Artists

Core Nightingale Artists (A - Z)

Emerald Barbour (she/her/hers) is a Boston-based mezzo-soprano from St. Louis, MO. She recently completed her M.M. in Voice Performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee while studying with soprano Kendra Colton. Emerald is currently the alto soloist and section leader at All Saints Parish in Brookline, and sings on the roster of et al. (formerly The Brookline Consort). Recent operatic roles include Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Barcarolle in The Bremen Town Musicians, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, the Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte, and Deborah in Non Motus, a chamber opera by Marc Hoffeditz premiered by Promenade Opera Project. Among her concert and chamber performances are Handel’s Messiah with the Quincy Choral Society, Brigitta Muntendorf’s “abschminken” with Boston Conservatory’s contraBAND, and “An Evening of Bach Arias and BWV 116” with The Bach Institute. A new addition to Nightingale’s alto section, Emerald deeply values the collaborative and communicative powers of vocal music and performance.

Frankie Campofelice (he/him/his). Originally from Buffalo, New York, singer and vocal pedagogue Frankie Campofelice came to Boston where he earned is Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance as well as his Masters in Music Education and Vocal Pedagogy at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Mr. Campofelice proudly works on the voice faculty at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts, as well as Salem State University in Salem. He has been a member of various choral and a cappella ensembles within the metro Boston area including Capella Clausura, Labyrinth and Redline. He also has a residency cabaret series titled “Lush Life” at the Napoleon Room in Boston’s Back Bay.

Katheryn Currie (she/her/hers) is a singer and conductor from Mount Vernon, Iowa. She enjoys singing many styles of music, from early music to modern premieres, art song to opera. As a singer, Katheryn enjoys blending with other voices to create beautiful and impactful musical moments. When conducting, she enjoys working with choirs to create clean, expressive, and unified sounds. She is currently singing Alto with Nightingale.

Melanie Donnelly (she/her/hers) is a vocalist and teaching artist originally from St. Paul, Minnesota. She holds a BA in Music from Vassar College and sings alto with a number of amateur and professional choral groups in the Boston area, including the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Triad: Boston's Choral Collective, and St. Mary's Episcopal Church Choir. She has a passion for theatre-making, which she brings to her work as a theatre director for elementary-age children at Angier After-School Program. She values collective creativity that is equitable and accessible, and is interested in pushing the boundaries of what choral performance can look like!

Nicholas Ford (he/him/his) is a composer, vocalist, writer, and performer from Scutchalo country in Mississippi. Mr. Ford's music for voices is often abstract and textless, crafting a story or ritual experience between the composer, performer, and listener with the intent of creating collective catharsis and promoting community. His work has been recorded by the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and the Quince ensemble. He finds inspiration in various art traditions, from spiritual jazz, Delta blues, and mid-century American experimental music, to performance art and the Southern Gothic school. He composes and sings Baritone for Nightingale, and serves on the Board.

Nathan Halbur (he/him/his) is a baritone, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer. Originally from California, he grew up in Orange County before heading north to the Sacramento region, where he studied Physics at the University of California, Davis. He is now an active solo and ensemble singer in Boston and beyond. He believes that artistic expression inexorably progresses; that the best art for our time is the art made in our time. He is therefore committed to creating and performing new music, synthesizing diverse genres and media, so as to participate in the genesis of contemporary culture.
www.nathanhalbur.com

John Haukoos (he/him/his) is a composer, performer, and librettist from Agoura, California, in the greater Los Angeles area. He has composed work in a wide variety of styles and environments, but largely specializes in vocal, theatrical, and chamber works. His history as a singer of opera and musical theatre plays a vital role for his work, as the process of recalling, interpreting, and channeling emotions is surprisingly similar for an actor as for a writer. John also has success as a librettist, generally writing the texts for his pieces himself. John's goals, thus, are as much about storytelling and human connection as they are about creating entertaining works. https://johnhaukoos.com/

Rose Hegele (she/her/hers) is a vocalist from Vancouver, Canada who specializes in the performance of 20th and 21st century art music. Working across disciplines including chamber music, contemporary opera, improvisation, experimental theatre, silent film and choral singing, Ms. Hegele sings to create a space to heal souls and bodies, and to allow humans to embrace all of their complexity and humanity. Highlights include performing the world premiere of Andy Vores’s Chrononhotonthologos with Guerilla Opera and leading ensemble performances in Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire at Clark University. She holds an M.M. in Contemporary Classical Music Performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and a B.M. in Vocal Performance and Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music. https://www.rosehegele.com

Kelvyn Koning (he/him/his) is a composer, vocalist, and pianist from McBain, MI. It is his goal to foster empathy, healing, and social justice for individuals and communities through music by writing accessible music hybridized from a variety of genres including classical, jazz, gospel, folk, rock, pop, and show tunes. His philosophy is that different types of music can work together harmoniously to create new and beautiful things, just as different types of people can. A versatile performer and composer, Kelvyn is also a poet and lyricist, often writing texts for his own music. He sings as a countertenor, composes, and acts as Chair of the Board for Nightingale. www.kelvynkoning.com

Daniel Esteban Lugo (he/him/his) is a first generation Mexican-American tenor from El Paso, Texas. He began his singing career doing opera choruses as a high school student at the El Paso Opera. He was also a two-time member of the Texas All-State Choir. Daniel completed his undergraduate degree at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee under the tutelage of Monique Phinney in 2020. Upcoming roles in opera include Alfredo in Die Fledermaus as well as covering the role of Dr. David Twitchell in the new opera Harmony, both at Seagle Music Colony in the summer of 2021. Daniel sings tenor with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble and serves on the board.

