Michael L. Bower, Conductor and Organist, has enjoyed the privilege of directing wonderful groups of talented musicians on Long Island. A native of Floyd, Virginia, he began formal piano lessons at age six and was playing for Sunday school services in his home church by 12.

Dr. Jennifer Kerr Budziak is a Chicago area conductor, author, mezzo-soprano, and composer, and is a sought-after presenter on vocal technique and conducting at workshops nationwide. Dr.

Dr. Alfred Calabrese enjoys a diverse career as conductor, educator, composer, scholar, and church musician.

Paul French is Music Director at Chicago's Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, where he leads a thriving choral program for both children and adults. Mr.

Dr. Giuliano Grisi is a professional orchestra and choir conductor. He started to collaborate as organist and Music Director with many choirs in Italy from the age of 12. Giuliano earned his PhD in Orchestra Conducting at the Conservatory of Music of Venice, Italy.

Melanie Malinka, a native of Stuttgart, Germany, has served as Director of Music at The Madeleine Choir School in Salt Lake City, UT since 2001. In this position she oversees the school’s rigorous choral program of four choirs for children ages 9 – 14.

DR. RICHARD ROBBINS is director of choral activities at the University of Minnesota Duluth, choir director at the Cathedral of Christ the King (Diocese of Superior), chorus master of the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, and director of a choir for middle and high school tenors and basses with the Lake Superior Youth Chorus.

Bryan is the Associate Choirmaster at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, and made his conducting debut with the Cathedral Choirs at Westminster Abbey, London.  He is also the Music Director of the Pro Arte Chorale, an ensemble with a 55-year legacy specializing in the performance of the great choral and orchestral masterworks.  Recent conducting engagements ha