ED BARA VOICE
Soloist, recording artist, and choral singer with numerous ensembles. A native of Newark, DE, he has performed in thirteen countries in such venues as Carnegie Hall, The Academy of Music, Radio City Music Hall, St. Stephen's Cathedral (Vienna), The National Cathedral (Washington, DC), The Trenton War Memorial, and The Grand Opera House (Wilmington, DE). Ed has performed over forty lead roles with various opera companies, orchestras, and ensembles. He also heads a performance ensemble specializing in Renaissance feasts.

Daniel Boring - Instructor of Music (2006)

B.M., State University of New York at Buffalo;
M.M., Ithaca College School of Music.

NANCY BULACK OBOE
B.M., Davidson College. Studied with Hollis Ulaky, Joseph Robinson, Louis Rosenblatt and John Delancie. Master classes with John Mack and Thomas Stacy. English Hornist with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, and performs with the Concerto Soloists in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra and the Reading Symphony. Instructor of oboe at Moravian College.

DEBORAH DAVIS CELLO
Formerly a member of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and before that taught on the music faculty at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. As a graduate student at Indiana University School of Music, she was awarded a Performer's Certificate, the school's highest honor for excellence as a performer. She is Principal Cellist with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra and teaches privately.

RON DEMKEE TUBA/EUPHONIUM/TROMBONE
Lecturer in Music. B.S., M.Ed. in Performance, West Chester State University. Studied with Tyrone Breuninger. Performs with Mainstreet Brass Quintet, Valley Brass Quintet, Principal Tuba with Allentown Symphony Orchestra. Conductor of The Allentown Band, Associate Conductor of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra.

CHARLES FAMBROUGH BASS GUITAR
Has recorded with McCoy Tyner , Art Blakey, Wynton Marsalis and others. He has performed with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, McCoy Tyner, Stan Getz, Max Roach, Horace Silver, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Pharoah Saunders and others.

RAYA GONEN VOICE
B.M. Rubin Academy of Music (Tel Aviv), M.M. Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Leading roles with the Israeli National Opera, the New Israeli Opera, the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, and Opera Camerata of Washington. Represented Israeli Broadcasting Authority at Cardiff World Competition in Wales. Specializes in contemporary music of her native Israel. Recorded Vocal Jewels from Israel for Centaur Records in 1998.

HEIDI HAYES VOICE
After debuting with the San Antonio Festival, Heidi Hayes has gone on to appear in opera and musical theater productions with companies such as Tulsa Opera, Central City Opera, Opera Delaware, Hollybush Festival, Boheme Opera of NJ and Ocean City (NJ) Pops. As a concert soloist and recitalist, she has performed with Amerita Chamber Players, Main Line Symphony, Philadelphia Singers, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra and other organizations throughout the East Coast. A Muhlenberg faculty member since 1995, Ms. Hayes also maintains a private studio in Bryn Mawr, PA.

JOHN KENNEDY VOICE
B.A.Voice Performance, B.S. Mus. Ed., Peabody Conservatory of Music. Performances in opera and concert with Opera Company of Philadelphia, Baltimore Opera, Hollybush Festival, Trenton Civic Opera, Berks Grand Opera, Camerata Opera Theatre, Philadelphia Savoy, Ocean City Pops Orchestra, Baltimore Handel Choir, Philadelphia Singers, Pennsylvania Pro Musica, and Singing City. Tenor and Group Leader of the Opera Workshop of Young Audiences of Eastern Pennsylvania.

JODY KIDWELL VOICE
Mezzo Soprano Jody Kidwell, perfoarms in numerous operatic, concert, and recital engagements. Roles include Carmen, Isabella in "L'Italiana in Algeri", Maddalena in ""Rigoletto", Olga in ""Eugene Onegin;" concert appearances with The National Symphony in Costa Rica and the Sinfonica de Columbia in Bogata, in DaFalla's "El Amor Brujo" and "Siete Canciones", solo appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Concerto Soloists and the Philly Pops with Peter Nero. Was directed by Gian Carlo Menotti in his "The Saint of Bleecker Street". Recently appeared as Zulma in "L'Italiana in Algeri" in a live PBS broadcast from the Academy of Music. B.M., Ohio State University, Post Grad., Southern Methodist University, Certificate from the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia. Ms. Kidwell is also a winner in the 1988 Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition.

TOM KOZIC JAZZ/CONTEMPORARY GUITAR
Studied with Harry Leahey of William Patterson College (NJ), Jack Wilkens, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, and Kenny Burrell. Assistant seminar and clinic instructor for Howard Roberts, founder of Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood (CA). First place winner in Kenny Burrell National Guitar Competition in 1978. Performed with Phil Woods, Tim Hagens, John Swanna and Bill Goodwin.

ELIZABETH MANUS PIANO
B.M., University of Michigan; Diploma in Piano Accompanying, Curtis Institute of Music; M.M., University of the Arts. Recipient of the Ezerman Piano Award for excellence in performance, President's award for academic and artistic achievement from the University of the Arts. Piano faculty of the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr. She has served as accompanist for the Singing City Choir, Philadelphia, "Voces Novae et Antique", Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, and the Delaware Symphony. Her teachers have included Susan Starr and Vladimir Sokoloff.

ELAINE MARTIN FLUTE
B.M.E., Temple University. Flute study with Carole Morgan, Kenton Terry, and Deborah Carter. Principal flute, Allentown Symphony Orchestra. Élan, flute and harp duo. Cedar Crest College, instructor of flute.