John Moorman (he/him/his) is a student of Victor Jannett entering his final year of an undergraduate Vocal Performance degree at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Hailing from Brenham, TX, he has participated in several operas and choral productions at the conservatory and beyond. When it comes to performance, his favorite aspect is the palpable connection between the performers and audience. He is one of the most recent additions to the Nightingales and is excited to be a part of the wonderful music to come.

Laura Nevitt (she/her/hers) is a conductor, composer, and vocalist based in Boston. She earned degrees in Composition and Music Education from the University of South Carolina, and recently completed a M.M. in Choral Conducting at Boston Conservatory, studying with George Case. Laura directed children’s choir programs in schools and churches for several years in Columbia, SC. Laura is the Lead Musicianship Teacher of Handel and Haydn’s Youth Choruses. As a soprano, she has performed Reich’s Drumming with New York based ensemble So Percussion. Her compositions have been featured in concerts by the Boston Conservatory Choir, Nightingale, Quorum, the University of South Carolina Concert Choir, the East Central College Choir in Missouri, the Choir of Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church in Cambridge, and the First Presbyterian Church Chamber Choir during the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. She is proud to be a Founding Member and Co-Artistic Director of Nightingale. www.lauranevitt.com

Benjamin Perry (he/him/his), originally from Cedar Hills, UT, is a conductor, tenor, and educator based in Boston. He is the Director of Choirs at St. John Lutheran Church in Sudbury, MA, and he served for two years as the Assistant Conductor of the Boston Cecilia. Ben earned his B.M. in Vocal Performance from Utah Valley University and recently completed an M.M. in Choral Conducting at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, with Dr. George Case as his mentor. Recently, he was a guest clinician at American Heritage School, in American Fork, UT, and at Goa University, in Goa, India. He is passionate about the power of music in personal and collective healing, as a lens through which we understand culture, the world, and our inner lives. He is delighted to have been a part of Nightingale since its inception as a Co-Artistic Director and Chair of Marketing.

Michael Raleigh (he/him/his) is a conductor, tenor, and teacher born and raised in Boston, MA. He completed his undergraduate work at Harvard University in Music and Germanic Languages and Literatures, and earned an M.M. in Choral Conducting degree from Boston Conservatory studying under George Case. Mike is the Vocal Music Director for Billerica Public Schools and the Associate Choirmaster at the Parish of All Saints, Ashmont. He believes that Music Education serves a crucial role in the development of all humans, and is proud to have a role in shaping future generations into empathetic and self-reflective citizens. Mike sings tenor in Nightingale.

Madison Spahn (she/her/hers) is from Sarasota, Florida, and is currently based in Boston after receiving her M.M. in Voice from Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She is the soprano section leader and assistant youth choir director at Christ Church Cambridge. Her past operatic roles include Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro with the Miami Music Festival and Emmie in Albert Herring with Chicago Summer Opera. As a concert soloist, she has recently appeared in Kodaly’s Missa Brevis and Tarik O’Regan’s Triptych with The Boston Cecilia, and Martín Palmeri’s Misatango with the Key Chorale (Sarasota, FL). She equally loves non-classical styles, and has performed twice as a featured soloist in Key Chorale’s “American Roots,” a choral folk and bluegrass program. She also spent two years as keyboardist and lead vocalist for classic and modern rock band Steel Relic. In addition to her performance activity, Madison is an active writer and music scholar with special interest in the study of fin-de-siècle vocal music, gender and sexuality studies, and female composers. She sings soprano with Nightingale. www.madisonspahn.com

Angela Yam (she/her/hers) is a performer whose repertoire ranges from opera to oratorio to avant-garde chamber music. Drawn to music’s ability to tell stories and the voice’s ability to communicate, her compositional forays have drawn from eclectic sources influenced by her passion for rhetoric, linguistics, and extended vocal techniques. After moving from her hometown of Sacramento, CA, to Boston, Angela is completing a Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory (2021), where she has performed as the Coloratura Soprano in Argento's Postcard from Morocco, the titular role in Cavalli's La Calisto, and as the soprano soloist in Haydn's Die Schöpfung. In her spare time, she enjoys roller-skating and playing the baritone saxophone. www.angelayamsoprano.com

