Staff

Kelly Wyszomierski, Artistic Director

Kelly Wyszomierski is the Artistic Director of The Choristers, and she has worked with the choir as its Associate Director since 2014. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Penn State University, where she studied piano, and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Temple University. Kelly spent five years teaching choir in West Hartford, CT before returning to her home state of PA to attend graduate school. From 2015 to 2026, Kelly taught choir and music theory to students in grades 6-12 at Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School. She is also the Artistic Director of the Pennsylvania Youth Chorale, a community children's choir based in Abington. In her spare time, Kelly is pursuing her black belt in karate, and she enjoys cooking and baking, skiing, baseball, and spending time with her husband Steve, sons Travis and Connor, cat Cocoa, and dog Audrey.  

 

 

 

Emily Brands, Accompanist

 Emily Brands is in her third year as The Choristers’ Collaborative Pianist.  Emily received her Bachelor of Music from Moravian University.  Currently, she is the Organist at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lansdale and teaches in the Northampton School District. She brings to The Choristers an extensive resume of accompanying vocalists, instrumentalists and choirs of all ages.

 

 

 

David M. Spitko, Artistic Director Emeritus

As a child, David M. Spitko studied piano with Dorothy Heebner and participated in his church choir under Marian Archibald. Both experiences were instrumental in developing his love of music. During this time, when his church was in need of a summer organist, he taught himself to play the organ. In his college years, while studying political science at Ursinus College, he learned conducting and served as a student director of the college choirs for four years.

 After his college years, David experienced theatre enjoying roles in The Music Man, Showboat, South Pacific, Yeomen of the Guard and The Mikado. In the busy year of 1978, he accepted the position of Organist/Choir Director at Upper Dublin Lutheran Church (UDLC) and formed The Choristers. In the mid-1980s, David took an 18-month sabbatical from his position at UDLC to assist and receive advanced training in directing from Robert Carwithen at First Presbyterian Church in Germantown. In 2004, David retired from his position at UDLC to concentrate on his position with The Choristers.

“Through the years, I have been incredibly blessed to have the experience of preparing and directing the wonderful music that the choir has presented.” David practices labor and employment law as a sole practitioner in North Wales where he lives with his wife, Sue (the choir’s Treasurer) and seven cats: Braveheart,  Shadow, Chip, Walnut, Oreo, Zorro and Spirit.