Professional Staff

Robert Farr has been the group’s Music Director and conductor since 1992. He is responsible for the group’s musical quality and is an integral part of our success. Robert received his Bachelor of Music degree in organ and church music from Stetson University and received a Master of Sacred Music degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He has served as organist-choirmaster in churches in Florida, New Jersey, Michigan and Boulder.

Stella Rabb Pradeau has been working with the Cantabile Singers since 1999. She graduated from the University of Colorado with a Master’s degree in piano performance in 1998. During her studies at CU, Ms. Pradeau was a teaching assistant and a winner of the Norris Piano Award. Studying under Angela Cheng, Ms. Pradeau was selected as a semi-finalist in the Hilton Head International Piano Competition in 1997. As an undergraduate, Ms. Pradeau was a scholarship recipient of Rotary International and studied music in Paris. Presently Ms. Pradeau is a full time mother of three daughters, Chloe, Clara and Lily, and enjoys time at home with her husband, Francois.

Since her college years in Tokyo, Japan, Dr. Moteki has been active as a vocal coach/accompanist. She received extensive training in this area from Westminster Choir College and University of Michigan as well as prestigious summer programs such as Music Academy of the West, Stearns Institute for Young Artists, Franz-Schubert-Institut in Baden bei Wien, and Conservatoire de Musique in Geneva. She is currently an associate professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she teaches singing diction, vocal repertoire, heads the musical staff of CU Opera, and is a member of the Collaborative Piano Faculty.