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
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.
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
