AlmaNova is a flute & guitar duo featuring husband and wife Jessica Pierce & Almer Imamovic. They met while students at Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. Returning to the United States, Jessica continued her flute studies at the University of California earning her Master Degree. Their first CD was inspired by the sounds and folk melodies of Almer's native Bosnia.

Tenor Dong Yeong Lee, a native of Pusan, South Korea, studied Korean literature. However he always loved to sing and play the piano and began studying voice at the age of 24. After coming to the United States he earned his bachelor and master degrees in 2000 & 2002 in vocal performance & pedagogy. He will perform his first Messiah in English with the Southwestern Symphony in December, 2007.

Yun-Ju Park, also from South Korea, studied voice in Korea, Vienna, and at the College of Performing Arts of Roosevelt University on a full scholarship. From 2004-2006 she was a Young Artist with Chicago Opera Theater.

Coloratura soprano Sang-Yun Kwen, graduated from Seoul National University earning her undergraduate degree in vocal music. Awarded a scholarship to the Mozarteum she graduated with honors in 1997. She received the Merit Prize for outstanding performance in graduate school. She has performed as a guest with Linz & Lambach Operas. Upon coming to the USA she & her husband settled in Denver where she was a Young Artist with Opera Colorado & won the Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition. Sang-Yun will be performing The Messiah at Calvin College in December, 2007.

Lyric baritone Raymond Feener was the featured artist for the 40th anniversary of N.A.T.O. in June, 2007 in the Netherlands . He recently sang the leading role of Lord Byron in the premiere of The Everlasting Universe for the Kansas City Civic Opera. Companies Raymond has performed with include Sarasota, Wichita, Lake George, Dorian, and Opera Theater of Lucca (Italy).

Soprano, Natalie Mann, made her debut as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony in 2006. She received a Rotary Scholarship to attend the University of Wollongong in Australia and was also awarded a scholarship to attend the D'Arliev program in France. Natalie has a graduate degree in vocal performance from Indiana University, Bloomington. In competition, she has won Encouragement Awards from the Metropolitan Opera Auditions and Gerda Lissner Competition. Natalie is active in opera, oratorio and is an accomplished recitalist.

Christopher Chroniak studied voice at Ohio State University as a baritone and performed in Ohio and Massachusetts as a baritone. After earning a doctorate in psychology and establishing a private practice in Chicago as a clinical psychologist he resumed his vocal studies in earnest with Jefferey Horvath who realized he was actually a counter tenor. In February, he performed Lisa in La Comica del Cielo by Abbatini with the McKenna Ensemble. Future engagements include guest artist for Musica Sacrum, Lisle Chamber Choir, and the Chicago Humanities Festival.

Duo Simpatico, with Jack Scott on the flute and Steve Ramsdell on guitar, perform classical jazz. Both have performed individually with jazz bands as well as smaller groups in Chicago. They recently made the decision to collaborate, made a CD, and asked Ovation!Management to represent them. Their arrangements of jazz and 'pop' music are exciting and original. Trained as classical musicians they are adept at playing that genre but their 'true love' belongs to jazz.