Jen Rogers is the new and first full-time executive director of the San Diego Master Chorale. She was previously president and CEO of the Phoenix Chorale, started a consulting nonprofit focused on choral groups and works with youth, community, and professional choirs all over the country
There was as time when Jen Rogers didn’t know she’d love choral music as much as she does today. The new — and first full-time — executive director in the San Diego Master Chorale’s 61-year history, she’s a trained instrumentalist who needed a bit of a nudge toward embracing group harmonies.
“I like to say that I started out as a reluctant fan of choral music. I’m a former saxophonist and studied music in college. Jazz was my first musical love, and, honestly, choral music wasn’t even on my radar. My first job after college was at The Phoenix Symphony, the education manager at the time was a good friend, and he suggested I go hear the Phoenix Bach Choir in concert,” she says.
“I thought, ‘Uh, no thanks, that’s not something I would be interested in hearing.’ He convinced me to go, and it was love at first sound. I didn’t know a choir could sound like that. So, I started as a choral music fan and eventually did some publicity consulting for that choir before joining the staff. I don’t even sing, and I just love seeing what happens when people come together, breathing and singing in concert. There’s nothing like it.
Rogers, 47, lives in Tierrasanta with her husband, Ted Belledin, and took some time to talk about her new role, how she hopes to contribute to the work already in place at the San Diego Master Chorale, and learning to settle in and enjoy her new community.Congratulations on your new position. What were some of the biggest lessons you learned during your time in Phoenix that you’re bringing with you to San Diego?I’ve learned that it takes many people for an organization to be successful.
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