Daniel C. Babcock recently received a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from UCLA as a student of Michael Dean. Previously, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the University of Redlands. Opera roles performed include Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi with Opera UCLA and Prince Charming in Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon with Lyric Opera of Los Angeles. On the concert stage, Mr. Babcock recently sang the tenor solo in Stravinsky’s Les Noces at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as part of a touring production by Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal. In the choral world, Mr. Babcock is the Tenor Section Leader of Orange County’s Pacific Chorale and a member of the John Alexander Singers. This season he becomes a regular member of de Angelis Vocal Ensemble and continues as a staff singer at St. James Episcopal/Anglican Church in Los Angeles. In addition to enjoying an active performance career in Southern California, Mr. Babcock is an Adjunct Professor of Voice at Cypress College and maintains a private vocal studio. |
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 Robert De Carlo |
Robert De Carlo is a native of New York City but has grown up in California. He grew up in San Clemente, California and graduated from Cal State Fullerton. He also graduated from Law School and received his Juris Doctorate Degree. He has been a member of a number of Southern California Music Performing groups including the Orange County Master Chorale, the Irvine Camarata and performed for two seasons with Opera Pacific. He sang for many years with the LA based ensemble Zephyr/Voices Unbound and toured with Anonymous Four for their “Voices of Light” concert tour. He recently performed in Vienna and Salzburg with an LA ensemble called “Legacy” appearing with the Vienna Boy’s Choir in the World Choral Festival. Robert, or Bob as he is known to his friends, primary interest has always been Church Music and he has sung for over 30 years at St. Edward’s Catholic Church in Dana Point. He has been on the staff of Holy Family Cathedral, the Crystal Cathedral and First Presbyterian Church in New York City as soloist and section leader. He is currently the Music Director of St. Timothy’s Catholic Church in Laguna Niguel, California and resides in San Clemente, California. |
Stan DeWitt is an acclaimed conductor, songwriter, singer, guitarist and composer. He is currently the Minister of Music for Grace First Presbyterian Church in Long Beach. He also teaches at Coastline Community College, where he has been on the faculty for 20 years. He was the Artistic Director for Zephyr: Voices Unbound. His compositions cross into all realms of music, including film scores and published works for choir and handbells. |
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Heidi French received her Master of Music from the University of California in 1995, where she also received her Bachelor of Music degree in 1993. She had many performance opportunities during her studies there, including roles with USC Opera such as Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi and with the school of Drama as Luisa in The Fantasticks. Heidi also performed with the Early Music Ensemble under the tutelage of James Tyler as a soloist and ensemble member. She recorded a cd with Ensemble de Medici of the music of Henri Isaac that was performed on KUSC. After graduation, she continued to work in early music with James Tyler and performed with the Los Angeles Opera Chorus with chorus Master William Venice. Currently, Heidi’s primary focus is as a stay-at-home mom to her 4 ½ year old daughter, Ella. In addition to her time spent with de Angelis, she works as a church musician, performing with local Catholic churches in the dioceses of Orange, providing music for Sunday morning services as well as weddings and funerals. |
A graduate of UCLA, tenor Eli Gunnell received his Master's in Music from New England Conservatory in Boston. He has been a staff singer with All Saints' Beverly Hills since 1997. He performs regularly with Los Angeles Chamber Singers/Cappella. In addition to singing, he is a trombonist and a founding member of the Observatory Orchestra, which serves the Griffith Park area communities. |
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 Laura Harrison |
Laura Harrison hails from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where she studied Jazz under Rejean Marois at Capilano College and got her Bachelor of Education degree at UBC (the University of British Columbia) to become a high school teacher. As fortune would have it, while on tour with her high school choirs in Banff, Alberta, she met Mr. Shelly Berg, then department chair of the University of Southern California. He offered her the opportunity to apply, audition (and consequently get accepted) with scholarship to work on graduate studies at USC. Since her arrival to the United States in 1999, Laura has been a student at USC. She finished her Master of Music at USC in 2002 and her Doctorate in Jazz Studies in 2007. She has been pursuing a dual career in classical music as a mezzo-soprano and has made quite a reputation for herself in that field. Laura is the alto section leader and staff singer of the Pacific Chorale. She also sings in many churches including her home church of Tustin Presbyterian where she is the alto soloist and children’s choir director. This is Laura’s first semester at California State University, Fullerton teaching the Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Laura prides herself in being flexible enough to pursue both classical and jazz music and loves them both. Also important to Laura is her dual career goals as educator and performer…she believes that she is complete when she is free to “do it all.” |
