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.

John McElliott, countertenor, is a concert artist manager. As the president of Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc., he manages the North American engagements of more than thirty concert organists and six choirs from the United States and Europe. He holds bachelors degrees in voice and organ performance from the University of Akron, and was a choral scholar at Winchester Cathedral in England for one year. Mr. McElliott has performed with many ensembles in the Northeast Ohio area including Apollo’s Fire and the Cleveland Orchestra. He is also a soloist at the Church of the Covenant. A versatile vocalist, he sings alto, tenor, and baritone parts in Quire Cleveland.

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.

Ann K. Mullin, mezzo-soprano, is senior program officer at The George Gund Foundation, where she oversees the foundation’s grantmaking strategy for education. She came to this position from the Cleveland Foundation, where she served as program officer for education and program associate for arts and culture; and before that from Montessori Development Partnerships, a nonprofit organization serving the Cleveland and national Montessori community. Ann is a native of Cleveland, and received her Bachelor of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan and her Master of Business Administration from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. She is a chorus singer with Apollo’s Fire: the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra and is also trained in multicultural intergroup relations and conflict resolution. Ann resides in Cleveland with her husband, Doug Vanneste, a Montessori teacher at Urban Community School, and their four young children.

Debra Nagy has been called a “musical polymath” (San Francisco Classical Voice) for her accomplished performances as a singer and historical wind player. As one of the country’s top baroque oboists, Debra frequently performs with Apollo’s Fire (among other ensembles on both coasts), is the founder and director of Cleveland-based chamber ensemble Les Délices, and is a member of Ciaramella. She has also appeared as a guest multi-instrumentalist and singer with such groups as the Newberry Consort, Piffaro, Baroque Northwest, and Blue Heron Renaissance Choir. Debra has recorded for the Capstone, Bright Angel, Naxos, Hänssler, Chandos, and ATMA labels and her live performances have been featured on CBC Radio Canada, Klara (Belgium), NPR’s Performance Today, WQXR New York, WKSU Kent, and WGBH Boston. Debra currently teaches in the Early Music Program and conducts the Collegium Musicum at Case Western Reserve University, where she earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Please visit her personal website for more information.