Meet the Director of Choral Activities, Corinne Huber

Mrs. Huber has fourteen years of experience as a music educator. She has travelled extensively and taught choral music and music theory in many different countries (and languages) including Panama, Kazakhstan and Denmark. She also continues to maintain a career as a professional ensemble soprano, performing with choirs in Durham, NC and Copenhagen, Denmark. Huber is both a member of the American Choral Directors Association and the Virginia Music Educators Association. Huber holds a Master of Arts in Teaching as well as a Bachelor of Music in Choral/Instrumental Music Education K-12, both from Christopher Newport University. Additionally, she holds a current K-12 Music Teachers License.

She loves creating and listening to stories with her son and going on adventures with her partner. In her free time she enjoys running 5Ks and half marathons. 

Meet our Collaborative Artist (piano), Jeanne Capriotti

A graduate of KHS, Jeanne Capriotti went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from ODU, and a Masters in Nursing and Certificate of Nurse-Midwifery from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She was a Certified Nurse-Midwife at Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, GA, where she worked with clinic patients providing prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum, and neonatal care. After returning to Virginia, she provided obstetric and women’s health care at several private practices, and at Planned Parenthood. She has also taught Obstetrics and Newborn clinical nursing for TNCC. After being a stay-at-home mom, she returned to work as a staff accompanist for HCS, accompanying several of the high schools and middle schools for Hampton and Newport News, as well as All-District Chorus. She began her accompanist career when she was a student at Buckroe Junior High School under the direction of choral director Mr. Steven James, and continued at KHS as a student accompanist with the late choral director, Mrs. Lucille Sutterer. She also accompanied at the collegiate level while her brother was a music major at ODU. Her four kids have gone through Hampton City Schools, all becoming alumni of KHS, two of which are also Show Choir alumni. She coordinates fundraising for KHS Choral Arts, and was the Race For The Music race coordinator for three years, raising over $10,000 each year. Mrs. Capriotti loves working with the choral students at KHS, along with the choral director, to foster a love of music education and performance with our students!

Meet our Collaborative Artist (choreographer), Austin Rosenberg

Austin Rosenberg is a freelance Choreographer, Show Designer and Clinician based out of  Richmond, VA. He is a proud alumni of Manchester High Schools Capital Swing and is also a proud alumni of Old Dominion University with degrees in Mass Communication, Professional Communication and Marketing. 

Throughout his choreography career with over 10 years of experience,  Austin's groups consistently place, capture best choreography, best show design and other top honor awards in their divisions. Along his journey, he has had the honor to work alongside and learn from other great choreographers including Andy Haines, Dean Pearson & Jason Peace.  Austin knows a wide variety of dance styles which include Swing, Jazz, Pop, Hip Hop, Tap, Latin and other styles that he has learned over the years. He also continues to learn new styles and techniques to refine his knowledge in dance. 

Austin believes that there is something special about music and the arts that bring people together, creates expression, and builds confidence. With his energy, love for what he does, and his passion to inspire, create and educate through the art of dance, he teaches students/groups to reach their full potential and achieve new heights!