Tahanee Aluwihare made her debut with the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka at the age of seventeen and has since performed in Asia, Europe, and North America. In previous seasons, Ms. Aluwihare has performed with Tri-Cities Opera, Opera Memphis, Opera Idaho, Charlottesville Opera, City Lyric Opera, and Opera del West. She earned her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and her M.M. in Vocal Performance from the Longy School of Music.

French-born vocalist, scholar and stage director Anne Azéma has directed The Boston Camerata since 2008 and the French ensemble Aziman, which she founded, since 2005. Intensely engaged since her student days with the song repertoire of the Middle Ages, she is esteemed as a charismatic solo performer. But she is also widely admired for her creative skill in building and directing complete musical productions of varied styles and periods, both for her recital programs and for larger ensemble forces (concert and stage) in Europe and the United States. Full Bio Here

Centering on the Baroque period, Canadian-born singer Colin Balzer’s repertoire ranges from the Medieval to the Modern: from the likes of Machaut and Monteverdi to Mozart and Mendelssohn. Colin has performed with period ensembles such as Les Musiciens du Louvre, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Freiburger Barockorchester, Bach Collegium Japan, Tafelmusik, and the Boston Early Music Festival.

Michael Barrett is a Boston-based conductor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and teacher. He serves as music director of The Boston Cecilia, a Brookline-based chorus, and is Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music, where he teaches courses in conducting and European music history. From 2021 until 2023, Michael served as Interim Director of the Five College Early Music Program in western Massachusetts. A long time collaborator with The Boston Camerata, Michael has also performed with many professional early music ensembles including Blue Heron, the Huelgas Ensemble, Vox Luminis, Handel + Haydn Society, Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Netherlands Bach Society), Seven Times Salt, Schola Cantorum of Boston, and Nota Bene. He can be heard on the harmonia mundi, Music and Arts, Blue Heron, Coro, and Toccata Classics record labels. Michael holds degrees in music (AB, Harvard University), voice (First Phase Diploma, Royal Conservatory in The Hague, The Netherlands), and choral conducting (MM, Indiana University; DMA, Boston University).

Rex Benincasa is a world music specialist. As a drummer and percussionist, he has performed with ALBA Consort, Ensemble Caprice, The Bishop’s Band, Seraphic Fire, The Sebastians, Flamenco Latino, Carlota Santana Spanish Dance, Zorongo Flamenco Dance, the Grammy Orchestra, and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. He has recorded CDs and movie soundtracks for numerous artists including Philip Glass, Sesame Street, NFL Films, Angelica Women’s Chamber Choir, and the Ivory Consort. Broadway appearances include Fosse, The Full Monty, Flower Drum Song, Man Of La Mancha, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hairspray, The Color Purple, Billy Elliot, and Motown among many others. Benincasa has played many show scores for all kinds of productions and likes all kinds of music. La Estrella 2026 will mark his first collaboration with The Boston Camerata.

Since 1995, Boston City Singers’ mission has been to provide the highest level of creative youth development opportunities to underserved young people, ages 4 – 18, in the very communities in which they live. Our programs inspire personal journeys, bridge opportunity gaps, celebrate diversity, and foster goodwill. Our strengths lie in an unwavering commitment to social justice and acceptance of differences across socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, and gender identity.

Through outstanding music education and vocal instruction, excellence in performance, and serving the community through song, members experience the joy of singing, teamwork and leadership, musical skills and artistic expression – skills that last a lifetime! Boston City Singers and the Camerata have collaborated since 2014 (Daniel: A Masterpiece Revisited) and in following seasons.

Phillip Bullock has been featured in operas and concerts throughout the United States and Europe. His recent engagements include the role of Daniel in the eponym Medieval Play with The Boston Camerata; Theoliver “Jake” Jeter in Loving vs. Virginia, a world premiere of the new opera by Damien Geter with Virginia Opera; and debut appearances with the Metropolitan Opera (George Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, and Jazz @ Lincoln Center (Blind Injustice). Past highlights include: Zodzetrick in Damien Sneed’s reimagining of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha with Opera Theatre of St. Louis; and the role of Cato in Castor & Patience with Cincinnati Opera, voted the Best New Opera of 2022 by The New York Times. Phillip also reprised the role of the God of Love in the studio recording of The Romance of the Rose, from Pulitzer nominee Kate Soper with Long Beach Opera and the Wet Ink Ensemble.

