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Jennifer L. Kopp, Director of Choirs
Office Phone: 734.416.7765
E-mail addresses:
jennifer.kopp@pccsmail.net
Planning Period: 1st Hour
Office Location: 1603 Salem HS




Jennifer L. Kopp has been Director of Choirs at Plymouth-Canton Educational Park for the past 10 years.  Mrs. Kopp holds a B.A. degree in Vocal Music Education from Eastern Michigan University, where she studied under the late Dr. Leonard Riccinto.  Mrs. Kopp also holds a M.A. in Teaching from Marygrove College.
 
During her tenure, the PCEP Choir program has greatly increased in numbers and in the depth and challenge of their work.  The PCEP Choirs have performed on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City; Chicago, Illinois; Sandusky, Ohio; Toronto, Canada; Cincinnati, Ohio; the Michigan Governor's Mansion in Lansing, MI; Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI; and at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids, MI.  In addition, the PCEP Choirs have appeared on the NBC and PBS (WPTV Detroit) television networks. In 2010 in PCEP Choirs performed a concert of the works of Eric Whitacre at Carnegie Hall under the composer's baton, and in 2011the P-CEP Festival Singers traveled to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida to perform as part of Epcot's Candlelight Processional with celebrity narrator, Chita Rivera. The PCEP Choirs are consistently recognized as having some of of the top high school vocal ensembles in the state of Michigan and in the region. 

Mrs. Kopp has served as the Musical Director for PCEP's Park Players and PCEP's Second Stage Players lending her talents to productions of The Sound of Music, Pippin, Little Shop of Horrors, Into the Woods, The Apple Tree, and the upcoming Nine. In addition, Mrs. Kopp is a founding member of The Len Riccinto Singers and a past member of the Plymouth Orartorio Society.

Mrs. Kopp lives in Ypsilanti, MI with her husband, daughter, and son.

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Valerie I. Said, Associate Director of Choirs
Office Phone: 734.416.7765
Planning Period: 4th Hour 
Office Location: 1603 Salem HS
 

Valerie I. Said has been the Associate Choral Director at Plymouth-Canton Education Park since 2009.  Mrs. Said holds a B.A. degree in Vocal Music Education from Eastern Michigan University. 


Under her direction, the P-CEP Choirs have performed with the University of Michigan Women's Glee Club at Hill Auditorium, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.


Mrs. Said is an alumni of P-CEP and of the P-CEP Choirs where she had the privilege of performing with the P-CEP Choirs on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2004. Since that time, Mrs. Said has performed with various Eastern Michigan University Choirs and had her debut in the spring of 2008 with the Michigan Opera Theater Chorus.   Mrs. Said has served as Vocal Director for the Park Players production of The Pajama Game.


Mrs. Said lives in Canton, MI with her husband and son.