The Ensemble

Resound is an auditioned, mixed-voice chorus, based in San Francisco. We believe that ensemble singing is a visible metaphor of different people coming together to create beauty and harmony. We believe there is no disconnect between art and popular music, and we juxtapose unlike pieces to reveal something impossible if they were performed alone.

Resound is made up of volunteer singers from a wide variety of backgrounds — teachers, mental health practitioners, small business owners, doctors, tech workers, even a few professional musicians — who assemble on Wednesday nights to create amazing music together.

Over the years, the Resound Ensemble has appeared in the Other Minds Music Festival’s Lou Harrison Centennial Concert, the Masterworks Chorus at Carnegie Hall, and in Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy, with the San Francisco Symphony.

Grace renaud

Interim Artistic Director
Resound Ensemble

INTERIM Artistic Director

Grace Renaud is a multifaceted artist and musician, serving as the Director of Music at Most Holy Redeemer in the Castro. Her musical abilities include choral conducting, piano playing, pipe organ, recorder, ukulele, singing, teaching, and solo performance. In 2023, she held the position of Interim Artistic Director for the Queer Chorus of San Francisco and has previously held various artistic roles in the Bay Area, including musician at Grace Cathedral, Organist and Music Director for the Spanish Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Artistic Director of the Marin Girls Chorus, and private vocal coach. She taught vocal music in schools for decades, and has specialized as a music director/pianist in musical theater, receiving the Best Music Director award in 2016 from the Bay Area Theater Awards. Grace has four ridiculously musical children, and loves to paint murals, dance and rest in her free time.

The Board of Directors

Resound Ensemble's Board of Directors is assembled from individuals active in support of the arts.  As a working board, each member is charged with the responsibility of developing the goals of the organization.

  • Kim Girard, Elaine Robertson Board Co-Chairs,

  • (vacant) Secretary

  • Nazeli Hagen, Interim Treasurer

Members at Large:

  • David Ahn

  • Maeve Barton

  • Kim Girard

  • Fiona Friedland

  • Elaine Robertson

  • Lydia Walker


Board Opportunities

We would love to talk to individuals interested in learning more about our organization and potentially joining our Board.  If you would like to to contribute to Resound Ensemble's management, marketing  and success, please contact one of our Board Chairs.

Founding Director

Ryan Connolly