Weber County Location
Brittany Bennett ~ Brittany has an extensive background in music education and performance. As a former Miss Utah contestant, piano/voice teacher and Co-Director of the well-known Lomond View Elementary School Choir, she spends quite a bit of time doing the thing she loves best, teaching music. Throughout her life she has been involved in dance, acting, and show choirs. Brittany pursued a degree in Music Education at the College of Eastern Utah on a music scholarship as a percussionist and choir member. She spent 4 years as a member of the well-known Bells on Temple Square. She was also a percussionist with the Orchestra at Temple Square during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Brittany was the Director for Performance Academy in North Ogden, a singing and dancing group for kids, from 2015-2020. She currently teaches music and the bells at Lomond View Elementary. When she isn’t involved in music, she is carpooling her 4 kids around, loves to play pickle ball and enjoys eating chocolate!
Ben Di Girolamo ~ Ben and his wife, Debra are the parents of three awesome kids. Ben is a conductor, vocalist, and pianist/organist who loves helping people (especially youth) to find their voices. He studied vocal performance under Dr. Mark Denton and Dr. Rita Scholz all through his teenage years. Throughout his elementary, junior high, and high school years, Ben was a part of many school and community musicals and loved high school choir. He competed actively in many vocal competitions and was offered a full ride to study vocal performance in college. Ben loves working with choirs and has led dozens of church and community choirs throughout his adult life. His passion is in pushing choirs to go beyond the notes on the page and transform those notes into music. When not standing in front of a choir Ben loves to dirt bike, jet ski, play pickleball, watch movies with his family, and spend time serving in his church and community. Ben is so excited to work with Vocal Motion and loves the energy and excitement that the kids and other conductors bring to the music each week!
Utah County Location
Brita Miles ~ Music has always played a starring role in the life of Brita. Early on, she developed a love for the piano, singing, and songwriting. Brita has found much joy in teaching others music (especially children and teenagers). Her passion to bring out the best in others as they learn and perform, is one of her many unique talents. Brita has inspired countless individuals through her gift of writing music that touches people deeply. She has performed by acting, singing or playing the piano in many various settings, accompanied hundreds of people, taught piano lessons, plays the ukulele, taught music at schools as a volunteer, recorded in multiple studios, and has organized and directed many different groups to perform and sing. Her crowning musical achievement, thus far, came when she was called to be the Music Director for the Ogden Temple Cultural Celebration in 2014. She was able to utilize all of her talents as she organized and led more than 16,000 youth in singing original compositions, as well as other pieces. Her most important music, however, has been created within the walls of her own home. Brita is a stay-at-home mom of 4 wonderful children. Her husband and children are the light of her life and she enjoys watching them in all of the various things they love to do. Brita enjoys cooking, reading, playing tennis, hanging out with friends and throwing fun parties. She is thrilled to begin this new journey, and to bring her excitement, creativity and positive energy to all those involved!
