Kirsten Sharer
SOPRANO
Kirsten Sharer can't remember a time in her life when she wasn't singing. Beginning with the Colorado Children's Chorale at age 8, she has sung in choirs from large ensembles to small a cappella groups, classical to modern folk styles. She sang in the University of Vermont's Catamount Choir as section leader and soloist, several Finnish symphony choirs and folk ensembles, and the Bach Choir and Santa Rosa State chamber choir. She has been a paid section leader and soloist for various church choirs. Most recently she's been singing with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus for 5 years and she was part of the "Silence and Music" debut. |
Melissa Fathman
SOPRANO
Equally at home on the opera stage, concert halls and clubs, Melissa Fathman has performed in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, BAM—the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Joyce Theater, Joe's Pub, The Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage as part of the “Artists for Creative Time” series, The Aspen Music Festival, The Banff Centre, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. A winner of the Metropolitan Opera Midwest Regional Auditions and the Aspen Music Festival's Vocal Concerto Competition, Melissa received her Master of Music in vocal performance at Indiana University where she met her husband Matt Pass while singing in Jan Harrington’s Contemporary Vocal Ensemble. Melissa has been featured in a number of recordings including a commercial spot for Nickelodeon's "Snick" and the celestial voices in the Hayden Planetarium space show The Search for Life: Are We Alone? narrated by Harrison Ford. In addition to singing, Melissa has developed and performed in many children’s educational projects for the Children's Museum of Manhattan, the Bronx Zoo, and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. |
Nora Golden
SOPRANO
Nora Golden is a music teacher at Colorado Academy, where she works with lower school students in general music. Nora completed her BM and MAT from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA and is a certified Orff Schulwerk teacher. She has been singing in choirs since elementary school, and particularly enjoyed her time with The Adelphian Concert Choir and The Northwest Repertory Singers in Tacoma, WA. Since moving back to Colorado she has sung with The Cherry Creek Chorale, Canto Deo and Voices of Light. She has a great love of British Choral Music from the 20th century, particularly anything by Ralph Vaughan Williams. |
Megan Buness
SOPRANO
From a musical heritage with a strong choral emphasis, Megan Buness is a member of American Choral Directors Association, conducting Community College of Denver Choir. With a B.A. in Vocal Music from St. Olaf College and Masters in Music in Vocal Performance from University of Denver, Megan is the director of Bethel Lutheran Church Choir. Megan’s choral performances included tours with St. Olaf Choir and St. Olaf alumni choir Magnum Chorum. Megan has also sung with St. Martin's Chamber Choir, Evans Choir and Colorado Symphony Chorus. More at www.meganbuness.com |
MJ Erickson-Eger
ALTO
MJ Erickson-Eger has found joy in expression through music and singing since young childhood. MJ has sung with a variety of choirs, including close harmony, madrigals, church choirs, and the Houston Symphony Chorale. Additionally, MJ has served as accompanist for choral groups and soloists since the age of eleven. She toured with the Dartmouth College Glee Clubs in this capacity, and is currently accompanist for Columbine Unitarian Universalist Church. MJ is a former school psychologist and now works in autism research. She lives with her husband George and is the proud mom of their three amazing daughters. |
Misty Dupuis
ALTO
Misty L. Dupuis is the founder and director for La Musica di Donne Chamber Choir, a choir dedicated to the performance, preservation, and promotion of the compositional works of women. She is also the choir director for Cameron United Methodist Church and the Aria Singers in Boulder. She earned both her BA in Music and her BM in Music Composition from Metropolitan State University of Denver graduating summa cum laude. She is currently a master's candidate in choral conducting at the University of Colorado at Boulder where she is the assistant conductor for the Women's Chorus. Misty is an active composer and vocalist and studies voice with Professor Gene Roberts. She has sung locally with the Colorado Symphony Chorus, First Universalist Singers, First Universalist Chamber Choir, St. Andrew's Episcopal Choir, Denver Pro Chorale and was a singing intern with St. Martin's Chamber Choir. |
Robin Miller
ALTO
Robin A. Miller is an inspiring vocalist and musical director that has been active for over 20 years in teaching, training and coaching. She co-owns Articulate, Real, and Clear and is a trained executive and life coach. She earned a MM from Baylor University and a PhD in Musicology from the University of North Texas. Since living in Denver, she has performed the role of Mother in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, as well as performing in and directing the music for the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Day – Denver. |
Becky Dillon
ALTO
Becky Dillon is a Colorado Native with a degree in Vocal Performance from Kansas State University. Most of her vocal adventures have been in the realm of Musical Theatre. Before it's final season in 2008, Becky was a performer at The Crystal Palace Theatre Restaurant in Aspen where she sang political satire and cabaret. She is excited to return to the world of Choral Music after a decade long hiatus. She wishes to thank her husband Tony for his love and support. |
J Ronald DeVries
TENOR