David Headland studied composition and piano at California State University Fullerton and received a degree in composition. He has sung with many ensembles in Southern California, including the Pacific Chorale, Zephyr, The Mitch Hanlon Singers, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Pacific Symphony. He has been the principle surtitles coordinator for Opera Pacific for thirteen years. David is currently the Bass section leader at Holy Family Cathedral in Orange, a position he has held for seventeen years and also performs throughout the Diocese of Orange. He is married to Irene and has two daughters, Natalie and Hannah, who are all singers as well. |
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 Ashley Hoffman |
Early music specialist Ashley Hoffman received her BA from Pomona College, and has appeared with many ensembles in Southern California, including Pasadena Classical Singers, the Corona del Mar Baroque Music Festival and Lark Musical Society. Currently Ashley is a soloist at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills and in Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble, and is a frequent guest at St. James' Church in Los Angeles and St. Thomas the Apostle in Hollywood. She holds an MFA in animation from UCLA, allowing her to masquerade by day as a mild-mannered animator in Burbank. |
Kate Ivanjack, Mezzo-Soprano, started singing along to Oklahoma with her dad at age 4, and has been singing ever since. A vocal performance major, she graduated from the University of California, Davis, where she received the Department Faculty Award for Excellence in Vocal Performance. Under the direction of such conductors as Jeffery Thomas, Paul Hillier, and Alex Ruggieri, some of her favorite performances include Orff ‘s Carmina Burana, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Verdi’s Requiem, and Rutter’s Gloria. Solo credits include Shubert’s Mass in G Major, Faure’s Requiem, Hayden’s Stabat Mater, and Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Theater credits include Mrs. Lovett in Sweeny Todd, Ruth in Pirates of Penzance (Elly Award), and Kate in Kiss Me Kate. At present, Kate is a staff singer for James Buonemani at St. James Episcopal Church, and sings under Glenn Carlos with the Hollywood Master Chorale. She is very excited to be in her debut season, and looks forward to making music with The de Angelis Vocal Ensemble. Ms. Ivanjack currently resides in Studio City, and works as teacher and literacy coach at Van Nuys Elementary School. She makes it a point to be always surrounded by friends, family and music. |
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 Elizabeth Ladizinsky |
Elizabeth Ladizinsky, soprano, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from California State University, Long Beach where she studied both classical and jazz music. She has been a soloist, section leader and cantor at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills since 1994, and she is currently or has been a member of Corner Pocket Vocal Jazz Quartet, Zephyr: Voices Unbound, The Los Angeles Chamber Singers/Cappella, and of course, de Angelis. Elizabeth has also been a soloist and/or guest singer for The Concord Ensemble, The Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, and The Beverly Hills Symphony, and she has performed in many venues in the Los Angeles area including the Hollywood Bowl, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Getty Center, John Anson Ford Amphitheater and Long Beach Terrace Theater. She has also sung for several television and movie scores as well as commercials. She enjoys arranging for vocal ensembles as well, and her arrangements have been performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Zephyr, Corner Pocket and the CSULB Vocal Jazz Ensemble. |
Lauren McCaul, soprano, was born and raised in Southern California where she has been enjoying fine weather, expensive housing and many wonderful musical opportunities. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Chapman University where she performed with the University Choir, University Singers and Chapman Vocal Jazz Ensemble. She has performed as soloist and ensemble member in various choral ensembles throughout Southern California including Zephyr: Voices Unbound, Legacy and de Angelis Vocal Ensemble. She has performed in many of the beautiful churches and music halls in Europe and most recently toured Italy with St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, performing as soloist for Mozart’s Coronation Mass in Rome. Ms. McCaul has been featured as soloist for various other choral works including Schubert’s Mass in G, Finzi’s In Terra Pax, Bach’s Magnificat, Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise. Ms. McCaul is currently singing at several catholic churches throughout Orange County and is a staff musician at St. Timothy’s Catholic Church in Laguna Niguel, St. Edward the Confessor in Dana Point, and the Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano. Ms. McCaul also serves as Director of Music Ministries for Christ Our Savior Cathedral Parish in Santa Ana and as singer liaison to the Board of Directors for de Angelis Vocal Ensemble. |
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Sean McDermott is a singer, composer and pianist. He graduated from Chapman University and studied composition with the late Hal Johnson. He has written music for cable television as well as background music for Warner Bros. His most recent work has been with catholicradiodramas.com, an independent production company which produces DVD's of Lives of the Saints. Sean is also an active studio singer, having sung on the soundtracks on two of the Matrix movies, The Scorpion King, Peter Pan, Van Helsing, King Kong and the Twin Towers.
