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Meghan Alfaro	Meghan Alfaro, soprano, clarinetist, and educator, holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music magna cum laude from Florida State University. She has been a cantor and soloist at the Cathedral of Saint Jude the Apostle in Saint Petersburg, and has been a soloist with the Florida Orchestra and Florida Pro Musica. She is a member of the Florida Elementary Music Educator's Association and Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity. Mrs. Alfaro teaches music at Lakewood Elementary School in St. Petersburg, FL, and has been identified as an Emerging Leader by the Florida Music Educator's Association.
Emily Barnash	Emily Barnash, soprano, is a sophomore and honor student at St. Petersburg Catholic High School. She studies voice with Mary K. Wilson and piano with Michelle Rego. She is cantor and section leader of the choir at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle as well as at St. Paul's Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. She is the recent winner of the National Teachers of Singing vocal competition, and performs in a variety of venues, including musical theater.
Jean Crossman	Jean Crossman, mezzo-soprano, pianist, organist and music director at Sacred Heart Basilica in Tampa, holds degrees in voice and piano from the University of South Florida and the Manhattan School of Music, as well as a Master's Degree in Liturgy at the University of Notre Dame. She is a frequent clinician in the area of music and liturgy, and is a member of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.
Jeffrey Fitzcharles	Jeffrey Fitzcharles, tenor, pianist, organist, private instructor and music director at Espiritu Santo Church in Safety Harbor, holds degrees in music and language arts from the University of South Florida. He is a founding member of the St. Petersburg/Tampa chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians and the former editor of the local chapter newsletter, "DIVERBIO". Mr. Fitzcharles is also a member of the Liturgical and Music Commissions of the Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg.
Harriet Sheiner Hall	Harriet Sheiner Hall, alto, flutist, pianist and educator, attended the GB Martini Conservatory of Music in Bologna, Italy and studied flute with the late Thomas Nyfenger of Yale University. She holds a degree in Music Education as well as a Master of Arts degree in Flute Performance from the City University of New York. Ms. Hall is the resident flutist at Saint Brendan's Church in Clearwater Beach and teaches music at the Calvin Hunsinger School for severely emotionally disturbed children. Ms. Hall is a performing member of FloriMezzo, a nonprofit organization that strives to promote community interest in classical chamber music.
Rimas Karnavicius	Rimas Karnavicius, baritone and guitarist, holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts degree in vocal performance from the University of Florida. He performs and serves as a board member with Florida Pro Musica, and is a member of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Mr. Karnavicius is a vocal student of Joseph and Violette Vernaud Meyers, and recently appeared as a guest soloist at Prince of Peace Church under the direction of John King Carter, and as Melchior in the St. Jude Cathedral Arts production of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" under the direction of Vernon Taranto Jr. Mr. Karnavicius is employed at First State Bank and has served on the planning committee of the Leadership St. Pete Program of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce since 1997 and as Chairperson in 2001.
Thomas Kurt	Thomas Kurt, baritone, organist, pianist, and clarinetist, holds a degree in Organ Performance from Oberlin College in Ohio, and a Master's degree in Sacred Music and Theology from Saint Joseph's College in Renssellear, Indiana. Mr. Kurt serves as Music Director at Saint Jerome's Church in Indian Rocks, where he has led several choir tours to Europe. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists and the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Click here to visit the St. Jerome Chorale website.
Tim LaDue	Tim LaDue, bass-baritone, is a soloist, church cantor and chorister who comes to the Florida area via Portland, Oregon. He holds a degree from Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, and has sung with many vocal ensembles in the Los Angeles area. He has recorded music for Oregon Catholic Press, and has served as cantor and section leader at several Catholic cathedrals, including the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle in St. Petersburg.
Duncan MacMillan	Duncan MacMillan, tenor, pianist, composer and teacher, has held university and college faculty positions teaching piano, music literature, music theory, music history, chamber music, and coaching opera, and has maintained a private piano studio for over 25 years. Dr. MacMillan holds two BA degrees magna cum laude (psychology and music performance), a Certificate in Piano and Pedagogy, and two Master of Music degrees (piano and music theory) from Florida State University. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Kappa Lambda, and Phi Mu Alpha, he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano and Literature from the University of Oklahoma after studies on doctoral scholarship at Oxford University, and has been recognized in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Michelle Rego	Michelle Rego, soprano, pianist, flutist, organist, is the founder of HERALD and is the Director of Music at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle in Saint Petersburg. She holds degrees in piano performance and Music Education from the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, as well as a Master's degree in Music and Liturgy from the University of Notre Dame. Ms. Rego is also a member of Florida Pro Musica, the American Guild of Organists, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, the Chorister's Guild, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and serves as a national consultant in the area of worship and music. She is a freelance author and has recently published her first book, entitled "The Church Musician's Soul Survival Guide".
Meredith Schupay	Meredith Schupay, mezzo-soprano, organist, pianist, has performed in the Tampa Bay area professionally for over thirty years. She studied music education, voice and piano at St. Petersburg College. She has been a soloist, cantor, and section leader at Christ United Methodist, First Presbyterian, Saint Matthew's Episcopal, Church of the Ascension, Saint Andrew's Episcopal, and most recently, Church of the Good Shepherd in Dunedin. She has also sung with the Pinellas Choral Society, the Florida Opera, the Tampa Oratorio Society, the Clifton Street Singers, the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, and Florida Pro Musica. Meredith has performed at the Spoleto Festival with Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and in the Netherlands with the Clifton Street Singers.
George Western	George Western, tenor, majored in Music Education at the University of South Florida, studying with Dr. Vance Jennings and Patricia Stenberg. He has been a member of and soloist with the Tampa Bay Master Chorale, and has sung with Robert Shaw and John Nelson. He has been a chorister, cantor and soloist at St. Mark's, St. Mary’s, and currently St. Clement’s Episcopal Churches in Tampa. He currently performs with Florida Pro Musica and the Clearwater Choral Scholars, and can also be found in the cast of the Bay Area Renaissance Festival. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha International Music Fraternity.
Karen Eisele Western	Karen Eisele Western, mezzo-soprano, pianist and harpsichordist, holds a degree in French from the University of South Florida where she studied piano with Jan Khorsandian. She taught piano privately for over 20 years and is an accompanist for the Florida Orchestra Association's Festival in Hillsborough County. Karen has sung in the choirs of St. Mark's, St. Mary's and St. Clement's Episcopal Churches, as well as with the Clearwater Choral Scholars and Florida Pro Musica. She teaches at Caminiti Exceptional Student Center in Tampa, and spends her free time as a cast member of both the Bay Area Renaissance Festival and the Florida Pirate Festival. Karen is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity.