, Mr. Simon is active as a piano teacher, a choral accompanist and choir director.  He has two wonderful children, A.J. and Olivia and a wonderful wife, Leslie.  Stewart has accompanied Peninsula Singers since its inception in 2004.

Patricia Cox

Pat Cox has a BA in Political Science from Cal State Fullerton, studied Music Education with an emphasis in piano from SDSU and has a Master’s in Education from National University. She spent many years in the San Diego Unified School District teaching both elementary music and directing high school choirs. She joined the San Diego Community College District in 2014.