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Tim Morton is a recent transplant to Southern Calfornia, but has wasted no time finding musical outlets. Having begun with singing at All Saint's Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills, he has swiftly been introduced to further local opportunities at St. James Episcopal Church and De Angelis, and expects this list to continue to grow. Before moving to California he had sung as a member of The Boston Secession, the Harvard Glee Club, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, and directed an undergraduate a capella group. He was raised on a steady diet of anglican choral music at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio, and has also sung under Gerre Hancock, David Hill, and the late George Guest. Tim enjoys biking, hiking, and playing sports of all kinds, especially baseball and ultimate frisbee, and In his spare time is pursuing his Ph.D. studies in Astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology.
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Mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Lejman Norris began her professional career as a soloist with the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra. She earned her B.A. in Voice at UCLA and her M.A. in Early Music from USC, where she studied with James Tyler; and she studied privately in San Francisco with Jane Randolph. She has since performed with chamber groups which champion both early and contemporary music. She has sung with the L.A. Master Chorale, L.A. Chamber Singers, I Cantori, Long Beach Opera, L.A. Opera Chorus, and has worked with conductors such as John Adams, Grant Gershon, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Michael Tilson Thomas. She has toured nationally with Zephyr and the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, and internationally, including Japan with the Roger Wagner Chorale under Jeannine Wagner. Ms. Lejman Norris has also sung on various feature film and commercial soundtracks. Currently she performs with de Angelis, and with the Los Angeles Chamber Singers’ Capella under Peter Rutenberg, which won the Grammy Award this year for their CD Padilla: Sun of Justice. She is a staff singer and cantor at St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church in Encino, where she has worked for 7 years under the direction of William Beck. Ms. Lejman Norris teaches voice and is an adjunct faculty member at Mt. St. Mary’s College. She maintains a private studio in Santa Monica, where she lives with her husband Sean and son Connor. |
Sarah was born and raised in San Diego, California. She graduated from the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts where she studied photography and music, becoming especially interested in vocal jazz. It was there that she decided to pursue music seriously, and went on to study classical voice at UCLA. Her main influence was her teacher, Kari Windingstad, who introduced her to classical repertoire and encouraged her interest in early music, Baroque music, and German lieder. Beginning her third year she was thrilled to be a part of the newly formed Jazz Studies department, where she studied voice and vocal arranging with Michele Weir. She graduated with a B.A. in Music, specializing in both Classical Voice and Jazz Studies. In addition to singing with de Angelis, Sarah is a soprano section leader and soloist at All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills. She has performed with the Beverly Hills Symphony, Musica Angelica Baroque, and Zephyr: Voices Unbound, and at the Corona del Mar Baroque Music Festival, the Long Beach Bach Festival, and the Whittier Bach Festival. She continues to sing vocal jazz with the quartet Corner Pocket.
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 Ken Potter |
Ken Potter was born and raised in Billings, Montana and received his Music Education at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He has played piano and keyboards for 33 years. He has sung in choirs and A Cappella groups throughout his life. Ken Potter is currently the Minister of Music and organist at First Christian Church in Torrance, California. He is also the Assistant Director of the six-time world champion barbershop men’s chorus “Masters of Harmony” from Santa Fe Springs, California. Ken enjoys writing and arranging for singing groups all over California. He is also currently working on publishing his most recent church cantatas as well as writing a new cantata for Easter. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, coin collecting, going to the gym, and keeping up with politics, and of course, singing with his quartet! |
Daniel Roihl has enjoyed an active and variegated musical career since moving to L.A. in 2005. As a countertenor, he has appeared as a featured soloist in the Corona del Mar Baroque Festival, as well as the L.A. Bach Festival’s performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass in 2006. On the opera stage, he most recently sang the role of the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at USC; previously he has appeared with the Yale College Opera (Giulio Cesare) and the Harvard Early Music Society (Orontea). Roihl currently sings regularly with several ensembles, including the USC Chamber Choir, Cantus Pacificus, and the de Angelis Vocal Ensemble. In addition to being a full-time doctoral student and conducting teacher in USC’s Choral Music department, he also serves as Minister of Music at St. James’ Episcopal Church in South Pasadena. Previously, he has conducted the Elm City Girls Choir in New Haven, the Toscanini Chamber Orchestra at Harvard, and the Concordia Society, a chamber choir he founded in Boston in 1999. An active and published composer, Roihl has had works commissioned and recorded by such groups as the Harvard University Choir, Yale Pro Musica, Boston’s Youth Pro Musica, St. Stephen’s Church in Providence, and the Lexington (Mass.) United Methodist Church.
