Dana Clearwater received her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory in Berea, Ohio, studying with Joanne Uniatowski. At the Boston Conservatory, she studied composition for two years with world-renowned composer Larry Bell. Dana’s solo performances include Mozart’s Impresario (Madame Silverklang), Handel’s Messiah, Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning, Haydn’s Small Organ Mass and Creation, Charpentier’s Midnight Mass for French Carols, Bach’s Magnificat in D, and Conrad Susa’s Carols and Lullabies from the Southwest. Currently, Dana lives in Berea where she is Music Director and soloist for the Berea First Church of Christ Scientist. She is also a member of the early music ensemble Cantores Cleveland and the newly-formed Trinity Chamber Singers, under the direction of Horst Buchholz.

Ian Crane is a high school music teacher, performer, and student. He currently teaches choir and band at Benedictine High School in Cleveland, and previously spent five years on faculty at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, as instructor of bagpipes. He has performed with many local groups, including Apollo’s Fire, the Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, and What’s Next?, a barbershop quartet. Ian earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from Cleveland State University and is working on his master’s in choral conducting from Kent State University. He resides in Lakewood, Ohio, with his wife Tricia and daughter Phoebe.

Ross W. Duffin was born in London, Ontario, and attended the University of Western Ontario there. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees from Stanford University where he specialized in the performance practice of early music. He came to Case Western Reserve in 1978 to direct the nationally recognized early music program there. Duffin has made a name for himself as a scholar in a wide range of repertoires, publishing articles on music from the 13th to the 18th centuries. His edition of DuFay chansons won the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society for work of benefit to both scholars and performers, and his edition of Josquin motets was published in 1998 by Oxford University Press. Other “vocal” publications include the award-winning Shakespeare’s Songbook (W. W. Norton, 2004), a study of all the songs from Shakespeare’s plays, and an edition of motets from the Jacobean period from A-R Editions. Duffin’s love of vocal ensemble singing has a familial background, since his grandfather, William Nelson, was a professional countertenor in London, England, and was soloist for Harold Darke and later Herbert Murrill. Duffin has sung with Apollo’s Fire since its inception in 1992. He also directs the Early Music Singers at Case.

Donna Fagerhaug holds a Master of Arts degree in Church Music from Trinity Lutheran Seminary and a Bachelor’s of Music from the Conservatory at Capital University, both in Columbus, Ohio. She is the Choir Director at Celebration Lutheran Church in Chardon. Locally, she sings with Apollo’s Singers, and has been a member and frequent soloist with the Cleveland Lutheran A Cappella Choir, of which she has also served as an Assistant Director. Highlights of her solo career include the role of “Birdie” in Blitzstein’s Regina, and the recent regional premier of J. S. Bach’s newly discovered aria, Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn Ihn. Besides her classical training in the Western European languages, Donna has also sung in Spanish, Hebrew, Swahili, Xhosa, Chinese, Korean, and Urdu. In the past, she has taught both elementary music and high school choir and even had a short stint as a torch singer. Donna resides in a 93-year-old farmhouse in Richmond Heights, Ohio, with her husband and three children.

José Gotera began his choral training at the age of eight at St. Michael’s Choir School in Toronto, Ontario. At the University of Toronto, he sang with the Hart House Chorus,  Trinity College Chapel Choir, and Tafelmusik, while pursuing degrees in Human Biology and Music History. He completed an MA in Early Music at Case Western Reserve University. During his studies at Case, he sang with the Early Music Singers and St. Paul’s Episcopal Choir. More recently, he has sung with Apollo’s Fire and the chorus of Opera Cleveland. He has sung solo roles with Cleveland Opera on Tour, Opera Circle, and the West Shore Chorale. At present, José is a music instructor at Hiram College, where he teaches voice and vocal pedagogy, and directs opera/musical theater workshop and the men’s chorus. He is also a section leader and baritone soloist at Trinity Cathedral.

Peter Hampton teaches middle school general music in the Lakewood Public Schools. He also sings with the choir at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral and directs a children’s choir through the Beck Center in Lakewood. Peter has his bachelor’s degree in Music Education (vocal emphasis) from Otterbein College in Westerville, OH, where he studied voice with Robert Nims. His choral experience includes singing in the United States premier of the Lord of the Rings Symphony, with the Columbus Symphony, Howard Shore conducting; and tours with choral ensembles to Austria, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and France (which included a performance in Notre Dame Cathedral). He has also performed with the West Shore Chorale.