Karen Weaver has been active in the Cleveland music community for more than 25 years as a singer, choral conductor, and private voice instructor.  She holds a bachelor's degree in voice performance from Wittenberg University and a master's degree in choral conducting from Cleveland State University.  She currently studies voice with David Gooding, and her continuing education has included participation in a conducting workshop led by Robert Page, and the completion of the VoiceCare Network Impact Course.  In addition to being the founding director of Good Company, Karen is the artistic director of Windsong, Cleveland's Feminist Chorus, and has served as director of the Cleveland Messiah Chorus and as a soloist with the Bach and Handel and Choral Arts Societies of Cleveland.  She has sung with numerous church, synagogue, and community choruses including the Fairmount Temple Choir, the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, the Old Stone Singers, and the Robert Page Festival Chorus.  She has held Director of Music posts at several area churches, and is presently the director of the Chancel Choir at Lakewood Presbyterian Church.  Karen maintains a private voice studio in her home.