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 Will Rowley |
Will Rowley was raised in the Southern California area and was a bass performance major at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Returning to the Los Angeles area, he studied philosophy in graduate school at CSULB and UC Irvine. At this time he rediscovered his love for music and focused particularly on vocal music of the Renaissance and Baroque period. He is currently performing with the L.A. Chamber Singers and Aviarium, an 8-voice group specializing in English Renaissance literature. In addition to his musical activities, he teaches philosophy at several local colleges, is an avid golfer and poker player, and enjoys spending time with his wife and two young children. |
Jason Snyder, whose voice the Los Angeles Times heralds as “gorgeous” and “powerful,” began his musical training as a chorister and soloist with the California Boys’ Choir. During these musically formative years, Mr. Snyder performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, New York City Opera, Royal Opera of Covent Garden and Joffrey Ballet, appearing under the baton of such musical luminaries as Christopher Hogwood, Roger Wagner and Sir David Willcocks. Since completing his studies in music and theater at Occidental College in Los Angeles, he has appeared extensively throughout the United States, Europe, England and Japan, performing in a host of prestigious venues from Westminster Abbey, London to Suntory Hall, Tokyo. In consistent demand as a performer, Mr. Snyder has appeared with American Bach Soloists, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, Los Angeles Bach Society, L.A. Baroque Orchestra, The Concord Ensemble, Roger Wagner Chorale, I Cantori, Gandharvas, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Bakersfield Master Chorale, Ventura Master Chorale, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Singers & Cappella. Other appearances have included the world premiere of the chamber opera Hell by composer Michael Webster, and poet, Eileen Myles; Handel’s first oratorio Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, and the newly discovered 1737 oratorio Il Gedeone by Nicola Antonio Porpora, both under the direction of Martin Haselböck; Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas and Thompson’s Four Saints in Three Acts with Mark Morris Dance Group; and Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) and Handel’s Acis & Galatea with Santa Fe Pro Musica under Kenneth Slowik. As a featured soloist at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills, Mr. Snyder performs regularly throughout an extensive chamber music and concert season. His voice can also be heard on numerous motion picture and television soundtracks, including scores by John Williams, James Horner, Thomas Newman and Laura Karpman (including vocals for her 2003 Emmy nominated score for Odyssey 5). Additionally Mr. Snyder is a frequent participant in concert programs at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, and has also appeared in the multi-media opera installation “Proposal for The Side of the Mountain” by visual artist, Simon Leung at Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station. Mr. Snyder has recorded a wide array of repertoire for RCM, Polygram, EMI, Sony, Civic, Varese Sarabande and Gothic Records.
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 John St. Marie |
John St. Marie is a native of New Orleans. He graduated with a Bachelors of Music Therapy from Loyola University, received his Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Cal State University, Fullerton and is currently completing his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Music at the University of Southern California. John, a frequent soloist in the Los Angeles area, is known for his versatile, impassioned performances in various vocal styles. John has received critical acclaim for his solo work in Bach’s B Minor Mass with the John Alexander Singers, and in works by Lili Boulanger including Vieille Priére with the Pacific Chorale and Pacific Symphony under the direction of John Alexander. As a featured soloist, John has performed throughout Southern California, Utah, and New Orleans in works such as Orff’s Carmina Burana, Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Conversion of St. Paul. He has also been seen in numerous operatic roles in productions of The Crucible, Lucia di Lammermoor and L’elixir d’amour. When not performing live, John’s vocal talents can be heard on numerous movie soundtracks, popular video games and various artists’ albums. |
Toronto native Jay Tuttle spent a great deal of his childhood rehearsing for services at The Church of St. Simon the Apostle with composer/conductor, Derek Holman (thirteen years to be exact). He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1996, and then spent a semester at the Banff Centre for Fine Arts to take part in their ‘Contemporary Music Festival’. While there, he studied and performed works by French composer, Georges Aperghis, and took part in the world’s first ‘Musical Internet Cafe’ (The singing was in Banff, Canada, whilst the accompanist was in Paris, France!). |
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Daniel Wilson, baritone, has been singing and performing professionally for over 25 years. His first professional job was at Walt Disney World in Florida, where he sang and danced with The Kids of the Kingdom (anyone who has seen Dan dance knows that he uses the term loosely). His theater credits include Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music (Dan is a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim), Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Tony in West Side Story, Curly in Oklahoma (at least 30 times... egads!), and Captain Jack Absolute in Sheridan’s The Rivals. As a professional singer, Daniel has... and will... sing anywhere they will let him. He has sung with The Los Angeles Chamber Singers and Capella (both under the direction of Peter Rutenberg), with the Long Beach Opera, the Southern California Choral Society, The Jane Hardester Singers, and with Zephyr:Voices Unbound. Dan is also currently the cantor and baritone soloist at St. Cross Episcopal Church in Hermosa Beach. |
