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Evan Bescan earned a Bachelors of Music from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio along with a methodology diploma from the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary. Evan serves as the tenor soloist/staff singer at Church of the Saviour and has previously served as a staff singer at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Upper Arlington, Ohio. He has also performed with Opera Columbus and the Kecskeméti Fesztival Korous. Evan is currently a full-time elementary music teacher at Stockyard Community School in Clevleand. |
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Dana Clearwater received a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory in Berea, Ohio studying voice under the direction of Joanne Uniatowski. Other musical disciplines studied include composition with world renowned composer Larry Bell at The Boston Conservatory. Dana has had numerous solo performances to her credit; those performances include Mozart's Impresario, Handel's Messiah, the Bach Magnificat, and Charpentier's Midnight Mass for French Carols, among others. Currently, Dana serves as the soloist and Music Director for the First Church of Christ Scientist in Berea. |
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Kevin Eppich is a native Clevelander. He earned his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in composition from Cleveland State University, and has had his music performed by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, pianist Nick Underhill, the CSU Chorale, and numerous student ensembles at Cleveland State. He has sung as a baritone and countertenor in choruses at CSU, Severence Hall, and the Cleveland Opera as well as with the music ministry of Holy Cross parish in Euclid, Ohio. |
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Gregory Heislman holds a B.S. in Music Education from the University of Akron, and a Master of Music in Choral Performance from Cleveland State University. He is currently the Music Director at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Cleveland, and is the Cleveland Diocesan Consultant on Music. Formerly, he taught music at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, and has held music directorships at St. Peter (Cleveland), Resurrection (Solon), St. Mary (Bedford), Grandview United Methodist (Cuyahoga Falls), and St. Hedwig (Akron). |
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Barbara Margolis, founder and director of Cantores Cleveland, has been an active soloist and choral singer in the Cleveland area for the past twenty years. She has a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from Cleveland State University, and currently studies with Dr. Joanne Uniatowski. Barbara also holds a Masters’ degree from Columbia University. She is presently a chorister at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Special interests include the development of interdisciplinary approaches to performance, and the integration of the arts within their historical context. |
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Lisa Rainsong’s musical life integrates composition, theory, education and vocal performance. She is a member of the Music Theory faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the DMA Coordinator. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from the Cleveland Institute of Music and is an active member of the Cleveland Composers Guild. As a soprano soloist, she performs her own works for soprano in addition to recitals featuring 17th century solo song repertoire. She is also a choral musician active in several ensembles including the chorus of Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland’s Baroque orchestra). She is a chorister at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland. |