Children’s Chorus of Carroll County is ever so grateful to those who established our chorus over 30 years ago in 1985, Idalea Rubin and Diane Jones. Our organization has grown from one chorus to four distinct choirs of varying size and ages, with over 100 members. Our mission is to provide an accessible, quality
Jared Hancock, baritone Jared Hancock, baritone, is a second year master’s student at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University in the vocal studio of William Sharp. In 2016, he obtained a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Mercyhurst University. During his time there, he sang the roles of
Baltimore City College Choir The Vision of the Baltimore City College Choir is threefold: To provide life-changing experiences that will afford each student participant numerous opportunities to practice, perfect and promote vocal music talents through exposure in various venues external to the public school environment; To foster opportunities that will promote students
Principal flute of the Baltimore Opera Orchestra for twenty two seasons, Sara Nichols has appeared as guest principal flute with the Baltimore and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras and the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. She has performed with the Maryland Opera, Bach in Baltimore, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Wolf Trap Orchestra,
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
YoonShoo Shin, Tenor Tenor Yoonsoo Shin holds an Artist Diploma from Indiana University and Master’s degree from the University of Maryland where he studied under distinguished artists including Giorgio Tozzi and Dominic Cossa. He has received numerous awards from prestigious competitions such as a study grant with the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation,
Soprano Ellie Yeonjung Kim, originally from Seoul, Korea, completed her Master's of Music degree at the Manhattan School of Music in New York studying under Joan Patenaude-Yarnell. Ellie's operatic appearances include Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Dell'arte Opera Emsemble and Lucy in Menotti's The Telephone at the Korea National Theater. She was recognized with "great critical
Janna Critz, mezzo soprana, is a rising artist in the early music, operatic, and concert arena, and is acclaimed for having "summoned up sonorities that were rich, warm, dark, and comforting" (San Francisco Examiner) and for her "elegance of technique" and "vivid vocalism" (Baltimore Sun). Miss Critz appears regularly as a soloist with groups
John Scherch, Bass Praised by Opera News for his “resonant bass outstanding among his peers,” John T.K. Scherch is a regular presence in the Baltimore music community. He attended Peabody Conservatory for his graduate studies, performing the roles of Frank Maurrant (Street Scene), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), and Giove (La Calisto),
Sara MacKimmie, soprano Sara MacKimmie is a Washington, DC-based soprano who specializes in ensemble singing and early music. Recent highlights include Vivaldi Gloria with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, several oratorios with the Academy of Sacred Drama in New York, Couperin’s Leçons de ténèbres with the Denver Early Music Consort, music from the