Flute and recorder specialist Kelsey Burnham is a South Baltimore native based in New York City. Having graduated from Oberlin Conservatory (BM ’19) and The Juilliard School (MM ’21), Burnham enjoys all aspects of making and sharing music with others. Her performance career has most recently included performances with The Boston Camerata, Juilliard 415, and Les Arts Florrisants in New York City, across both islands of New Zealand, and Thiré (France), as well as recording for an upcoming album release of original cantatas by Doug Balliett. With a passion for teaching, Burnham has years of experience from Oberlin Conservatory and from being one of Virtu.Academy’s founding private instructors. She has experience with students of all ages and skill levels with a teaching style that prioritizes the comfort, confidence, and success of the individual student. As a historic flute specialist, Burnham embraces flute styles from the Renaissance through current Modern performance practice.

Dave Cabral is a versatile musician who performs throughout New England as a chamber, orchestral, and pit musician. He studied viola performance at the Boston Conservatory but is equally comfortable on cello and fiddle. His passion for chamber music takes many forms. As a founding member of the Dashing Rock Celtic Trio, Dave sings and plays guitar, fiddle, and Scottish smallpipes. He is also a founding member and cellist of the Essex Piano Trio and performs professionally with that group as well. Dave has performed as cellist and harpist with Fellswater and has appeared as a soloist with the Melrose Symphony, Salem Philharmonic, and Arlington Symphony. He has performed as a fifer with the Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums, The Boston Camerata, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and as a fiddler with Hjaltibonhoga at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland. Outside music, he serves as chief echocardiographer at Boston Medical Center’s Department of Pediatric Cardiology.

Mr. Collver is a founding member of Project Ars Nova (P.A.N.), with which he has concertized. His performances have also included solo work with Ensemble Sequentia of Cologne, the Empire Brass Quintet, Tafelmusik, Boston Baroque and the Boston Camerata. Many of these concerts have been augmented by recordings with Telarc International, Erato, Deutsche EMI and Harmonia Mundi.

Corey Dalton Hart, tenor is an active performer of opera, oratorio, and song repertoire as well as an eager chamber musician. With a passion for American song, he is a regular recitalist along the east coast, having premiered new works in both New York City and Boston. He performs with the Boston Camerata, Boston Baroque Ensemble, Renaissance Men, The Ashmont Bach Project, the VOCES8 Scholars Program, and the renowned choir at the Church of the Advent. Corey holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance and pedagogy from the New England Conservatory of Music as well as degrees from Furman University and the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

William Drancsak, known by his friends and colleagues as Jimmy, is a violinist and violist living in the New York City area. He has performed internationally with ensembles such as The English Concert, Les Arts Florissants, Juilliard415, and New York Baroque Incorporated. Growing up as a fiddler in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, Jimmy draws much of his musical inspiration from various fiddle styles and improvisation. He has recently participated in several programs of The Boston Camerata on fiddle and will return in the 2026/2027 season for a Medieval hispanic concert, playing the vielle.

Regular Camerata collaborator Libor Dudas began his piano studies at the age of 8. A native of Croatia, his professional career began at age 14 when he gave his first organ recital. He studied organ and liturgical music at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna and holds an MM from the University of Notre Dame and a DMA in organ performance from New England Conservatory. He has served as Organist and Choir Director at Old North Church since 1998.

Annelise Ellars enjoys exploring her twin roles of singer and harpist. As a vocalist, she is adept at interpreting widely varying styles from Medieval to Modern, and finds particular pleasure in the interwoven textures of Renaissance polyphony. As a harpist, Ms. Ellars enjoys performing a wide range of repertoire including large orchestral works and musicals, but particularly enjoys the raw and percussive sounds of the bray harps. She has had the honor of appearing in various festivals across Europe, including the Monteverdi Festival (IT) and Utrecht Festival Oude Muziek (NL). Ms. Ellars has appeared as a soloist with the distinguished ReRenaissance series (CH) and with ensembles Basler Madrigalisten, Contre le Temps, and her duo Syrens, in which she explores the expressive possibilities of self-accompaniment through early harps. She studied for five years at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, earning two Master’s degrees in vocal performance. This season mars her first collaboration with The Boston Camerata.

