Asa Zimmerman is a violinist and violist based in Cockeysville, Maryland. In this capacity, they perform with a number of ensembles, including The Smithsonian Chamber Players, The Washington Bach Consort,The Thirteen, Tempesta di Mare, the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, Mallarmé Chamber Players, Modern Musick, Musica Spira, Burning River Baroque, Bach Akademie Charlotte, Handel Choir of Baltimore, Baltimore Choral Arts, BaRock Band, Tazzina Drammatica, the Baltimore Baroque Band, and Charm City Baroque. Asa has been teaching violin and viola for more than a decade in various capacities, including positions with the Peabody Preparatory and Musical Empowerment. Asa holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as a Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma from Peabody Conservatory. They are currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Peabody. 

Cameron Falby (tenor) is an artist and vocalist based in Baltimore. Raised by two choir directors in central Maryland, they went on to study at Manhattan School of Music and then the Peabody Conservatory, where they received a BM in Composition. 

They work as a freelance choral singer and vocalist in the greater Baltimore area, performing everything from sacred music to new music to folk and indie. They regularly appear with local ensembles including Mind on Fire, Chantry, the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble, and as a Vocal Fellow with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. As a self-taught visual artist, they work in the mediums of photography, performance, film, and digital media – making art that plays with gender, shapeshifting, fantasy, and pop aesthetics. Former teachers include Michael Hersch, Felipe Lara, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, and Marian Hahn.

Leah Wenger is a musician, performer and poet based in Baltimore, Maryland. With vocal repertoire that spans from the Medieval Era to the 21st century and vast musical experience in classical, church, jazz, and bluegrass traditions, she is a versatile and creative solo and ensemble performer. She is inspired by the uniqueness of each individual with whom she comes into contact, and she works to create spaces where, artistically and otherwise, each person can bring their whole, authentic selves. Her poetry reflects this deep desire to mold the spaces that we exist in, offering commentary on the often-overlooked parts of life. Leah’s poetry has been used for worship in Mennonite, United Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches, and has been published in Eastern Mennonite University’s The Weathervane, and The Phoenix, a newspaper and arts journal, respectively.

Michael is currently a doctoral candidate at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where they study Vocal Performance with Bill Sharp.  Michael graduated from Peabody in 2021 with a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, and from SUNY Fredonia in 2012, where they earned concurrent Bachelor's degrees cum laude in Vocal Performance and Dance, with a minor in Visual Art/New Media. 

Michael founded, conducted, and sang with the QED Vocal Ensemble in residence at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, NY. The mission of QED is  to explore the unique timbre of the solo-voice ensemble, and energise audiences through diverse programming. They are inspired by the seemingly infinite acoustic possibilities of the human voice. They believe that true virtuosic performance is firmly rooted in scholarship.

Persian musician Sarah Shodja specializes in the recorder and was one of the first women in Iran to play the recorder in concert halls. In 2017, Sarah was awarded a full scholarship to study with Gwyn Roberts at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Historical Performance. 

In addition to her solo performances, Sarah is a sought-after collaborator, having worked with the Baltimore Baroque Band, Peabody Renaissance Ensemble, Washington Bach Consort, Tempesta Di Mare, and Peabody Recorder consort. She also established a recorder consort, Tehran Recorder Atelier, along with three of her women recorder-playing colleagues. Other past engagements include performances with Shargh Chamber Orchestra and Pars Recorder Orchestra in her home country. She is an enthusiastic advocate for the recorder and uses her platform to spread the beauty and versatility of this instrument and inspire others to appreciate it as well.

Bass-baritone T.J. Callahan (he/him/his) is inspired by the collaborative power of the voice and specializes in creating compelling performances of ensemble music from all eras. Currently based in Baltimore, Maryland, he has recently been active both in England and the United States. He made his operatic debut in 2023, performing as Adonis in John Blow’s Venus and Adonis with Peabody Opera Theatre. While in England he was actively engaged as an ensemble singer, appearing with Contact Polyphony, as a soloist in The 24, and with the Lacock Scholars in the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. An early music specialist, he sang with the Rameau Project in the UK premiere of the original 1737 version of Castor et Pollux at both the Sheldonian Theatre and as a solo chorister at Stour Music.