Jayne Skoog, educator, director, and lyric soprano is currently a vocal instructor at Talent Unlimited High School. Her choral director achievements include Gold with Distinction – Level VI in the New York State School Music Association – NYSSMA, and an invitation to perform with the National Philharmonic in Washington, DC under the baton of Dr. Will Kessling where she prepared her students in John Rutter’s Mass of the Children and Dvorak’s Te Deum. TU Concert Choir performed at Carnegie Hall marking their debut with Jazz at Lincoln Center performing the Sacred Works of Duke Ellington. Ms. Skoog has also directed choirs at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Concert Hall and Alice Tully Hall. As a singer, Jayne remains active, performing throughout the region. She is currently singing with gospel recording artist J. David Bratton – God’s Blueprint for Life Ministries, as well as singing with Le Chateau Singers – Founder/Director Damien L. Sneed, with a performance of Wynton Marsalis’ Abyssinian Mass at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Ms. Skoog received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Denver, Lamont School of Music, a Masters in Science of Education from Queens College, New York, and a Masters in Administrative Leadership from The College of St. Rose. Postgraduate work includes studies at the Juilliard School and New York University.