Jacob Lash, Founder & Artistic Director
Jacob holds a Masters of Music Degree in Choral Conducting and a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education, both 
from George Mason University. Jacob has enjoyed teaching voice and piano privately for 15+ years, and composes and arranges for piano, congregational singing, Broadway camps, and choir.
In June 2024, Jacob received the Seefeldt Award for Outstanding Arts Educator from Prince William County Arts Council. He is an active member of the National Association for Music Education and the American Choral Directors Association, a full-time music teacher with Prince William County Public Schools, and director of the St. Patrick Orthodox Church Choir.
He loves music, loves to direct, and aims to enable people from every walk of life to enjoy one of God’s greatest gifts: song.
Preston Atkins, Associate Conductor
Preston holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Ithaca College and is a public school chorus teacher in Prince William County. He directs 5 ensembles at Unity Reed High School in Manassas, and his students regularly perform in honor choruses throughout the state, and receive high marks at the District Assessment.
He grew up and currently resides in Arlington, VA and has taught lessons in keyboard and voice throughout the region. Preston joined GCC in the spring of 2023 and is tremendously excited to continue singing with this community and serve in the role of Associate Conductor.
Pam Sottosanti, Accompanist
Pam is a Northern Virginia piano teacher and musician. She studied piano privately from age 5 through age 18. She has been teaching piano for over 40 years. Pam’s performance and accompaniment experience includes weddings, church choirs, several performing bands and studio work. She was the accompanist for Marsteller Middle School in Bristow, Va for 15 years and accompanied several PWC All County and District Choirs. Currently she teaches privately and is an accompanist for St. Francis of Assisi School and Church in Triangle, Va and the Gainesville Community Choir.
Pam resides in Manassas and loves spending time with her family and three grandkids, Abrielle, Malachi and Elijah.
Section Leaders
Each section of the choir is lead by an experienced section leader who acts as a vocal leader, as a teacher in sectionals, and as a role model and support to our singers.
SOPRANO: Mandy Viles
ALTO: Marianna Constable
TENOR: Jordan Orr
BASS: Elijah Tiemens
Administrator, Lorraine Brenneman
Lorraine has over 25 years of administrative experience serving nonprofit organizations. She loves to sing and sang with several choirs as a young adult. Lorraine loved attending GCC concerts after moving to Northern Virginia in 2017. In the fall of 2022, she started singing with GCC. Lorraine is happy to serve GCC as administrator so that others can also be blessed through God’s gift of music.
Administrative Assistant, Jessica Harpin
After moving to Northern Virginia from Florida in 2020, Jessica missed being in a community choir and joined GCC in August 2021. Jessica has been participating in school and community choirs, as well as musical theater for over 32 years; she even took on the role as music librarian for her high school choir. Her drive to help others and 16 years combined managerial/administrative skills has led her into the roles she is in today as administrative assistant, music librarian, and serving as a board member for GCC. “Music feeds the soul and is a beautiful thing that we can provide to the community.”
Board of Directors 2024-2025
Jacob Lash, President
Susan CrowtherMiller, Secretary
Julie Hilts, Treasurer
Members at Large
Raya Castaneda
Jessica Harpin, Music Librarian
Laura Mills
Katie Newberger
Darren Nisly
Meredith Rose
Teena Stevic
Non-Voting Member
Lorraine Brenneman
Kerrie Cardine, Co-Founder and Assistant Director 2013-2023
Kerrie received her Bachelors in Music Education from Oklahoma Baptist University. She taught music in the public schools for 3 years before teaching choral music classes to home-schooled children in the Chantilly area that included 120 students from ages 4-14. Kerrie has led music in 3 churches, has composed songs, arranged choral music, taught piano lessons, and continues to teach choirs that include her own 6 children.
The GCC directors have a commitment to and love for Jesus Christ, and desire to express that in the context of music. We dedicate our efforts to God by incorporating prayer into the beginning of each semester and performance.
You don’t have to be a Christian to participate, just open to allowing faith into the musical process. We warmly welcome singers from all faiths, backgrounds, and traditions into the choir.
