Announcement from CWC

The Common Woman Chorus would like to share with our community an announcement regarding changes to our Artistic Direction Leadership, effective January 2025. 

We are excited to welcome Cara Valenti as the new Artistic Director for the Common Woman Chorus. Cara has previously served as Assistant Artistic Director since 2016 and as Acting Artistic Director in the Fall 2024 semester.

Hayli Altman, who joined the chorus in 2023 and helped conduct in both Spring & Fall 2024 concerts, is now the Assistant Artistic Director for the Common Woman Chorus. 

We are incredibly excited to sing under the artistic leadership of these two skilled and experienced individuals. As one member of the chorus’s hiring committee wrote, “Both Cara and Hayli have strong backgrounds as educators and I think this shines through in the way they speak about and demonstrate their abilities to work with a group of people who have a wide range of strengths, learning styles, and perspectives.” 

Cara Valenti is the fourth Artistic Director in the history of the Common Woman Chorus. Her predecessors include founding director Eleanor Sableski, Cindy Bizzell, and Kristen Stinnett. The Common Woman Chorus is grateful to Kristen for her contributions during her Artistic Director tenure of over 10 years and we wish her the best in her future endeavors. 

We hope you will all join us in congratulating Cara and Hayli on their new roles! You can support them at their first performance as Artistic Director and Assistant Artistic Director at the Common Woman Cabaret on March 9th at Motorco Music Hall.