A true basso whose voice has been described by The Examiner as "impassioned…a deep, warm sound" for his performance of Hugo Wolf’s Michelangelo Lieder, Paul An enjoys a versatile career as an operatic and concert soloist and chamber musician. From school gyms, to Carnegie Hall, as well as hundreds of venues in between, Paul has enjoyed sharing his wide range of repertoire across four continents and forty-nine states. Mr. An has performed over seventy operatic and oratorio roles. Highlights from recent and upcoming seasons include solo performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Nashville Opera, PROTOTYPE Festival, Loft Opera, Tulsa Symphony, Prototype Festival, and LA Opera in such works as Meredith Monk's opera Atlas, Beethoven Missa Solemnis, La Boheme, Mozart Requiem, and Haydn Creation. His collaborations have yielded critical acclaim, including the Best Opera Productions of the Decade list by The Observer.
In demand as an interpreter and creator of new works, he regularly collaborates with composers and theater creators such as Kamala Sankaram, Julian Wachner, Beth Morrison, Yuval Sharon, Meredith Monk, and Ellen Reid in mediums such as opera, chamber music, film, and genre-bending theater pieces.
As an avid vocal chamber musician, Paul An works with notable groups such as Voices of Ascension, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Western Wind, and Santa Fe Desert Chorale. He has appeared as soloist with the Brooklyn Art Song Society, Pro Arte, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. He holds a Performance Diploma from the Juilliard School and served as Staff Sergeant in the United States Army from 2001 to 2004.

Matthew Curran is a rare and versatile bass, seen as a “nuanced performer,” and praised for his “smooth, rich sound and stylish power.” Having sung on the stages of the Zürich Opera, Seattle, Atlanta, Memphis, and many other regional opera houses, his operatic repertoire includes Filippo in Verdi’s Don Carlo, Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Oroveso in Bellini’s Norma, Frère Laurent in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, and Colline in Puccini’s La Bohème. On the concert stage, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s, Verdi’s, and Brahms’s Requiems, and the great Bach Oratorios. Recent appearances include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Norwalk Symphony), Spencer Coyle in Britten’s Owen Wingrave (Little Opera Theater of NY), Sparafucile in Rigoletto (Opera Carolina, Opera Grand Rapids, and Toledo Opera), Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd) (Baltimore Concert Opera), Simone in Gianni Schicchi (Opera Delaware), and Zuniga in Carmen (Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice). His historical performance credits include the roles of Caronte in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo with Paul Hillier and the Pro Arte Singers, El Desengaño in Torrejón y Velasco's La Púrpura de la Rosa with Bloomington Early Music Festival, and Giove in Cavalli’s La Calisto_ with Vertical Player Repertory. www.matthewcurran.net

Soprano and Salon/Sanctuary Concerts Founder and Artistic Director Jessica Gould has been noted for “a dramatic intensity that honored the texts” (The New York Times), "an electrifying voice" (Musicweb International), “gorgeous melismatic singing" (Voce di Meche), and “beautiful interpretation” (The Lute Society of America Quarterly). Her recordings for MV Cremona include I Viaggi di Caravaggio and I Diletti di Mazzarino. Additional recordings, both released and upcoming, include projects for Concerto Classics, New World Records, Naxos, and Da Vinci Classics. Radio broadcasts include WQXR, NPR, WPBR, MPR, and WKCR, among others.

With lutenist Nigel North she has performed in recital on the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Faculty Series and the Rowan University College of Performing Arts. With Pascal Valois, early romantic guitar, she has performed at L'Église de St. Jean Baptiste in Montréal and Villa Finaly in Florence. With lutenist Diego Cantalupi, she has performed at Palazzo Grimani on the Musiche dei Grimani series in Venice and the Cappella di San Luca of the Church of Santissima Annunziata in Florence, among other venues. Additional soloist appearances include the La Serenissima Festival of Carnegie Hall with L'Aura Soave Cremona, the Guggenheim Museum Works & Process Series with the Cassatt Quartet, various New York venues with the Clarion Society and the Four Nations Ensemble, and abroad with L’Aura Soave Cremona at the Teatro all’Antica di Sabbioneta, Villa Finaly, the Church of Sant'Agnese in Agone (Rome) the Great Synagogue of Florence, Palazzo Bardi, Palazzo Gondi, the Istituto Francese of Florence, and with Musica Ricercata at the Library of San Marco and Palazzo Davanzati (Florence). Upcoming performances abroad include the Festival de l'Unité d'Art Sacré de Gosnay in France. Residencies include Villa Finaly La Chancellerie des Université de Paris – La Sorbonne (Florence) and Palazzo Grimani (Venice) in collaboration with the Scuola di Musica Antica Venezia.

As Founder and Artistic Director of Salon/Sanctuary Concerts, her trailblazing programming spanning a millennium of music has been praised as “impeccably curated” by Time Out New York, “highly original” by The New York Times, and “imaginative” by New York Magazine. The exhaustive list of world-renowned institutions which have partnered with Jessica in order to present her programming are the American Philosophical Society, the Sorbonne, and Carnegie Hall. www.jessicagouldsoprano.com

Countertenor José Lemos was the winner of the 2003 International Baroque Vocal Competition in Chimay, Belgium. In February 2014 Gramophone Magazine featured his solo album performance, Io vidi in terra with harpsichordist Jory Vinikour and lutenist Deborah Fox, praising him for “effortless technical agility and uncanny word-painting”. He has appeared in operas across the globe: Tanglewood—Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Zürich Opernhaus—Handel Giulio Cesare and Agrippina, Buenos Aires Lirica—Monteverdi L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Seattle Early Music Guild Poppea, Göttingen Handel Festival—Giulio Cesare, and many operas with BEMF—Lully Psyche, Purcell Dido & Aeneas and Steffani’s Niobe which toured some of the most prestigious concerts halls of Europe, including Auditorio Nacional de Madrid and the Concertgebow in Amsterdam. He has also performed with William Christie’s Les Arts Florissants throughout Europe and at Lincoln Center. Past seasons include appearances with Opera de Nice in Scarlatti’s Tigrane, and Vlaamse Opera Ghent in Agrippina with Paul McCreesh, Haymarket Opera in Chicago in the title role of Amadigi di Gaula by Handel, as well as King Darius in “The Play of Daniel”. The recently released Steffani opera Niobe, Regina di Tebe on Virgin/EMI label, in which Lemos performs the role of Nerea to great success, has received several awards both in the USA and Europe.

“effortless technical agility and uncanny word-painting”
– Gramophone

Praised with having “a genuinely genre-busting voice, full and vivid” by The Washington Post, soprano Sarah Pillow enjoys a unique and versatile career, drawing on her equal expertise in jazz, classical, and early music repertoire. Beginning her professional singing work in the jazz idiom, she went on to study classical music and is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory. In addition to her solo work, Sarah performs with her early music ensemble Galileo's Daughters and as a guest performer with lutenist Ronn McFarlane’s Ayreheart. Sarah has toured the United States with her jazz quartet and her crossover project, Nuove Musiche, and has several recordings on the Buckyball Records and Gaudeamus labels. For more information, please visit: galileosdaughters.com and sarahpillow.com.

“a genuinely genre-busting voice, full and vivid” – The Washington Post

Praised for his versatility, Ian Pomerantz is “the possessor of a remarkable instrument naturally at home in many genres, - in opera, in recital, and in oratorio.” A specialist in the Baroque repertoire and an expert in the performance Jewish music, 2020 will see the release of two major recording projects; Russian, Romani, and Jewish Romances with guitarist Oleg Timofeyev, and Art Songs of the Jewish Diaspora with pianist Byron Schenkman.
Recent and upcoming performance highlights include Every Voice: The Jewish Voice with Handel and Haydn Society; Il Mostro d’Alcina in Caccini’s Alcina with Boston Early Music Festival; Easter in the German Baroque with Three Notch’d Road, Bloch’s Sacred Service with Masterworks Chorale, Getro in Pasquini’s I fatti del Mose nel deserto with Academy of Sacred Drama; Dalla Guerra Amorosa’s Virtuoso Cantatas for Bass, with Byron Schenkman and Friends at Benaroya Hall in Seattle; the premiere of Legrand's La Chûte de Phaëton, Aquilon Music Festival; Bach’s Saint Matthew’s Passion at the Washington National Cathedral; Amours et Distances at the American Church of Paris in France; Jewish Music from the Italian and German Baroque with The Miryam Ensemble in Boston. He is excited to reprise the role of Aman in Stradella's Ester with New York Sanctuary Concerts. He is the artistic director of the acclaimed ensemble Les Enfants d’Orphée, specializing in French Baroque chamber music for voice and holds degrees from Westminster Choir College, Longy School of Music, and Bard College.

"a gritty tone of tenacity and defiance that perfectly fit the nature of the music"
– The Boston Music Intelligencer

Soprano Martha Sullivan specializes in new and early music. As a soloist, she has performed premieres of works by such notable composers as Toby Twining and John Zorn, as well as such classics of the modern concert repertoire as Steve Reich’s Tehillim, Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel, and Dave Brubeck’s Fiesta de la Posada, with groups including Vox Vocal Ensemble, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective. She has also sung more standard repertoire, with such organizations as Bach Vespers and Musica Antiqua New York. She regularly performs with Bard Summerscape’s opera chorus, which specializes in lesser-known repertoire. Sullivan is also an award-winning composer of choral music; she is currently finishing her PhD in Music Composition at Rutgers, and teaches at Bard, Rutgers, and Columbia.

Olivia Sue Greene is a native of Columbus, Georgia. She recently earned a master’s degree in voice pedagogy and performance from Westminster Choir College, where she was a member of the acclaimed Westminster Choir and active in the Opera Theatre. Ms. Greene completed her bachelor’s degree in voice performance and music education at the University of Georgia. Her recent opera roles include Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, Giulietta in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, and Papagena in Mozart’s Die Zaubrflöte. She also enjoys concert work, and has recently performed as soprano soloist for Beethoven’s Mass in C, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, and Haydn’s Kleine Orgelmesse. She was the featured soloist at the Spoleto Festival USA for two seasons, singing the role of Filia in Carissimi’s Jepthe in 2015 and as the soprano soloist for Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in 2016. She is currently based in New York City, and can be regularly heard at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue, as a member of their professional choir.