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Betsy Blakeslee directs World Harmony Chorus in Oakland and Instant Choruses in the SF Bay Area. Her warmth and enthusiasm encourage choristers to hear more in the music and to experience the magic of singing with others. Betsy's first public recognition as a young musician was on a television show in Buffalo, New York called Fun to Learn Music. Decades later, she directed Balkans YouthLink Voices at the State of the World Forum and UN Millennium Summit in New York City. She led the Betsy Blakeslee Youth Chorus in San Francisco Bay Area performances with Kitka and Women in Black, and directed singing groups for refugee children in Bosnia and Croatia during the wars of the 1990s. Betsy taught all the voice classes in the Storytelling Certificate Program at Dominican University in San Raphael, California. She coaches public speakers and storytellers, aspiring singers, and select piano and music theory students.