Executive Director
Linda Onorevole Annett has served as a New Jersey arts administrator for fifteen years. Prior to her position at NJYS, she served as Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Jersey City Museum, and Assistant Executive Director at New Jersey Chamber Music Society, where she coordinated a successful multi-district instrumental music education program. Ms. Onorevole Annett serves on the Youth Orchestra Directors of the League of American Orchestras and is a member of MENC, ArtPride New Jersey and NJMEA. Previously she was on the board of the New Jersey Association of Museums [NJAM] where she coordinated membership initiatives and the NJAM 2005 Annual Meeting. In 2005-2006, she served as Chairperson of Jersey Arts Marketers [JAM] North, an initiative coordinated by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and facilitated the peer panel "Marketing to An Ethnically Diverse Audience" at JAM's Annual Media Roundtable event for three years. Ms. Onorevole Annett earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Montclair State University, where she also earned credits towards a Master of Arts degree in Vocal Performance. She is a lyric soprano who studied with Jeffrey Gall and James Wilson. She was on the vocal faculty at the New Jersey Workshop for the Arts in Westfield, NJ (1998-2005) and currently maintains a private vocal studio.