Sandra (Gerster) Lisicky, oboe, has played with the Bach in Baltimore Orchestra since 2006. She recalls her first concert with Bach in Baltimore performing Bach's Cantata 1, along with her husband Michael on the English horn. Additionally, she is the Principal Oboist of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival (Harrisonburg, VA) since 1994, performs regularly
Oboist Michael Lisicky has been performing with the Baltimore Symphony since 2003. He has been praised by critics for his “magical nuances” (Baltimore Sun), “tonal purity” (Richmond Times-Dispatch) and “quite wonderful musicianship” (Boston Globe). He was a member of the Richmond Symphony and served on the faculty of the University of Richmond, performing as
Cellist Gretchen Gettes earned an undergraduate degree from Duke and a M.M. degree in cello performance from USC where she studied with Lynn Harrell. She was a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra for six years, and in addition to performing The Nutcracker over 150 times, she has played on numerous film soundtracks and commercials. Ms. Gettes is a member
Sarah Marvel Bleasdale is a regular performer with Utopia Opera in New York City, where she recently appeared in Sondheim’s Assassins as Sarah Jane Moore, and the Opera at Bard Summerscape, where she has sung in productions as diverse as Schreker’s Der Ferne Klang, Taneyev’s Oresteia, and Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers. She is pleased to be working with
Talia Maria Sheehan has been a professional vocalist and music instructor for over twenty years. Her musical background and performance experience is very broad, including rock lead vocals, jazz and classical piano, operatic soprano, and ethnic and classical ensemble singing. She has sung with the likes of the Berlin and New York Philharmonics and
Alto Jessica Renfro holds a B.M. from the University of Connecticut and a M.M. from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. She has performed with Baltimore Opera, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Dicapo Opera, Opera Vivente, Jacksonville Lyric Opera, Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Bay-Atlantic Symphony, and many others in opera and concert works alike. Her opera credits include multiple appearances as Angelina in La Cenerentola, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Nancy
Argentine-American bass-baritone Lorenzo Zapata most recently received a vocal fellowship at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara performing in the west coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s “Cold Mountain” directed by James Darrah. His other recent performances include soloing in Bernstein’s MASS under Marin Alsop and working with composer Jake Heggie in
Ross Tamaccio, baritone, is a native of Herndon, Virginia. During his graduate studies at Peabody with Dr. Stanley Cornett, he performed Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in the outreach program of The Magic Flute, and most recently Manfred in the east coast premiere of Jake Heggie’s Out of Darkness: Two
Bass-Baritone David Dimmock is a graduate of Oberlin College. He has performed extensively the works of J. S. Bach, including the St. John and St. Matthew Passions, Magnificat, Easter Oratorio, Christmas Oratorio and over 30 of Bach’s cantatas. Local solo concert appearances have included the Handel Choir of Baltimore, the Harford Choral Society, and
Anita Thesen, flute, received her Masters and Doctoral degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, where she was awarded the Britten Johnson Memorial Flute Prize. An active musician in the Baltimore area, she performed on flute and piccolo with the Concert Artists of Baltimore for over twenty years. She has also performed with many other ensembles
