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.

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.

Bass Nathan Longnecker is proprietor of the Quiet Gardener, providing care to home gardens. He sings professionally with Apollo’s Singers as well as Quire Cleveland, and is associate choir director/assistant organist at St. Christopher’s by the River. He is an artisan of handcrafts, and does contract work in crystal growth and fabrication for Gooch & Housego, Inc.

Baritone Ray Lyons does statistical programming and independent consulting in library performance measurement. He has performed with the Case Western Reserve University Early Music Singers, Old Stone Singers, Cleveland Opera Chorus, and in local church choirs, including the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Trinity Cathedral, and Temple Emanu El, as well as the Church of the Ascension and St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York.

Jonathan William Moyer is music director and organist of the Church of the Covenant. There he directs a semi-professional choir, handbells, children’s music program, and concert series. An active organ recitalist, he has performed throughout the northeastern United States, Europe, and Japan and received top prizes in several international organ competitions. Mr. Moyer has served as an opera coach/accompanist and appears frequently as accompanist for art song and opera recitals. In May 2010, he received his doctorate from the Peabody Conservatory (Baltimore) as a student of Donald Sutherland; previously, he earned both a graduate performance diploma in organ and a master’s degree in piano there. He resides in Shaker Heights, along with his wife, the organist Kaori Hongo, and sons, Christopher Sho and Samuel Kazu. Critics have described his playing as “ever-expressive, stylish, and riveting.” For more information, visit his website.