Ron DeVries joined Voices of Light in its inaugural concert season having returned to his home in Colorado after five years in Arizona where he performed with several groups in Tucson, most notably the Arizona Repertory Singers, and having directed the Mohave Community Choir in Kingman, AZ. While having no formal music education, Ron was coached by his mother, Marilyn Knox, an experienced performer and music educator. Ron has performed with large groups like the Colorado Symphony Chorus and the Turtle Creek Chorale under the direction of Timothy Seelig, to small groups including Canto Spiritus, Awen Rising, and Bel-Canto, a choir Ron started with his college choir director, Sharyn Baker. He has been a featured vocal soloist with the John Philip Sousa Band of Colorado where he played clarinet as well as the Mile High Freedom Swing band as a featured vocal soloist and on keyboards. He has sung with Opera Fort Collins, the Estes Park Oratorio Society as a featured soloist, the Littleton Chorale, the Cherry Creek Chorale, the Colorado Chorale, and Kantorei. |
Kendall Bridges
TENOR
Kendall Bridges teaches middle school chorus and strings in Adams County District 14. In addition to Voices of Light Chamber Choir, he is an active singer and board member of the Colorado Chorale and sings tenor in a local quartet: The Bear Tones. His previous experiences have included serving as Minister of Music at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church in Oakland, CA, assistant conductor for various concerts and a guest appearance with the Community College of Aurora. He is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado's Music Education Program. |
Joel Chirhart
TENOR
Since moving to Colorado 20 years ago, Joel Chirhart has been a staple of The Colorado Chorale, performing numerous solos and roles with this musically diverse group. Joel has also performed as a soloist and section leader with numerous Denver organizations including Central Presbyterian Church, High Plains Chorale, the Arvada Chorale, and appeared as King Ahasuerus in “Esther” at Cherry Creek Presbyterian. When not singing, Joel works as a GIS Business Analyst, and is the proprietor of Colorado Haunted History Tours in Golden and Morrison, CO. |
Matt Pass
TENOR
Matt Pass has been singing for four decades, focusing his tones on Medieval, Renaissance, Contemporary Classical and Electroacoustic music, in places such as the Cloisters in NY, Recital halls of Bloomington Indiana, at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, inside the Brooklyn Bridge, and on top of Old Smokey. These days Matt spends chunks of time shaping sounds through pedal electronics and homemade instruments, improvising in solo, duo and trio sound collectives. Matt also creates sound installations that accompany artwork, exploring the interaction between sound, physical materials and the observer/participant's resonance with the space around them and within. |
David Burrows
BASS
David Burrows has enjoyed various musical roles--directing church choirs for more than a decade, playing flute and singing at the bedside of the sick, being a Baritone soloist for Evergreen Chorale and Arvada Chorale, and authoring several children’s church musicals performed locally and in the Boston area. He has studied and performed Hindustani flute and vocal music and plays various flutes, most frequently an Irish wood flute. He was the piano accompanist for the children’s choir and for a women’s trio at Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden, CO for many years. He has a B.A. in Music with a Voice emphasis from MSU in Denver. He was awarded in the 2006 Colorado Vocal Arts Competition at MSU in ’06 and recognized in the 2015 Silliman Music Anthem Competition. |
Keith Williamson
BASS
Keith Williamson, a Colorado native, is a twenty-three-year veteran of the Opera Colorado chorus, and sang for twenty-one years with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Mr Williamson has also performed solo roles in several Opera Colorado productions, including Gianni Schicci, Macbeth, Sweeney Todd, The Barber of Seville and Don Pasquale. In addition, Mr. Williamson has performed regionally in staged productions of Copeland (The Tender Land), Menotti, (Amahl and the Night Visitors), and Purcell (Dido & Aeneas). His solo concert repertoire includes both Mozart’s and Verdi’s Requiems, Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew Passions and Orff’s Carmina Burana. He performed in the 2004 regional premier of Tan Dun’s Water Passion, conducted by the composer. Since 1995, Keith has performed annually in a Madrigal Dinner production, in which he portrays the Lord of the manor. Keith has also performed Bach’s Coffee Cantata, Menotti’s The Telephone, and Purcell’s La Serva Padrona with the Walden Chamber Music Society of Colorado. Keith has his degree in Nursery and Landscape Management from CSU and works for Little Valley Wholesale Nursery in Brighton, Colorado. |
Bradley Becker
BASS
Bradley Becker is currently finishing his senior year at the University of Denver with a degree in physics and hopes to eventually pursue graduate school. Bradley is active the music community both on campus and off. He sings with 5280 Acappella and the Evans Choir, and music directed the student acappella group at DU. Bradley is excited to be singing with Voices of light for this concert and hopes you enjoy the show. |
Jason Golden
BASS
Jason Golden has a lifelong passion for the choral arts at the highest level. While he’s a software consultant by day, at night singing provides balance and engages the other side of his brain. Jason holds his minor in music from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, where he sang with the Adelphian Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers (now Voci d'Amici), and Underground Jazz. Other choral experience includes the Northwest Repertory Singers and Cherry Creek Chorale. When not singing the lowest notes on the staff, he thoroughly enjoys wine, photography, exercise, reading history and spending time with his family. |