Dr. Kyle Forsthoff is the Artist/Teacher in Classical Percussion at the University of Rhode Island and is the percussionist for the Island Time Steel Band. Kyle is also the President of the Rhode Island Percussive Arts Society and is an Associate Editor for Percussive Notes. Kyle performs with and teaches multiple Fife & Drum corps, is the Archivist/Curator of the Museum of Fife and Drum, and is the First Vice-President of the Company of Fifers and Drummers. Kyle has previously held positions at Rhode Island College, the University of Kentucky, Morehead State University, and Capital University, and is a performing and instructional alumnus of the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps. He holds degrees from Kentucky and Arizona Universities, is a member of ASCAP. The 2026/2027 season marks Dr Forsthoff ‘s debut with The Boston Camerata.

Long time Camerata collaborator bass and lutenist Joel Frederiksen is based in Munich, Germany. Over the course of his career, he has developed a distinctive artistic profile, particularly through his long-standing dedication to self-accompanied lute song. His work also spans solo appearances with leading early-music ensembles. In demand internationally as a bass soloist, he has performed and recorded with many prominent ensembles including Vox Luminis, the Netherlands Bach Society, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Huelgas Ensemble, and The Boston Camerata. As a singer and lutenist, he is Artistic Director of Ensemble Phoenix Munich (founded in 2002) with whom he tours internationally, records extensively for major labels, and curates the long-running Munich concert series “Between Mars and Venus” at the Bavarian National Museum. Frederiksen has recorded extensively for harmonia mundi France and SONY/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. His recordings have received numerous distinctions, including the German Record Critics’ Award, the Orphée d’Or – Martti Talvela Prize, and the ECHO Klassik Prize.

Daniel Hershey received his Master’s degree from New England Conservatory and has performed with Opera Boston, The Boston Camerata, Emmanuel Music, Handel + Haydn Society, New England Light Opera, Cambridge Opera, Brahms Society Orchestra, Masterworks Chorale, and others. He made his European debut with the Boston Camerata (Octobre en Normandie) and has toured the globe in Borrowed Light since its inception. Dan is currently the Vice President of the Wilkinson Young Singer’s Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to helping young singers. A frequent performer with the Camerata, Mr. Hershey can be heard on the Camerata CD Treasures of Devotion.

Tenor William Hite’s reputation as an expressive and engaging artist has led to appearances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Odyssey Opera, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. He has performed and recorded with many leading early music ensembles including the Boston Camerata and Ensemble Sequentia. He is Professor of Voice at UMass Amherst and coproducer of the UMass Bach Festival and Symposium.

Boston-based baritone Craig Juricka’s versatile performance career has brought him to concert, opera and musical theatre stages around the nation. He has been featured as an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera and sings regularly with The Boston Camerata and the choruses of Handel & Haydn Society, Odyssey Opera, Boston Baroque, and Emmanuel Music.

Multi-instrumentalist, occasional vocalist, composer and arranger Shira Kammen has spent well over half her life exploring the worlds of early and traditional music. A frequent collaborator with Anne Azéma and The Boston Camerata, Ms. Kammen was a member for many years of the early music Ensembles Alcatraz, Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings, and has also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, Anonymous IV, among many others. She has performed and taught in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Morocco, Latvia, Russia and Japan.

Trombonist Brian Kay has performed with Boston Camerata, Boston Baroque, Handel and Haydn Society, New York Collegium, Aston Magna, Renaissonics, and the New England Waites. On modern trombone, he has performed with the Rhode Island Philharmonic and Boston Philharmonic. Brian maintains a teaching studio in Weston, Massachusetts, and is a former faculty member at the Longy School and the New England Conservatory Preparatory Division.