BEVERLY MORGAN VOICE
B.S. Mus. Ed., Moravian College, Master's in Vocal Performance, Temple University. A student of Raquel Adonalyo of the Curtis Institute, Beverly has sung principal roles with the Berks Grand Opera Company and the Philadelphia Singers and solo recitals which have aired on NPR. She has been the musical director of several works including Touchstone Theatre’s “ Bethlehem Steel, The Art of an Industry.” She is the founding director of the steel choir of bethlehem and ACCO, A Chorus Celebrating Women. Beverly has taught music in public and private schools and at Moravian College.

ALBERT NEUMEYER DIRECTOR
B.S., Mansfield State University; M.M., Trenton State University in conducting and performance. Saxophonist and guest conductor. Director of Muhlenberg Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble. Lehigh University Adjunct Director of Marching and Symphonic Bands.

WILLIAM NEWMAN GUITAR
B.M., Temple University; B.S., University of Pittsburgh. Studied with Peter Segal. Master classes with Oscar Ghiglia, Manuel Barrueco. Performs as soloist and with chamber groups including the Philadelphia Guitar Ensemble, the Alliance Trio, the Encore Chamber Players and the Newman-Ghezzi Guitar Duo.

ANNIE PETIT PIANO
Pianist-in-Residence. Graduate of the Paris Conservatory. Winner of the Interpretation Prize at the International Franz Liszt Competition in Budapest. Further study with Gyrogy Sebok at Indiana University. On the faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music.

GARY RISSMILLER DRUMS
Jazz drummer Gary Rissmiller, a native of Bethlehem PA, has been playing drums for over 25 years. He has studied with Joe Morello and has performed with such jazz greats such as Phil Woods, Eric Kloss, Tom Harrell, Randy Brecker, Don Paterson, Tim Hagins, Brian Lynch, Dave Liebman, Vic Juris, Bob Dorough, Urbie Green, Chris Potter, George Young and Gary King. He has also opened for Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway, Joe Henderson, and Spyro Gyra. His first record with June Thomas is titled, "In Time," which features unique versions of timeless standards.

ANTHONY SIMONS CLARINET/SAXOPHONE
B.S., West Chester University; M.M., University of Illinois, Urbana; Artist Diploma, Peabody Conservatory of Music. Study with Loren Kitt, Leon Russianoff, Howard Klug, Terry Guidetti and Willis Coggins. Performances with Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Pocono Pops Orchestra, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, Allentown Symphony, Annapolis Symphony, solo and chamber music recitalist. Director, Muhlenberg College Woodwind Ensemble. Music Director and Conductor, Pocono Youth Orchestra.

DAVE SMITH GUITAR
Attended Kutztown University. Performer with U.S. Navy Band, Jazz Band, and Orchestra. Studied with Watts Clarke, Walt Damroshe, and Joseph Schillinger. Performed extensively throughout Europe, playing for royalty and celebrities. Played with Allentown Symphony under Donald Voorhees. Has taught privately for over 35 years and has owned West End Music for over 24 years, where he enjoys being a luthier and broker of fine instruments.

ROBERT WALLACE VOICE
Baritone Robert Wallace received his vocal training at Peabody Conservatory and Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts. He has appeared with the Baltimore Opera Co., The Opera Company of Philadelphia, The Trenton Civic Opera and the Harrisburg Civic Opera. He is a past winner of the American Opera Auditions, a finalist in the Luciano Pavarotti International Competition and The Center for Contemporary Opera Competition.

CHRISTA WARDA SOPRANO
B.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music. A lyric coloratura, Christa has performed with opera companies and symphony orchestras in Germany, Italy, and the United States. Opera roles include Violetta Valery in La Traviata , Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance , Adele in Die Fledermaus , Pamina in The Magic Flute , and Despina in Cosi fan Tutte . A 1985 winner of the Jay Speck Foundation Competition in Philadelphia, she has studied at the Juilliard School and the American Institute in Graz, Austria, and has taught voice in Germany. Her teachers include Shirlee Emmons and Wayne Conner, and she has participated in master classes with Bidu Sayao, Eileen Farrell, Eleanor Steber, and Licia Albanese.

DONALD WENNER FRENCH HORN
Formerly solo horn, U.S. Military Academy Band, West Point, N.Y. Horn study with Robert Kehm and Mason Jones. Performs with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, and the Valley Brass.

STEPHEN WILLIAMS ORGAN
Stephen C Williams is Director of Music and Organist at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Allentown. With formal training at Brevard College, Westminster Choir College, and The Juilliard School, he is Director of Chapel Music, College Organist, and Visiting Lecturer in Music at Muhlenberg. He has performed organ recitals throughout the U.S., in Canada, Great Britain, and France. Stephen has been featured guest artist and lecturer at Musikfest of Bethlehem, Music in the Old Moravian Chapel in Bethlehem, The Bach Marathon, Music from St. Stephen's, Wilkes-Barre, and Lenten Recitals at First Presbyterian, Allentown. He gas accompanied the Westminster Choir and Schola Cantorum of Westminster Choir College, Lehigh University Choir and Choral Union, Gloria Dei Chorale, Cathedral Choral Society, and Muhlenberg Musical Theatre Department. Recently served three terms as Dean of the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

PAUL WINDT VIOLIN
Paul Windt is a native of Pittsburgh, where he was a student of Mihail Stolarevsky. He received a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Jascha Brodsky and Efrem Zimbalist. He has been a faculty member at Cedar Crest College, Lehigh University, the New School of Music, and Temple University Music Prep. His students have been finalists and winners of several important local, state, and national competitions. Mr. Windt has performed extensively as a member of the Philadelphia Piano Trio, as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the Sixteen Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, the American Festival Orchestra in Italy, and the Pittsburgh Symphony. He has appeared frequently as a recitalist in the United States, Canada, and Italy. Paul Windt recently released a CD entitled "Violin Alone" which features virtuoso masterpieces by Bach, Milstein, and Ysaÿe.