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

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).

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A former member of the Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes and Drums, Heather is also a singer, songwriter and arranger and creates music in her own studio. She earned her BFA in Music at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. When not playing music, Heather enjoys life in Framingham with her husband, daughter, and 3 cats.

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.