Piano Accompanist - Maida Ratcliff

Our new accompanist, Maida Ratcliff, began her musical studies with Florence Stephenson and then she accompanied classroom music for Glen Case and Henry Brubeck (yes, he’s related!). After graduating from Lompoc High School, she had the opportunity to study with Frances Pierson Brumbaugh at Drexel Conservatory in Los Angeles She was selected to present a concert for the L.E Beheimer young artist program and gave numerous solo performances in the Lost Angeles area. Preferring to be an accompanist, she pursued this career at Compton High School and subsequently participated in the church-sponsored South East Los Angeles sector of the presentation of Handel’s “Messiah”.

Upon returning to Lompoc, Maida taught piano and served as a pianist, organist, and choir director for several churches, and was pleased to gather Lompoc Church choirs together for a local presentation of “Messiah.” She was honored to have been involved with the vocal music department at Cabrillo High School for many years, and continues to perform with the Lompoc Pops Orchestra as she has done since its inception. Maida is grateful for the opportunity to be at the piano again, now with the Lompoc Valley Master Chorale.

Another of Lompoc's fine murals, Lompoc Mural Society