Our Team
Stephanie Nolting - Executive Director and Bella Voce Artistic Director
Stephanie Nolting, Executive Director and Director of Bella Fiore, holds her Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. She spent seven years teaching choral music in grades 7-12 at St. Charles High School. Choirs under her direction have performed at festivals in Nashville, TN, Decorah, IA, and Eau Claire, WI. In 2019, Stephanie directed Bella Fiore in a performance at the American Choral Directors Association of MN State Conference. Stephanie has a great passion for unlocking the heart of our human experiences through music. She is blessed with a wonderful husband - PC, a son - Jonah Paul, and three future Bellettes - Nora Beth, Martha Sue, and Clara Beverly.
Sarah McDonald - Bella Fiore Artistic Director
Sarah holds her Bachelor of Music Education degree from University of Minnesota, Morris. She spent time teaching at Goodhue Public School, Dover-Eyota Elementary School, and various Rochester schools. She currently teaches choral music at Century High School and Lincoln. Sarah lives in Rochester with her husband and four children.
Laurie Priniski - Accompanist
Laurie Priniski is the piano accompanist for Bella Voce and Bella Fiore and holds a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from Northern Michigan University. She has been involved in the local music scene of Rochester since 1988 as pianist/organist and flutist. Throughout the years, Laurie has accompanied numerous area choirs, soloists and musical theater productions. She is an active church musician. Due to the encouragement of a wonderful music teacher, Laurie began playing organ in her local parish church at the age of ten. She is currently blessed to be an accompanist at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rochester. With the support and sacrificial love of her husband and two grown daughters, Laurie has enjoyed 30 years of teaching gifted piano and flute students at her Rochester home music studio.
Angela Hodge - Administrative Assistant
Angie has been the Administrative Assistant at Oertli & Pleschourt, LLP for 21 years. Prior to that, she was a Medical Secretary/Transcriptionist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and a Preschool Teacher at Children's Place Nursery School in Rochester. She has been blessed with being involved with Sing Out Loud since 2018 when her daughter, Ashley, joined Bella Fiore. She lives just north of Douglas with her husband - Jeff, and children - Brandon and Ashley.
Shelly Winemiller - Founder Emeritus
Shelly Winemiller holds a Bachelor of Music Therapy degree from University of WI - Eau Claire. She completed graduate studies at Adler Graduate School of Psychology and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has worked in several therapy settings and founded a private practice here in Rochester. She was named Rochester’s “Extraordinary Woman” artist in 2008 and received the first-ever Ardee Award for “Outstanding Arts in Youth” from the Mayor in 2013 for her work with Bella. In 2007, she founded Bella Voce. The choir has traveled regionally in the Midwest as well as abroad, to Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Hungary, and now to Greece in the summer of 2019. Bella was honored in 2011, and again in 2017, to perform at the National American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conventions. Shelly was named Rochester’s “Extraordinary Woman” artist in 2008 and received the first -ever Ardee award for “Outstanding Arts in Youth” from the mayor in 2013 for her work with Bella. She has a strong desire to connect with people, to share in the power of music, and to teach truths of who they are. She continues in this spirit through creating The Oasis (OasisForHealing.com) as a place for health and wellness in Fort Collins, Colorado!
