John Solomon Collins was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Growing up, he was always surrounded by music, hearing his mother sing with the church praise team and participating in the children’s choir. He became resistant towards singing in middle and early high school, but as time went on, his
Cantor Josh C. Perlman became the Cantor at B’nai Israel Congregation in Rockville, Maryland in February 2001. He previously served as the Cantor at Congregation B’nai Israel in Albuquerque, New Mexico for ten years. Prior to that position, Cantor Josh was the Cantorial Soloist at Temple Shalom in Milton, Massachusetts and Temple Emanu-El in
Mark Helms, Bach in Baltimore's newly-appointed associate conductor, is an active musician who is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he studies with Jason Max Ferdinand. At the University of' Maryland, Mark has served as primary conductor of the University Chorale, assistant
Employing his “impressive singing … well-supported tone and supple phrasing,” (Baltimore Sun) baritone Rob McGinness connects characters to ideas, and listeners to sounds. Excited to return to live performance, Rob’s season includes Così fan Tutte and Carmen with Arizona Opera, The Ghosts of Gatsby Las Vegas Opera, and engagements with the Phoenix Symphony and
Mateo Mendez is an oboist based in Baltimore who serves as English Hornist of the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra. He has held many other posts around Baltimore and beyond, including second oboe with Mount Vernon Virtuosi, principal oboe with the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra, and interim music director of the Hunt Valley Wind Ensemble.
Rene Shapiro (trumpet), a native of San Diego, California, is a versatile musician known for his roles as Assistant Principal of the Baltimore Symphony orchestra and his work as a soloist, teacher, and chamber musician. Mr. Shapiro’s career has taken him across the globe, performing with prestigious ensembles such as the Boston Symphony, the
Karoline Guerin is thrilled to perform with Bach in Baltimore for the first time this season. This year, Ms. Guerin also makes her debut with Opera Baltimore as Marthe in Gounod’s Faust, as well as with Bel Cantanti Opera as Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen. She recently relocated from Colorado, where she enjoyed numerous operatic
Jason Rylander has been praised by the Washington Post for his "strong, clear tenor" and for performances that "coupled sonorous warmth and emotional depth". He has performed with some of the East Coast's leading early music ensembles, including the Washington Bach Consort, Bach Sinfonia, Cathedra, Mountainside Baroque, Opera Lafayette, and the TENET/Green Mountain Project.
Mezzo-Soprano Rebecca Printz has performed as a Bach soloist with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center, and Boston’s Emmanuel Music. Rebecca recently participated in Yellow Barn’s summer music festival, where she performed chamber works by Salvatore Sciarrino, George Benjamin, and Brett Dean, among others. She has also spent two
Eliam Ramos is a thrilling Puerto Rican bass-baritone who has performed opera and concert works with companies in the United States, Spain, Israel and Mexico. His artistic engagements range from traditional opera such as Leporello in Don Giovanni, to Luis Nogales in the zarzuela Luisa Fernanda, to symphony concerts such as Fauré’s Requiem to
