Mezzo-soprano Krista River has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras and societies around the United States. Winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition and a Sullivan Foundation grant recipient, notable performances include the International Water and Life Festival in Qinghai, China, and recitals at Jordan Hall, Boston and the Asociación Nacional de Conciertos, Panama.

Baritone Thomas Meglioranza is a winner of numerous competitions and has appeared both with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Les Violons du Roy, as well as in operas such as Die tote Stadt and Peter Eötvös’ Angels in America. An avid performer of early music, Meglioranza has sung with period ensembles such as Apollo’s Fire and the American Bach Soloists.

Pianist Donald Berman is recognised as a leading exponent of new works by living composers and overlooked music by 20th-century masters. Recent performances include solo recitals in New York and as a featured soloist at Zankel Hall and the Rockport Music Festival, as well as abroad. A 2011 Radcliffe Institute Fellow, Berman is currently president of the Charles Ives Society and teaches at both the Longy School of Music of Bard College and Tufts University.

Blair McMillen divides his time as soloist, ensemble leader, music festival director and educator. His first solo album Soundings (Midnight Productions) was released to critical acclaim, since when he has featured on dozens of recordings spanning multiple genres. Holding degrees from Oberlin College, The Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music, he teaches at Bard College Conservatory and serves on the piano faculty at the Mannes School of Music.

Organist, teacher, and conductor David Enlow is organist and choir master of the Church of the Resurrection (NY) and music director of Park Avenue Synagogue. Solo recordings include Pater Seraphicus, Piano à l’Orgue, and Bach on Park Avenue (Pro Organo). Enlow has taught for the American Guild of Organists, The Royal Canadian College of Organists and at The Juilliard School. He received First Prize at the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival and the Arthur Poister Competition.

Harold Rosenbaum, recipient of the 2014 Ditson Conductor’s Award from Columbia University, has taught at The Juilliard School, Queens College, New York and Adelphi University, and is Professor Emeritus at the University at Buffalo. He was awarded the 2010 ASCAP Victor Herbert Founders Award and the 2008 American Composers Alliance Laurel Leaf Award.

Founded in 1988 by conductor Harold Rosenbaum, The New York Virtuoso Singers has become the country’s leading exponent of contemporary choral music. Although the chorus performs music of all periods, its emphasis is on commissioning, performing and recording the music of American composers. The choir appears on some 50 commercial albums.