Andrew Koutroubas is a cellist and multi-instrumentalist specializing in historical performance. A strong believer in the transformative power of music, Koutroubas is a founding director of New Hampshire-based non-profit, Silentwoods Collective Inc, an organization committed to community building through music and the arts.

As a cellist, Koutroubas has performed and recorded with Grammy winning ensembles such as Handel + Haydn Society, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Opera Series, and has the honor of performing around the US and Europe with Juilliard 415, The Boston Camerata, Les Arts Florissants, MA Festival Bruges, American Symphony Orchestra, Ars Lyrica Houston, Upper Valley Baroque, New Hampshire Philharmonic and others. Additionally, he has contributed to the formation of newly established early music ensembles Orbis Pictus and The Fooles. Andrew studied historical performance at the Longy School of Music of Bard College earning a Master of Music degree in 2021, and The Juilliard School where he earned a Graduate Diploma in 2024.

Jesse Lepkoff, baroque flute and recorder, holds a degree in early music performance from New England Conservatory. He received his graduate education at the Royal Conservatory in Holland. His many performances include appearances with the Smithsonian Chambers Players and as a soloist with the National Symphony. He is a current member of the Arcadia Players and performs and records regularly with The Boston Camerata.

Carol Lewis has frequently demonstrated her musical virtuosity and versatility as a soloist in recitals in the United States and abroad. A former student of Jordi Savall, she has toured and recorded with Hespèrion, The Boston Camerata, Ensemble Chaconne and Capriccio Stravagante. Ms. Lewis has taught at Festival dei Saraceni, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica, NEC, and the annual summer conclave of the Viola da Gamba Society of America.

Steven Lundahl specializes in early low brass and recorders. He has performed throughout North and South America, Europe, and Hong Kong with such groups as the Boston Camerata, Boston Baroque, the Handel and Haydn Society, Tafelmusik, Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Project Ars Nova, Waverly Consort, Calliope, and more. He has participated on over 35 recordings and teaches at the Concord Community Music School.

Ryan Lustgarten is a tenor from the Seattle area currently based in Manhattan, NY. He recently concluded a performance of Die Entführung aus dem Serail singing Pedrillo with Festival Napa Valley and was previously with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as a Gerdine Young Artist. Ryan is a versatile performer of classic and contemporary opera, musical theatre, choral music, and concert repertoire. He holds a Master of Music in Voice and Opera from Northwestern University.

Sarah MacConduibh is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in Celtic and traditional American music. She is a founding member of Dashing Rock Celtic Trio and previously performed for nearly two decades with the acclaimed Celtic ensemble Fellswater. Sarah also directed the Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums, including performances with the Boston Pops Orchestra and at international military tattoos in North America and Europe. A longtime collaborator with the Boston Camerata, she is passionate about connecting audiences with music, history, and storytelling. Beyond music, Sarah develops leadership programs and coaches emerging leaders through reacHIRE, volunteers as a veterinary assistant with the MSPCA, and enjoys mountain adventures, including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and preparing for future high-altitude treks.

Composer Tod Machover has been called “a musical visionary” by The New York Times. Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music and Media at the MIT Media Lab, he is known for his boundary-breaking music and for inventing new music technologies for expanding performance virtuosity, inspiring creativity in young people, and promoting well-being and combating disease. He has collaborated numerous times with the Boston Camerata, including with Anne Azéma for his AI-enhanced opera VALIS, and with Joel Cohen on the Angels CD.

Soumaya MaRose is an award-winning international performer, teacher, and cultural ambassador based in New York and Boston. A member of the International Dance Council of UNESCO, she has been honored to collaborate with Atlas Soul, Club Mediteranee, Salma Dance Company, and The Boston Camerata. She combines her academic training in geography with her personal heritage to deepen her students’ understanding of dances from the Arabic-speaking world and the Amazigh heritage.

