Known for his full and lyric baritone, William Marshall is passionate about the study and vocal performance of Renaissance and Baroque repertoires. In addition to acting as a specialist in the field of early music, he also performs traditional operatic and art song repertoire. His recent career highlights include the Bach Vocal Competition for
Terry B. Ewell, bassoon, has been a musician with Bach in Baltimore for over twenty years. For seven years he served as Principal Bassoon of the Hong Kong Philharmonic and later he was Principal Bassoon of the Wheeling Symphony and Acting Principal Bassoon of the West Virginia Symphony. He has performed with the Pittsburgh
Founded in 1987 by Frank Cimino with just 14 boys, the mission of The Maryland State Boychoir has remained clear: to foster the boychoir tradition by offering talented boys opportunities to sing and build self-esteem, self-discipline and character. Thirty years later, the Boychoir still embraces that goal. Today, The Maryland State Boychoir (MSB), Maryland’s
Tenor Jeffrey Fahnestock has performed a wide range of repertoire across the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Japan. He sings a variety of oratorio literature for lyric tenor, including Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Creation, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Britten’s Saint Nicolas, Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, and J.S.Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Johannespassion, Matthäuspassion, and
Composer Hollis Thoms has spent his professional career as a teacher of music and English, a school administrator, and an active composer. He has had over 40 articles published in educational journals and written about 170 compositions for a variety of ensembles: operas, oratorios, symphonies, chamber works, sacred and secular vocal and choral works. Mr. Thoms
Stephanie Kruskol is an internationally acclaimed soprano based in the greater Washington, D.C. area. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Voice Performance from The Peabody Conservatory, and specializes in concert works and new music. Most recently, she was awarded the prize for the best performance of a Russian Art Song in the
Dr. Jason Thoms is the Director of Choral Activities at Bismarck State College in Bismarck, North Dakota. He is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Dakota Pro Musica and host of Dakota Sings a radio show on North Dakota choirs, composers, and choral music. Dr. Thoms is a professional bass soloist and
Matthew Loyal Smith has been a frequent soloist with ensembles in the United States and Canada including the National Philharmonic, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Washington Chorus, City Choir of Washington, Washington Bach Consort, Artek, Choralis, the Cathedral Choral Society, the Washington Concert Opera, Choral Artists of Sarasota, the Niagara Symphony Orchestra, the Pennsylvania
Violinist Ronald Mutchnik graduated from the University of Maryland Baltimore County summa cum laude, where he studied with Robert Gerle. While there, he won the Baltimore Music Club and Baltimore Musicians’ competitions. He earned his Master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, studying with Joseph Gingold and continued post-graduate studies at Tel Aviv University
Flutist Kimberly Valerio’s sound has been described as having “sparkle and verve” by the Baltimore Sun, “gorgeous sound”, “sweet purity” by the Capital Gazette, and “graceful elegance” by the Severna Park Voice. She hold a bachelors in flute performance from the Peabody Institute where she studied with Mark Sparks. Her principal teachers have included
