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Kathryn Aaron,
soprano, is an
established
interpreter of 16th
and 17th century
vocal repertory.
She completed her
undergraduate
studies at the
Peabody
Conservatory of
Music in the studio
of Wayne Conner and
recently received a
performer’s diploma
from the Indiana
University Jacob’s
School of Music.
There she was a
part of the Early
Music Institute
specializing in
early vocal
repertoire under
the guidance Dr.
Robert Harrison. No
stranger to the
operatic stage, she
marked her
Washington, DC
debut in October of
2001 performing the
role of Poetry in
Les Arts
Florissants with
the Violins of
Lafayette directed
by Ryan Brown.
Past performances also include Charpentier’s
Actéon and Gluck’s Orfeo. During her time in the nation’s capital she held
the post of cantor and section leader at the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception directed by Dr. Peter Latona, with whom she made
several television appearances and recordings. Her first appearance with
the Boston Early Music Festival was in their 2003 production of Ariadne
directed by Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs.
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In May of 2005 she
joined forces with the
Bloomington Early Music
Festival as the soprano
soloist for Handel’s
Dixit Dominus with the
Meridian Vocal Consort
and returned in May of
2006 to perform the
prima donna role of
Elisa in the festival’s
period performance of
Mozart’s Il re pastore,
conducted by Stanley
Ritchie. In addition to
her many performances,
Kathryn currently
teaches vocal studies,
music history, and
directs the Merici
Ensemble, an early vocal
group at Bellarmine
University in
Louisville, KY. She has
recorded for the Naxos
label.
Kathryn will be leaving her posts at Christ
Church Cathedral and Bellarmine University to begin full time graduate
studies in the fall of 2008 at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. She will begin a
master of music degree on full scholarship in vocal performance that focuses
on early music, oratorio, and chamber music with certification in church
music studies. Kathryn will be singing with the Yale Schola Cantorum
directed by Simon Carrington and a select group known as The Voxtet
directed by James Taylor. Each year four singers are selected to join this
SATB double quartet and Ms. Aaron feels extremely humbled to have been
chosen for such a highly selective program.
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Jane Halliday
has a B.M. in violin
performance from the
University of
Louisville and a
B.A. in English from
Smith College.
She has worked with
orchestras and
ensembles throughout
Kentucky including
the Louisville Bach
Society, Choral Arts
Society, Louisville
Orchestra, and
Lexington
Philharmonic.
Ms. Halliday has
also performed on
numerous occasions
as a soloist with
the Kling Chamber
Orchestra,
specializing in
performances of
baroque concerti.
For the last 18
years, Ms. Halliday
has also been a
principal member of
The Highland Chamber
Players, a string
quartet performing
both traditional and
non-traditional
quartet repertoire.
Ms.
Halliday’s range of
musical expertise
extends beyond the
traditional classical
forms to embrace a
variety of other genre.
Since 1997, so example,
she has performed with
Swing39, a highly
regarded acoustic trio
performing “hot club”
jazz, a style of music
attributed to D’jango
Reinhardt & Stephane
Grapelli, Ms Halliday
also has a broad
range of free-lance
experience serving
as section leader
for ad hoc
ensembles, playing
solo wedding music,
“strolling” jobs,
studio work, and a
variety of
performances for the
PNC Bank Broadway
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Ms.
Halliday is also an
experienced chamber
singer. She was a
founding member of
TimeChange, an a capella
ensemble started in 1988
to research and perform
vocal music of the
Middle Ages and
Renaissance. She
performed with this
group until 1998 when it
reformed under the name
of evensong. Today
she continues to build
and draw upon her
musical experiences
pursuing a Masters in
Humanities at the
University of
Louisville.
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