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Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg

Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg (b. 1999) is a composer, conductor, countertenor, and pianist. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by the Tonkünstler-Orchester (Austria), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Lowell House Opera, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (Japan), Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (live on NPR’s From the Top), Noord Nederlands Orkest, Lyric Fest, Orchestra 2001, and the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, and in such venues as the Vienna Musikverein’s Golden Hall and Carnegie Hall.

Jeanne Minahan

Poet Jeanne Minahan collaborates frequently with composers, including GRAMMY® and Pulitzer-prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon, Rene Orth, Michael Djupstrom, Ya-Jhu Yang, and Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg. Minahan’s poems have been featured in over 50 performances throughout the United States and in France.

Daedalus String Quartet

THE DAEDALUS QUARTET Min-Young Kim and Matilda Kaul, violins, Jessica Thompson, viola Thomas Kraines, cello 

Praised by The New Yorker as “a fresh and vital young participant in what is a golden age of American string quartets,” the Daedalus Quartet has established itself as a leader among the new generation of string ensembles. Since winning the top prize in the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2001, the Quartet has impressed critics and listeners alike with the security, technical finish, interpretive unity, and sheer gusto of its performances taking place in many of the world’s leading musical venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC, and Boston’s Gardner Museum, major series in Canada, abroad at the Musikverein in Vienna, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, and in leading venues in Japan. 

Ráyo Furuta

Renowned as “The Rockstar of the Flute” by the Informador de Guadalajara in Mexico and recipient of the 2024 "Power of Innovation'' prize, Mexican-Japanese American flutist Ráyo Furuta stands as a captivating artist and performer of global acclaim. At the remarkably young age of 25, Furuta was appointed as a cultural ambassador to the United States of America. Since then, his prestigious performances have included appearances with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble, The United Nations, Lyric Fest, and the celebrated Mainly Mozart and Yellowbarn Music Festivals, among many others. 

Rebecca Myers

Soprano Rebecca Myers is a soloist, collaborator, recording artist, and creator specializing in repertoire spanning from the Medieval to scores written especially for her. In 2023, Myers was a featured soloist on the GRAMMY®-winning Navona Records album BORN, recorded with The Crossing and made her New World Symphony Debut under the baton of Patrick Dupre Quigley as soloist in Carmina Burana, and debuted with Verità Baroque for the European premiere of Philip Lasser’s The Mask in the Mirror at the historic Institute de France.

Devony Smith

Recognized for her "sensual" and "strong" voice (New York Times), mezzo-soprano Devony Smith is a versatile performer with a wide-ranging repertoire in opera and concert music. Smith is a sought-after collaborator with composers, having premiered works by GRAMMY®-award winning composer Jennifer Higdon, Jake Landau, Eve Beglarian, and Luna Pearl Woolf. Most recently, Smith sang the role of the Designer in the world premiere of Woolf's oratorio Number Our Days at the Perelman Performing Arts Center with the choir of Trinity Wall Street. Smith has a long relationship with Kate Soper’s work Here Be Sirens, which she has performed four different seasons, including an appearance at National Sawdust. Smith joined the Albany Symphony as a soloist for a concert of 5 world-premiere pieces at the EMPAC theater in Troy.

Stephen Ng

Heralded for his “powerfully expressive voice” (Washington Post), and “a superb singer… with a soaring voice in the extreme registers that could be simply described as amazing” (New York Concert Review), Stephen Ng is known as an opera, oratorio, recital, and new music performer. He has been featured as tenor soloist with Amsterdam’s De Nederlandse Opera, in the staged version of Stravinsky’s Threni, directed by renowned Peter Sellars. His portrayal of Evangelist in Bach’s Passions has received much acclaim, and he has performed as soloist with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, Washington Bach Consort, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, and Lucerne, Tanglewood and Aspen Festivals, working with conductors such as James Levine, Nicolas McGegan, Pierre Boulez, Paul Hillier, and Daniel Reuss.

Steven Eddy

An accomplished concert artist and Baroque music specialist, baritone Steven Eddy has appeared both as a soloist and as a professional choral singer with The Oratorio Society of New York, Seraphic Fire, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, True Concord Voices and Orchestra, Spire Chamber Ensemble, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, American Classical Orchestra, Sacred Music in a Sacred Space, Choral Arts Philadelphia, American Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan Concert Productions, Handel Choir of Baltimore, Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity, The Choralis Foundation, Columbia Pro Cantare, and Ensemble VIII.