Ann-Carol arranged the music for Aurora’s first Christmas Canteen in 1996 and was hired full-time in September of 1998 as resident musical director. An education major at James Madison University, she used her background to partner with State Representative Brooks Coleman. Together, they developed Learning Library (or L2), an educational language-arts program highlighting Academic Knowledge Skills (Gwinnett County’s standards of learning). As a musician, she created Aurora’s Musicals by Moonlight, a summer concert, and Aurora’s Cabaret Series, musical evenings of enter-tainment between mainstage events. She has performed as pianist and/or music director both nationally (Goodspeed Opera House, Pasadena Playhouse, The Koger Center, The Cleveland Playhouse, The Majestic, The Kennedy Center) and locally (The Alliance, Theatrical Outfit, Jewish Theatre of the South, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, The Horizon). Career highlights include: Vocal Supervisor for Ellis Island Entertainment, producing in-house reviews for Holland America Cruise Lines, vocal direction for the gala celebrating Andrew Lloyd Webber’s honorary doctorate, assistance in music direction for Heartstrings: An Evening of Hope for the Healing of Aids and music direction of several productions of Heartbeats (where she appears on the recording as well). As a proud citizen of Gwinnett, Ann-Carol is most proud of Aurora Theatre winning the first ever Pinnacle Award for Large Non-Profit. This goes well with her nomination for a Women’s Legacy Award in 2006 and her multiple Suzi Bass Award nominations for her work in A Year with Frog & Toad, Annie Get Your Gun and Godspell.
Suzi Bass Awards History
2012 Suzi Bass Nominee, Music Direction, A Chorus Line, Aurora Theatre
2012 Suzi Bass Winner, Music Direction, Clyde 'n Bonnie: A Folktale, Aurora Theatre
2011 Suzi Bass Nominee, Music Direction, Singin' in the Rain, Aurora Theatre
2010 Suzi Bass Winner, Music Direction, A Catered Affair, Aurora Theatre
2008 Suzi Bass Nominee, Music Direction, Godspell, Theatrical Outfit
2008 Suzi Bass Nominee, Music Direction, Annie Get Your Gun, Aurora Theatre
2006 Suzi Bass Nominee, Music Direction, A Year with Frog and Toad, Aurora Theatre
