Staff & Board

Trevor F. Shaw , Artistic Director

A native of Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Trevor was born into a musical family and began performing at a young age. He went on to become a graduate of the University of North Texas College of Music. While still a student there, Trevor became fully immersed into church music. As Director of Music for the Denton Wesley Foundation on the UNT campus, he led choirs on singing tours throughout the U.S., the UK, and Ireland. It was also during that time his professional focus saw a shift towards composition. In 2013, Trevor relocated to Austin, Texas, where he has since been active as a composer, conductor, church music director, private music instructor, and performer. He is well known for his love of new choral music, and as such is a founding member of Inversion Ensemble, as well as its Artistic Director. Under Trevor’s leadership, Inversion Ensemble has grown to include a professional choral ensemble, a 50+ aged volunteer choir, a treble-only choir, and a youth choir. He is also the co-founder and principal arranger for Tinsel, Austin’s premiere a cappella Christmas caroling company. Trevor has directed high school festival choirs, he teaches Texas All-State preparation camps, and leads composition and music theory clinics for both youth and adults. His compositions and arrangements are published through See-a-dot Music, Musicspoke, and Kagarice Brass Editions. Trevor is a member of ASCAP.

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Katrina Saporsantos , Managing Director and Da Capo Director

Katrina Saporsantos is a Filipino operatic soprano, conductor, composer, pianist, and arts administrator based in Austin, TX. She is a singer and the Managing Director of Inversion Ensemble as well as the conductor of its professional treble choir Da Capo, a section leader for Conspirare Symphonic Choir and Panoramic Voices, and a freelance opera singer and recitalist. She is one-fifths of the all-female vocal quintet VAMP, and one-third of the voice-trumpet-piano trio Tatsulok, and one half of the piano-voice duo Kapwa. She maintains a private voice studio where she teaches students of varying musical levels. She passionately believes in the power of singing with one's authentic voice, and helps singers demystify singing in order to achieve their goals.

Rina holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of the Philippines College of Music, and a Master of Music degree and Professional Studies certificate from the Manhattan School of Music. She continuously tries to find ways to use her art in innovative and meaningful ways by programming music that uplifts others and shines the light on various issues she feels strongly about.

A member of ASCAP, Rina is a fierce advocate of Filipino music and the creation and performance of new music, and programs as much of these as she can in her projects.

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Adrienne Inglis, Artist & Community Relations Manager

Passionately striving to connect people to nature through music, Adrienne Inglis serves as founder, composer, and singer with Inversion Ensemble of Austin, Texas. As an award-winning Latina composer, her music has enjoyed performances in North and South America, Europe, and Australia and reflects her strong environmental mission and love of birds. She also frequently draws on her Ojibwe, Venezuelan, and Scottish ancestral roots, with many of her pieces in Spanish and Native American languages. She plays principal flute with the Central Texas Philharmonic and the flute/harp duo Chaski and has music degrees from Lewis and Clark College and the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in the rural hill country of Central Texas, inspired by the natural beauty to listen, learn, and create music that cherishes wild places.

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Carol Brown, Production Manager

Carol Brown has happily been singing with Inversion since Spring, 2019. She was drawn to Inversion’s mission and the idea of experiencing new music in a different and collaborative setting, one which started her journey into the world of composition. She has now premiered several of her own works with Inversion and elsewhere. A local opera singer, she is also the Production Manager for the ensemble. When she isn’t performing or producing, Carol is a hairstylist, keeping the people of Austin looking snazzy, and a mom of two spoiled cats.

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Catherine Spainhour

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Grants Administrator, Videographer, Photographer
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Board of Directors

LEADERSHIP

Jonathan Riemer,
Board President

Kim Vitray,
Treasurer

Lissa Anderson,
Secretary

MEMBERS

Ann Hume Wilson

Guillermo Delgado

Jenny Houghton

Kathy Leighton

Meredith Ware Morrow