Pianist Kathryn Locke has been the accompanist for Bach in Baltimore since 2019. In 2017, she became the Music Director of the Harford Choral Society, having served as their accompanist since 2005. She is currently a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland and Harford Community College and has served on the faculties of the Garrison Forest School, Essex Community College, and the Baltimore School for the Arts. She was also the Manager of Baltimore’s Shriver Hall Concert Series for five years. As a pianist, Mrs. Locke has played for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Handel Choir of Baltimore, Center Stage, the Harford Choral Society, and the Children’s Chorus of Maryland. She has given recital performances with members of the BSO on several chamber music series, including those at Second Presbyterian Church and Towson University. Mrs. Locke holds a BMED with an emphasis on choral music and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University.

Peter Cain joined the National Symphony Orchestra as its bass clarinetist in 2016. He previously held positions with the Columbus Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, and Knoxville Symphony Orchestras. An avid soloist and chamber musician, Peter has performed at recitals, conventions, and festivals from Italy to China to Aspen. In the Washington area he has performed on the NSO’s Millennium Stage, Mt. Vernon, SoundHealth, and In Your Neighborhood chamber music series, as well as at the Appalachian Chamber Music Festival. He also has been on faculty at Lee University and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and regularly gives master classes at universities throughout the country. Peter attended Vanderbilt University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), where he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree. He studied clarinet with Richie Hawley, Burt Hara, and Cassie Lee, and bass clarinet with Ron Aufmann.