ABOUT EVANN

Evann Carter (she/her) is a choir director and soprano located in Boston, MA. She currently serves as the Choir Director at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School and Miles River Middle School in Hamilton, MA. Originally from Los Angeles, she graduated summa cum laude from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) with a B.A. in Music Education. She previously taught music at Garfield Middle School in Revere, MA and established their middle school choir program. She currently sings with the Back Bay Chorale under the direction of Steve Spinelli. 

Evann has been singing in choir for 19 years and has performed in venues including Lincoln Center, Dublin's St. Peter's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Salzburg Cathedral, and St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. While at CSUN, she studied voice with Erica Davis and sang in their top choir, Northridge Singers, under the direction of Paul Smith. 

While studying at CSUN, Evann was an active member of her National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Collegiate Chapter. During her time in leadership, the chapter was awarded Chapter of the Year from the California Music Educator's Association three consecutive years.

In addition to performing and education, Evann advocates for the arts by supporting the work of arts nonprofit organizations. In the summer of 2018, she participated in the LA County Department of Arts Internship Program as a Program and Operations Intern at Education Through Music-LA (ETM-LA). She continued at ETM-LA as a Music Teacher Intern, where she taught elementary general music and choir to students at Rio Vista Elementary in North Hollywood. In 2019, Evann was accepted into the Mary Bayramian Internship Program as the Donor and Relations Intern at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts.