Peter Hampton teaches K-5 general music in the Lakewood Public Schools. He also sings with the Cathedral Choir of St. John the Evangelist and the early music and arts ensemble Cantores Cleveland. Peter has a bachelor’s degree in music education (vocal emphasis) from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, where he studied voice with Robert Nims. His choral experience includes singing in the United States premier of the Lord of the Rings Symphony with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shore conducting; and tours with choral ensembles to Austria, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and France (which included a performance in Notre Dame Cathedral).

Jeremiah Heilman recently earned his doctorate in physics from Case Western Reserve University. Born in Washington State, he earned his bachelor’s in physics and a degree in music theory and history at the University of Notre Dame, where he sang with the Liturgical Choir, Basilica Schola, and Glee Club, played trombone in the Marching Band and Brass Ensemble, and conducted the Chapel Schola. He frequently directed and arranged small ensemble and choral music for feasts and special events. Since moving to Cleveland in 2001, he has been a choir member at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. He has also performed with the Opera Cleveland Chorus and Cantores Cleveland.

Bass Nathan Longnecker also sings with Apollo’s Singers and Cantores Cleveland. When not singing, Nathan is proprietor of The Quiet Gardener, providing gardening service to homeowners.

Baritone Ray Lyons does statistical programming and independent consulting in library performance measurement. He has performed in a number of local choral groups, including the Old Stone Singers, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Opera Chorus, CWRU Early Music Singers, Cleveland Music School Settlement Vocal Chamber Ensemble, and in church choirs at  the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Temple Emanu El, Church of the Covenant, Immaculate Conception, and St. James Anglican Church, as well as the Church of the Ascension and St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York.

Baritone Brian MacGilvray holds a BM in voice from Northwestern University and an MM in voice from the University of Kentucky. He has sung with Chicago Music of the Baroque, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the Grant Park Symphony Chorus, Chamber Opera Chicago, Church of the Ascension (Chicago), and the Kentucky Opera Theater. He is currently pursuing a PhD in historical musicology at Case Western Reserve University and is a soloist/section-leader at Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland.

John McElliott, countertenor, is a concert artist manager. As the president of Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc., he manages the North American engagements of more than thirty concert organists and six choirs from the United States and Europe. He holds bachelor’s degrees in voice and organ performance from the University of Akron, and was a choral scholar at Winchester Cathedral in England for one year. John has performed with many ensembles in the Northeast Ohio area including Apollo’s Fire and the Cleveland Orchestra. He is also a soloist at the Church of the Covenant. A versatile vocalist, he sings alto, tenor, and baritone parts in Quire Cleveland.