ALLEGRA MARTIN, mezzo-soprano, is from Lexington, MA and has a Masters in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College. She also has a BA in Physics and Music from Williams College. While at Westminster, she sang with Joseph Flummerfelt, James Jordan, and Andrew Megill. She has also performed with the New York Philharmonic and at the Spoleto Festival USA. Allegra sings with Cappella Clausura and Schola Cantorum, and is currently studying voice with Emily Romney. As a conductor, she has conducted recent performances with the MIT G&S players is a regular guest conductor at AMC Mountains and Music, and is music director at First Parish Cohasset. Formerly, she was the founder and conductor of New Century Voices, and taught chorus at Winchester High School. Allegra also writes a blog about all things choral.

VICKY REICHERT, soprano, is from Ohio and has a B.A. in Vocal Performance from Butler University, where she minored in theatre and dance. She also has an M.A. in Mental Health Counseling and Music Therapy. She has sung internationally in several choirs, most notably the Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir. Highlights of that choral experience include performing and recording with Barbra Streisand on her Timeless tour in Australia, and singing in the Opening Ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. In Boston, Vicky is a frequent soloist with the Joyful Noyse early music ensemble, and has also sung with Orpheus Singers and Schola Cantorum. When not singing, Vicky works as a psychotherapist in private practice. She is also a mom to a beautiful baby girl.

MICHELLE VACHON, mezzo-soprano, hails from Tennessee and holds a B.M. from the University of Dayton with a concentration in Music Therapy and a minor in Psychology. In her graduate studies at Longy School of Music , Michelle received an M.M. in Vocal Performance and a G.P.D. in Opera Performance. In June 2008, Michelle participated as a Young Artist with the Key West Symphony, performing extensively throughout the Key West area. She has lately performed the roles of Maurya in Vaughan Williams’ Riders to the Sea at the Longy School of Music and Second Witch in the Weston Opera Festival’s premiere production of Dido and Aeneas. She has shown her committed artistry as soloist and in ensembles throughout the Boston area, including the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. In addition to serving on the Fundraising Committee of Boston Opera Collaborative (BOC), she was a member of the Ensemble and the cover of Hansel in BOC’s production of Hansel and Gretel. She also recently performed the energetic role of Young Rosina in BOC’s innovative adaptation The Countess of Seville. Michelle has had the privilege of working with many new music composers, including Eva Kendrick, Steven Serpa, and Michael Veloso. When Michelle is not found in rehearsals or performances of her own, she is busy as the Alto section leader at First Church Cambridge and encouraging her own students explore their musical gifts.

ANNEY GILLOTTE, soprano, is from Michigan and holds a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in Vocal Performance and Great Books. Her operatic and musical theater roles have included Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Papagena (The Magic Flute), Atalanta (Xerxes), and chorus roles in the Commonweath Operas’ Carmen as well as Romeo et Juliette, and Don Giovanni at the Spoleto Festival USA. She appeared as a soloist on the Hallmark Channel's America at Worship and was the featured vocalist at two halftime shows with the Notre Dame Marching Band. Anney has taught voice, piano, flute and oboe lessons in England and the US. She currently sings with Convivium Musicum and is the resident soloist at Christ Church, Andover. Anney studies voice with Jayne West.