VOCI Youth Chorus (Voices of Channel Islands)

VOCI Youth Chorus (formerly PVSD Chorus) is an after-school program for elementary and middle school students in the Pleasant Valley School District and Ventura County at large. Students rehearse once a week throughout the school year, with performance opportunities that may include an on-campus concert of the semester’s repertoire for friends and family; holiday caroling; the Camarillo Christmas Parade; virtual performances; collaborating with other music groups; and more.

Dorrie Kelly
Music Director

Dorrie Kelly is a music educator, pianist, and vocalist with over 15 years of experience teaching general music and choir to students from Kindergarten through 8th grade. Originally from the East Coast, she earned her B.S. in Music Education from Hofstra University and is currently completing her Master of Music Education. A dedicated practitioner of both the Orff-Schulwerk and Kodály methods, Mrs. Kelly is committed to helping students find their inner musician while leaving room for creativity and curiosity in the music classroom. She loves helping students learn the language of music and delights in the magic that happens when they really start to get it! Alongside her teaching, Dorrie has extensive performing experience. She served as the primary accompanist for Hofstra University's Chorus and Master Chorale, performed in the Rhoda Pinsley Levin Honors Recital and the William B. Rosencrans Honors Recital, and is a winner of Hofstra University's Concerto Competition. She has also directed music for several musical theater productions and church choirs, and currently serves as collaborative pianist for the Ventura College Community Choir. Dorrie lives in Camarillo with her husband and three children. Outside of music, she enjoys doing arts and crafts with her kids, attending musical theater, and traveling with her family.

Nayla Reynolds

Assistant Music Director

Nayla Reynolds earned her BA in Music from Cal State University, Northridge. A long-time educator, Nayla has over 20 years of teaching experience in both private and public schools in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, and she currently teaches music at Mesa Union School and Los Primeros School. She also is an instructor at Crescendo Music Summer Camp in Camarillo. Nayla has taught choir, piano, and ukulele, and her favorite instruments to play are the ukulele and the steel drum! Nayla loves to sing and is very excited to share her passion for music with students at VOCI Youth Chorus!

Check out the song the chorus recorded as their Spring 2021 project! It’s “Sisi Kushangalia” by Victor C. Johnson and was part of Channel Islands Choral Association’s Spring 2021 virtual concert, “Into the Light: Celebrating Black Composers in Choral Music.”