Auxiliary Nightingale Artists (A-Z)

Jeannette Lee (she/her/hers) is a vocalist from Hong Kong, China. A selection of her operatic roles include Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Orlofsky in J. Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, Fox in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, Hänsel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, and Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As a concert soloist, Jeannette was the only invited solo artist who performed with the internet sensation TwoSet Violin with Hong Kong Festival Orchestra in their 2017 debut concert. Other performances include Bach’s BWV70 with Hong Kong SingFest, Händel’s Messiah with Masterworks Chorale, Monteverdi’s Marienvesper with Lautten Compagney, and Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with the CUHK New Music Ensemble. She recently performed Colin Jacobsen's For Sixty Cents with the Cong Quartet. Jeannette sings alto for Nightingale and is in charge of the Newsletter Committee.

Past Nightingales (A-Z)

Mason Bynes (she/her/hers) is a composer and trained vocalist from Sugar Land, TX. In a post - modern tradition, she pulls from various stylistic sources, blurring the line between traditionalism and modernism. Mason expresses narrative by creating an immersive listening experience for her audiences. Her curatorial version of storytelling is expressed through a variety of mediums, including film, sound design, electro - acoustic and foley art, in addition to what she composes for acoustic/live performances. Collaborating with different artists in varying mediums and genres is what encourages her composing and performing. In Nightingale, Mason is a vocalist, composer, and Fundraising Chair.

Peter Fletcher (he/him/his) is a musical artist from Brookline Massachusetts. As a composer, he has studied counterpoint as practiced in the Renaissance and Baroque eras and figured-bass as it is taught in French pedagogy. He plays the viola and sings (bass-baritone in Nightingale), and views these engagements with performance as an integral and wonderful part of his musical life. His compositions are increasingly influenced by poetry, due both to the fluidity of form and general sense of humility required in the art-form. He will finish his BM in Composition from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Spring 2021. He is a composer and vocalist with Nightingale.

Josephine Kraemer (she/her/hers) is a 23-year old actor and singer hailing from the foggy, foggy San Francisco peninsula, in California. Growing up in a multilingual household, Josephine developed a keen interest in creative expression through music from a very young age: first, by listening to Mozart's Queen of the Night aria on repeat on the way to school, then on the violin, and eventually, by singing. Josephine is deeply committed to creation and discovery, and, thanks to the unique relationship established between performer and audience member, theater is a one-of-a-kind outlet for many forms of discovery and empowerment. Josephine is inspired to continually discover what it is to be a multidimensional human through stories. A Masters of Fine Arts graduate at the Boston Conservatory as of May 2020, she aims to apply her enthusiasm for the arts in all facets, be they performance, pedagogy, visual arts, or dramaturgy—really, as long as she can keep learning something new every day, she'll be thrilled.

Fran Daniel Laucerica (he/him/his) Praised for his clarity and agility, Cuban-American tenor Fran Daniel Laucerica is a versatile musician who shines equally in operatic and concert repertoire. Having had the opportunity to perform in a wide variety of contexts and styles, Laucerica has performed with Wolf Trap Opera , the Grammy-award winning new music ensemble, The Crossing , and Odyssey Opera among others. He has also premiered pieces such as David Lang’s a house, Samuel Carl Adams’s Light readings and Omar Najmi’s En la ardiente oscuridad. Laucerica is a recent graduate from the Boston Conservatory with a Master’s in Opera Performance.

Jennifer Muñoz (she/her/hers) is a voice teacher and freelance singer based in Southern California. This marks a return to her native state after completing her Masters Degree in Vocal Pedagogy at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Conservatory highlights include participating as a founding member of Nightingale, performing Steve Reich’s masterwork of Minimalism, Music for 18 Musicians, and serving as a teaching fellow with Boston City Singers. Professionally, Jenny has sung with groups such as the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and Crystal Cathedral Choirs. Love of singing, especially choral singing, is a passion that Jenny wishes to share in all of her endeavors and teaching opportunities. Happy listening!

Alissa Voth (she/her/hers) is a composer, educator, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and PhD student at the Bienen School of Music and Northwestern University, studying with Alex Mincek. She holds an MM from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee where she studied with Marti Epstein and Felipe Lara and was awarded the Roger Sessions Memorial Composition Award. Inspired by research of language, meaning, and emotional transmission through music, Alissa creates concert music that explores the narrative and informative capabilities of composition through the intersections of music, data, and language. She prioritizes opportunities to work closely and collaboratively with soloists and small chamber ensembles. Examples include works written for Sarah Brady, the Nightingale Vocal Ensemble, Lucy Yao, and Antonina Styczén. Alissa is a frequent collaborator with Sparkhaven Theatre and Playwright M Sloth Levine. She has composed, performed, and music directed musical theater projects such as Nosferatu, The Vampyr by Levine and the webseries Tales From Camp Strangewood, funded in part by the City of Boston Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture. Alissa is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma and currently resides in Chicago.