Equally at home in classical and traditional music, violinist and violist Eric Martin brings joy, whimsy, and passion to every genre of music he encounters. As a classical violist, Eric has performed regularly with The Boston Camerata and numerous other chamber and symphonic ensembles across the northeast. As a traditional dance musician, Eric can be found playing for festivals, concerts, camps, balls and other dance events across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

American contralto Emily Marvosh has established a reputation as a singing actress with excellent musicianship on national and international stages. Recent solo appearances include the Handel + Haydn Society, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Charlotte Symphony, and the Henry Purcell Society of Boston. She belongs to Beyond Artists and supports Rosie’s Place and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music through her performances.

Soprano MaKayla McDonald is an active performer of opera, art song, and new works who recently made her Camerata debut in We’ll Be There!. Last season, MaKayla joined Tero Saarinen Company and The Boston Camerata on international stages for Borrowed Light (Finland, France, Germany, and Austria). She also collaborated with City Lyric Opera for Jeremy Beck’s Black Water, a monodrama for soprano with dance and performed for the American Opera Project + NYU/Tisch for their Opera Lab. She was invited recently to join ChamberQUEER’s Pride Festival at National Sawdust as well as the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre as a guest artist. MaKayla currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. She is an adjunct Lecturer for the Borough of Manhattan Community College Music and Art Department, and a soprano in the Compostela Choir at St. James on Madison. A native Iowan, MaKayla received both her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Vocal Performance from the University of Northern Iowa.

Jason McStoots has performed around the world and the US. Recent appearances include opera and solo performances at the Boston Early Music Festival, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Green Mountain Project, and Emmanuel Music. He has appeared with Boston Lyric Opera, Pacific MusicWorks, The Boston Camerata, TENET, and the Tanglewood Music Center. He is a core member of Blue Heron and currently teaches at Brandeis University.

A native of Washington state, Dan Meyers graduated from Whitman College with BA degrees in Music and English Literature, later obtaining an MM in Historical Performance from the Longy School of Music. Beginning as a trombonist with an interest in jazz, he discovered Renaissance and Baroque music during his undergraduate years. Meyers regularly performs with his own group Seven Times Salt, as well as being a frequent guest with noted early music ensembles.

Allison Monroe specializes in Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical violin and viola, viols, vielle, rebec, medieval harp, and voice. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Historical Performance Practice from Case Western Reserve University, where she directed the Collegium Museum from 2018 to 2023. She is a co-founder and Director of Programming for Trobár, a trio of voices and instruments dedicated to bringing medieval music to modern audiences. Dr. Monroe also performs regularly with Newberry Consort, The Boston Camerata, Apollo’s Fire, Les Délices, and numerous other early music orchestras and ensembles. Her research interests currently center on medieval song accompaniment, self-accompaniment and the lira da braccio, and early seventeenth-century English violin bands. She is currently Director of the Five College Early Music Program and Lecturer in Music.

A long time collaborator with The Boston Camerata, Karim Nagi is a native Egyptian immigrant to the USA, and a true crossover artist uniting the Arab tradition with the global contemporary world. He has released fourteen CDs, ranging from traditional Arab music to fusion and electronica. He has taught in dozens of festivals in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Cairo, and has lectured at Harvard, MIT, Yale, and Princeton, among many others.

Born in London, England, Nigel North has been Professor of Lute at the Historical Performance Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington since 1999. Basically self-taught on the lute, he has been playing and teaching for nearly 50 years. Recordings include a four CD boxed set “Bach on the Lute” (Linn Records) and four CDs of the lute music of John Dowland (Naxos). He often collaborates with Anne Azéma in recitals.

Bass-baritone Andrew Padgett, praised for his “powerful baritone and impressive vocal range” and “splendidly declamatory” performances, is an accomplished interpreter of early music from medieval to baroque repertoire. Featured in venues like New York’s Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, he collaborates frequently with ensembles such as Piffaro, TENET, and Bach Collegium San Diego.

Colombian soprano Camila Parias brings a versatile and unique voice to a broad range of musical styles, with a repertoire spanning Medieval works to New Music. A long time collaborator with The Boston Camerata, she has also performed with other ensembles including Handel & Haydn Society, La Donna Musicale, Musica Ficta, Newberry Consort, and Dünya, gracing stages such as Boston Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, the Palais de Chaillot, Dance House Helsinki, La Filature, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele, Musikverein, and Bregenz Festspiele.

