Members of Quire Cleveland are soloists and choral leaders at many of the major churches in greater Cleveland, including Church of the Covenant, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the Cathedral of St. John, and Trinity Cathedral, among others. They have sung together in historically-informed ensembles, such as the Case Western Reserve University Early Music Singers and Apollo’s Singers of Apollo’s Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra. Collectively, they represent nearly 500 years of choral singing, which makes it appropriate that they perform in concert five centuries of a cappella repertoire.

Tenor
Peter Hampton

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.

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Jeremiah Heilman

Tenor Jeremiah Heilman recently earned his doctorate in physics from Case Western Reserve University. Born in Washington state, he earned his Bachelors in Physics and a degree in Music Theory and History at the University of Notre Dame, where he sang with the Liturgical Choir, Basilica Schola, and Glee Club, played trombone in the Marching Band and Brass Ensemble, and conducted the Chapel Schola. He frequently directed and arranged small ensemble and choral music for feasts and special events. Since moving to Cleveland in 2001, he has been a choir member at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist. He has also performed with the Opera Cleveland Chorus and Cantores Cleveland.

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David Simmons-Duffin

David Simmons-Duffin graduated with an A.B./A.M. in physics from Harvard, and spent a year at Cambridge (UK) studying math and singing with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. He is currently a 3rd-year Ph.D. student at Harvard studying theoretical high energy physics.

In addition to Clare Choir, David has sung with the Harvard Collegium Musicum, Harvard University Choir, Apollo’s Fire, and Blue Heron. He also enjoys playing Baroque violin, and bungling through the Well-Tempered Clavier.

When not doing physics or making music, David designs websites (including this one), programs, and writes a blog.

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Tyler Skidmore
Tyler Skidmore

Tyler Skidmore, tenor, is an active music educator and performer. Teaching now at the same high school he attended, Tyler attempts to share the joys and challenges of choral music with the students at Medina High School. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Mount Vernon Nazarene University and is currently completing a master’s in choral conducting and voice performance at Kent State University. Tyler has performed with other area choral ensembles, including Opera Cleveland, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus, and Apollo’s Singers of Apollo’s Fire. He also sings in a barbershop quartet (“What’s Next,” with fellow Quire member Ian Crane) and directs music at the Wadsworth Church of the Nazarene.