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GABRIELA ESTEPHANIE SOL Í S , mezzo-soprano

Noted for her “rich tone” and “seemingly effortless melismatic San Francisco Classical Voice), Gabriela Solís enjoys a varied performance career throughout the US. A committed ensemble musician and concert soloist, she has performed with Seraphic Fire, Border CrosSing, the American Bach Soloists, JSB Ensemble Stuttgart, and the Weimar Bach Cantata Academy. Concert highlights include Bach’s B Minor Mass, In the Beginning, Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody, and Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri. She is a frequent soloist with the California Bach Society and Chora Nova in the San Francisco Bay area and has been featured at the Boston Early Music Festival Young Artist Training Program and the Amherst Early Music Festival. Gabriela received her BA from Santa Clara University, magna cum laude, and was recognized by the university for artistic growth and dedication. As a graduate of the Sacred Music Program at the University of Notre Dame, she received the program’s vocal performance award.

STEVEN SOPH , tenor

A “superb vocal soloist” (The Washington Post) with “impressive clarity and color” (The New York Times), tenor Steven Soph performs concert repertoire spanning the Renaissance to modern day. In 2022, Steven debuts with the Seattle, Fort Worth, and Aiken Symphony Orchestras in Handel’s Messiah, with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, in the Baldwin Wallace University Bach Festival as Evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and as a member of Vancouver, B.C.’s The Leonids and Louisville’s Artefact. Steven returns to the Charlotte Bach Festival as Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion, to Baltimore Choral Arts to perform and record Anthony Blake Clark’s completion of Mozart’s , to Providence’s Ensemble Altera for their debut recording, to the Oregon Bach Festival St. Matthew Passion Evangelists, and to the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s Summer Festival. Steven holds degrees from the University of North Texas and Yale School of Music where he studied at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music with renowned tenor James Taylor.

KYLE STEGALL , tenor

Kyle Stegall has garnered praise around the world for his “lovely tone and ardent expression” (The New York Times). A specialist in music of the baroque, Kyle’s interpretations of Bach, Handel, and Charpentier are characterized by an unfailing attention to style and detail. He made his Lincoln Center debut in Bach's St. John Passion under the direction of the Bach Collegium Japan’s artistic director, Masaaki Suzuki. In demand as a symphonic soloist, his seasons often include the great masses of Mozart and Beethoven. Holding a special relationship with the music of Benjamin Britten, Kyle has twice participated as a fellow at the Aldeburgh Music Festival in Suffolk, England, and each season he curates recitals which reveal vast colors and emotional range. Mr. Stegall is a dedicated teacher of singing and maintains a private studio year-round.

LAURA CHOI STUART, soprano

Hailed as “a lyric soprano of ravishing quality” by the Boston Globe, Laura Choi Stuart appears regularly with the Washington Bach Consort and the Washington Master Chorale in addition to solo appearances with many area ensembles. She was honored for art song performances at the National Association of Teachers Singing Artist Awards and as one of the Art Song Discovery Series winners for the Vocal Arts Society. Solo highlights include Messiah and St. Matthew Passion at the Washington National Cathedral, and Bachianas Brasileiras No. with the New Orchestra of Washington. Laura has appeared with Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, and Annapolis Opera. She received her training at The New England Conservatory and Dartmouth College as well as the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers. Laura is Head of Vocal Studies at the Washington National Cathedral, maintains a private teaching studio, and shares resources for adult recreational choral singers at The Weekly Warm-Up.

PATRICIA THOMPSON , mezzo-soprano

Patricia Thompson is a much sought-after adjudicator and is active as an oratorio specialist, appearing with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, the Louisville Choral Arts Society, the Masterworks Chorale of New Jersey, the Hale Library Concert Series, and the Bloomington Early Music Festival. A dedicated professional choral artist and a member of the international Carmel Bach Festival and the Spire Chamber Ensemble of Kansas City, she is a founding member of the award-winning Luminous Voices in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. With a special interest in jazz and cabaret singing, she performs regularly with the Thundering Cats Big Band in Manhattan, KS, and in solo cabaret shows at the Manhattan Arts Center. It’s Only Natural, is available on iTunes, Spotify, and other music platforms. Dr. Thompson holds degrees from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (DM and MM) and St. Olaf College (BM) and is currently an Associate Professor of Music at Kansas State University.

JOSEPH TRUMBO , bass

Joseph Trumbo is a young, upcoming singer hailed for his “smooth, deep voice.” Recent and notable choral work has included performances with the Rockford Music Collaborative, the Illinois Bach Academy as a Young Artist under Dr. Andrew Megill, and as a former member of San Francisco’s elite new music ensemble, Volti. Trumbo received both a BA and BM from Oberlin College & Conservatory and an MM from the University of Illinois, where he was a recipient of the Howard A. Stotler Voice Fellowship. Joseph has been featured in the Mars Symphonic Men’s Choir as part of the Soundiron Olympus Symphonic Choral Collection and has just completed a festival in New York with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble.

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