Parias toured Finland, Germany, Austria, and France as part of Borrowed Light, a collaboration between The Boston Camerata and the Tero Saarinen Dance Company. She tours nationally with the Camerata in concerts, staged works (Dido & Aeneas, The Play of Daniel), and as an independent soloist. She can be heard on recordings with Harmonia Mundi (France), Coro Records (UK), and Lindoro (Spain).

Camerata regular Christa Patton, historical harpist and early wind specialist, has performed throughout the Americas, Europe, and Japan with many of today’s premier early music ensembles including Piffaro the Renaissance Band, The King’s Noyse, Folger Consort, Newberry Consort, Apollo’s Fire, Parthenia and ARTEK. As a baroque harpist specializing in 17th century opera, Christa has performed with New York City Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and Tafelmusik. She is presently on the faculty of Rutgers University.

Paul Perfetti performs on baroque trumpet and cornetto with Boston Baroque, Handel + Haydn Society, Aston Magna, and Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF). Mr. Perfetti’s recordings on Telarc, Linn, Coro, and Centaur include, among others, Boston Baroque: J.S. Bach: Complete Orchestral Suites and Mass in B minor (2000 Grammy nominee); Mozart’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah (1992 Grammy nominee), Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 (on cornetto) and Il ritorno d’Ulisse (2014), Handel’s Messiah (2014); Mozart’s Requiem with the Handel + Haydn Society (2011), Lully’s Psyche (2008 Grammy nominee) with BEMF, and Monteverdi’s Orfeo with Aston Magna (2008). Mr. Perfetti is a guest lecturer on natural trumpets at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Musical Instrument Collection. Mr. Perfetti holds a BM from University of Wisconsin and a MM in trumpet performance “with distinction” from the New England Conservatory of Music. La Estrella marks his first collaboration with The Boston Camerata.

Tenor Jordan Weatherston Pitts made his principal artist debut as the queen Renata in Iain Bell and Mark Campbell’s world premiere of Stonewall with New York City Opera. He assumed prominent roles in The Boston Camerata’s Play of Daniel (2014–2020) and The Night’s Tale (2016–2020). Recent roles include Roméo in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette with the Hawaii Opera Theatre and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni.

Mack Ramsey is a specialist in performance of Renaissance and baroque music on instruments of the periods, playing sackbut, Renaissance flute, recorder and lute. He makes his home in the Boston area and is a member of Dark Horse Consort. In recent seasons he has appeared with the Staunton Music Festival, Tafelmusik, Apollo’s Fire, The Thirteen, Piffaro Renaissance Band, Philharmonia Baroque, and Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society.

Specializing in vocal works of the Baroque and earlier, Deborah Rentz-Moore’s vocal pursuits are nonetheless expansive, with many notable premieres of new music, highlighting repertoires of under-represented composers, and including popular genres in diverse vocal ranges. She enjoys frequent solo collaborations with The Camerata, Emmanuel Music, and Aston Magna. Her multifaceted solo work has brought her to Lincoln Center, the Paris Philharmonie, Utrecht Early Music Festival, Prague Spring Festival, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, and Tanglewood. As well as appearing with The Boston Camerata, Ms. Rentz-Moore’s 2026-2027 season includes “Beyond Boundaries” (Tapestry), Bach’s “Saint Matthew Passion” (Emmanuel Music), and a recital of contemporary art song commissioned by The University of New Hampshire, where she is a Resident Artist in Voice. Ms. Rentz-Moore’s recordings on Musica Omnia, Centaur, Meridian, and Harmonia Mundi span genres and eras, and she is featured on The Camerata’s acclaimed recent recordings, “Free America!” and “Hodie Christus Natus Est.”

Multifaceted artist Salomé Sandoval, now going by SaSa, sings and accompanies herself with lutes, early and classical guitars, in multilingual, creative programs ranging from Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque to 20th century repertoires. Originally from Venezuela, SaSa resides in Boston, MA where she is completing a MM in Historical Performance at Longy School of Music at Bard College.

Virginia native Ian Saunders enjoys an exciting career as a sought-after bassist who has performed with major ensembles, including The Boston Camerata, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and The Sphinx Symphony. In 2017, Dr. Saunders won a prestigious diversity fellowship position with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Described by the New York Times as “the robust-voiced baritone”, Luke Scott appeared in New York’s Broadway district in the critically acclaimed Figaro 90210 followed by Don Giovanni with Salt Marsh Opera, the Grammy-nominated Trial at Rouen with Odyssey Opera, and Daniel with The Boston Camerata. He has received awards from the Martina Arroyo Foundation, Bel Canto Scholarship Foundation, and Shreveport Opera.

Heather Taskovics is a musician, singer, songwriter, and arranger based in the Boston Metrowest area. A former fifer with the Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes and Drums, she has performed internationally and shared the stage with distinguished ensembles including The Boston Pops and The Boston Camerata. She appears on the latest CD by that ensemble, Free America! Early Songs of Resistance and Rebellion on the Harmonia Mundi label. Beyond the fife, Heather collaborates with songwriters and producers across the US and abroad, working from her home studio. She holds a BFA in Music from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she studied flute and piccolo. Outside of music, she enjoys life in Framingham with her husband, daughter, and three cats.

As a media experience artist and founder of The nth Art and director of Live and Immersive Arts at the University of Arizona, he collaborates with theater-makers, orchestras, museums, festivals, educational institutions, and other artists to create experiences that connect audiences and participants with stories and each other. By incorporating new technologies and techniques as part of his artistic palette, he explores novel modes of representing expression (Death and the Powers, 2010; Lilith, 2015; Fensadense, 2015) and presence in live performance (Remote Theatrical Immersion: Sleep No More, 2012; Powers Live, 2014; Ipomoea, 2017). Recent works include projection design for the world premiere opera productions Schoenberg in Hollywood (Boston Lyric Opera, 2018), If I Were You (Merola Opera, 2019), Overstory Overture (Sejong Soloists, 2023), and The Andrée Expedition (virtual reality, 2021). Torpey’s media, lighting, and interactive works have also appeared worldwide, including Chicago Opera Theater, Dallas Opera, Virginia Opera, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Lincoln Center, 7 Stages Theater, FLUX Projects, Google, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Festival, MIT Media Lab, and CalIT2 IDEAS San Diego.

John Taylor Ward grew up in a musical family in North Carolina. Before pursuing opera and early music studies at the Eastman and Yale Schools of Music, he spent his early years as both a sought-after musical theater actor and an Anglican boy treble. Ward has yielded acclaimed debuts at Spoleto USA, Mexico’s Compañía Nacional de Teatro, and Vienna’s Musikverein as Jesus in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. He is a laureate of the Jardin des voix and a member of the two-time Grammy winning ensemble, Roomful of Teeth.

Mara Winter is a performer, composer, and photographer who spends her time exploring the infinite braid of the past and present. Her musical journey blends a profound personal artistic ethos with a deep commitment to technical fluency in historical flutes, spanning from the Middle Ages and Renaissance through the Classical and early-Romantic eras. Winter directs her Renaissance traverso consort, Phaedrus, based in Basel, Switzerland.

Milton Wright is a retired Judge of the Boston Municipal Court. He is a graduate of Morehouse College, where he was a member of the famed Morehouse College Glee Club, and of Boston University Law School. He also studied voice at Longy School of Music. He was a member of the New England Spiritual Ensemble and has served as Musical Director of Boston’s Black Nativity for over thirty-six years.

Lutenist Dani Zanuttini-Frank has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He has recently performed with Piffaro, A Far Cry, TENET, and Tiny Glass Tavern; and presented a recital with Sophie Michaux at the 2026 Urbino Festival di Musica Antica. He most recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Historical Performance at Juilliard, studying with Charles Weaver and Daniel Swenberg. He completed his Bachelors and Masters at Yale, where he studied classical guitar and music theory. Outside of performance, Dani teaches and researches historical music theory: he is currently pursuing a PhD in music theory at CUNY. Dani is particularly interested in historical pedagogical methods, such as solfeggio and partimento, and their spread across musical cultures. La Estrella marks his first collaboration with The Boston Camerata.