Ruby Fulton grew up in Northwest Iowa and currently lives and works in Baltmore. Her music is built from musical and non-musical influences alike, ranging from The Beatles to buddhist philosophy to psychological patterning. Her music has been performed recently at Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA, and A•Devantgarde Festival in Munich. She holds degress from Peabody, the San Francisco Conservatory and Boston Unversity. She plays violin, viola, accordion and trumpet in Baltimore bands Ike Shark, Inc., Spoke Ensemble and We Used To Be Family.

Elisabeth Halliday completed her undergraduate work at the Johns Hopkins University and at the Peabody Conservatory, where she performed such roles as “Susanna” in Le Nozze di Figaro and “Anne” in A Little Night Music. While at Peabody, Elisabeth became heavily involved in contemporary classical music, and collaborated with many Peabody composers to perform new works. Among other projects, she premiered three chamber operas, participated in Peabody’s “24-Hour Composition Marathon,” gave a recital of Modern and Contemporary vocal music in English, and was one of the founding members of No Signal, a chamber group dedicated to performing contemporary classical music in unique and engaging ways. In 2007, Elisabeth moved to New York to study with Manhattan School of Music’s Ashley Putnam. Elisabeth is also currently singing with the Village Light Opera and Chelsea Opera.

George Lam lives in Durham, North Carolina, where he is a graduate student studying music composition at Duke University. George is most interested in using music and theater as a medium for creating documentary works, and is currently working on a new documentary opera about the legacy of Durham’s cigarette industry. Recently, George’s works have been performed by Volti, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, American Opera Projects, Red Clay Saxophone Quartet, Hong Kong Voices, and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. George holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and Boston University.

Soprano Bonnie Lander has made a name for herself performing contemporary classical and electronic music by working with composers and musicians at Peabody and in the Baltimore area, including the Peabody Camerata and the Conservatory Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE). In Baltimore, she appeared with the Left Bank Concert Society at the University of Maryland, College Park, performed on the An Die Musik series, and sang the lead role of The Woman in the premiere production of Catherine Reid’s The Yellow Wallpaper at Baltimore’s Theatre Project. She holds a GPD in Voice and Computer Music Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where she received the Phyllis Bryn-Julson Prize in Performance and Commitment to music of the 20th/21st Centuries.

Hailing from Ponca City, Oklahoma, Robert Maril holds a B.M. in Voice Performance from DePauw University in Greencastle, IN and a M.M. in Voice Performance from Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with baritones John Shirley-Quirk and Steve Rainbolt and was the recipient of the George Castelle Memorial Award. While at Peabody, Robert sang the roles of Hans Scholl in Weisse Rose, Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi, and Macheath in The Threepenny Opera. With Harbor Opera, Robert performed the role of Claudio in Beatrice et Benedict, and with composer George Lam, he performed the premieres of the song sets Fog Argument and We Two Boys. Robert currently lives in New York City and is a member of the Sanctuary Choir at Christ Church United Methodist.