Isabel Bos

Isabel Bos is a senior at the Peabody Conservatory of music. She currently works under Sam Rowe at the Baltimore Basilica as an alto in the Schola. There, she has worked on projects such as: the Bach concert, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Requiem, and Bach’s St. John Passion. In 2023, she worked under Dr. Patrick Coyle as an alto section leader for Park Congregational Church, where she was the alto soloist in Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard. The same year, she performed under Deacon Dennis Rybicki in the Schola of Grand Rapids at St. Andrew’s Cathedral as the Soprano I soloist in Allegri’s Miserere mei, Deus.

As a soloist, Isabel is passionate about the unique storytelling capacity of music. Her junior recital invites her audience to retrace her footsteps on the El Camino de Santiago, presenting music from each language and dialect she encountered on her journey, including: French, Occitan, Castilian, and Galician; along with two pieces from the Codex Calixtinus, a guide book written for Pilgrims on the El Camino, which contains the earliest examples of music written in parts. For her senior recital, she challenges her audience to consider the temporality of the human experience, and the eternity of the soul, notably featuring works by Croatia’s overlooked composer, Dora Pejacevic.

Opal Clyburn-Miller

Opal Clyburn-Miller is an active chamber singer and soloist in the Washington D.C. area. Notable engagements have included: participant in the Aspen Music Festival’s Professional Choral Institute with Seraphic Fire, chorus member in the Washington National Opera’s production of Il Trovatore, and Vocal Fellow with The Thirteen. They recently performed in the Opera Lafayette chorus on a Baroque double bill of Rameau’s Io and Pierre de la Garde’s Léandre et Héro.

Opal continues to specialize in oratorio and in Baroque literature. In the summer of 2023, they attended both Bach Akademie Charlotte and the American Bach Soloists Academy. In concert, Opal has performed the tenor solos in Handel’s Messiah, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, and J. S. Bach’s B Minor Mass. In opera, Opal has played Damon (Acis and Galatea), Tamino (The Magic Flute), Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress), and Cornelia (Il Trionfo dell’Onore, A. Scarlatti). They are looking forward to singing Linfea in Peabody’s production of La Calisto.

Finally, Mx. Clyburn-Miller was a finalist in the Classical Singer Magazine Competition, and has advanced to the semifinals of the Camille Coloratura Awards.

Opal is pursuing their master’s at Peabody in American soprano Tony Arnold’s studio.

Caitlin Glastonbury

Caitlin Glastonbury is currently attending Peabody Conservatory in pursuit of a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy. They earned a Bachelors in Music, Voice Performance from Ithaca College. Their mission is to create open pockets of community by sharing human experiences through vocal and chamber music and broader performance artistry.

As a recitalist, they are passionate about featuring new music, especially music by Nonbinary and Transgender composers. They explore the intersection between early and contemporary styles, pushing musical boundaries with storytelling. Caitlin has sung with a number of ensembles in the Southern Tier of New York, including Cayuga Vocal Ensemble, the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers, Syracuse Schola Cantorum, and Southern Tier Singers Collective, often appearing as a featured soloist. This academic year, they will perform with the Peabody NEXT Ensemble, Peabody Hopkins Conservatory Choir, and in various special projects.

Beyond performance, Caitlin is passionate about increasing access and equity in the arts through work in education and administration. They have maintained a private voice studio, both as a freelance teacher and at the Community School of Music and Arts in Ithaca, New York. This summer, they worked as an Operations Assistant at the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Ariahna Hurtado

Ariahna Hurtado is currently an undergraduate vocalist at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins, working toward a BM in Vocal Performance. Their main focus throughout their professional career has been to inspire change and feeling in those who listen to their interpretations.

Ariahna has performed with the Texas Music Educators Association All-State Choir in San Antonio and has toured venues in Austria such as the Salzburg Dom, Minoritenkirche, and the Vienna State Opera House as part of the St. Paul’s Choral Scholars. They will be performing with the Peabody Hopkins Choir this upcoming academic year.

Lauren Kim

Soprano and collaborative musician Lauren Kim finds inspiration in music’s ability to be a vessel for human expression. An enthusiast of all classical genres, Lauren has performed in numerous productions, including Così fan tutte (Dorabella, 2022), The Merry Widow (Valencienne, 2020), Die Fledermaus (featured soloist, 2019), and Le Nozze di Figaro (children’s choir, 2015). Her performances also include vocal and piano recitals at Steinway Hall and the Riverside Church in Manhattan, along with a virtual recital in collaboration with The Juilliard School & Nord Anglia.

As a devotee of the choral arts, Lauren works closely with her colleagues in Baltimore to bring choral repertoire of all genres to life. She co-founded Florence, a women’s chamber ensemble seeking to bridge gaps and unite audiences through the transformative power of music. Additionally, she serves as the assistant conductor of the New Choir of Mt. Vernon, a volunteer ensemble focused on new, secular choral works, and dedicated to the enrichment of its local community.

Currently pursuing her Bachelor’s in Vocal Performance at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, Lauren aspires to work as a conductor specializing in vocal ensembles. She has is studying/has studied under instructors Tony Arnold, Elizabeth Farnum, and Young Park.

Edward Spear

Edward Spear is a composer and vocalist based in New York. Known for his uniquely enchanting and enriching harmonic structures and tone, Edward draws musical influences from the human experience and the world around us – creating soundscapes that reflect the qualities of the environment and world we create within ourselves.

Edward enjoys writing for a wide range of instruments and genres, with a particular enjoyment for text setting. He has experience writing for art songs, choral settings, chamber ensembles, large ensembles, and electronics. In 2022 he was one of the composers selected for Art Song Lab in Vancouver, B.C. where he was paired with a poet to create a new work. He also was the winner of the Fredonia Composition Competition in 2022, where his new work “Dystopia” was premiered by violinist Jessica Tong.

Edward also is a performing vocalist with a fancy for new vocal music, including his own original compositions. Edward is currently a choral scholar at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Baltimore and has sung in masterclasses for singers like Anthony Turner and Sandra Piques Eddy. He has also sung in choruses with the Hudson Valley Opera Theatre in performances of Bizets’s Carmen, Puccini’s La Bohéme, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Handel’s Messiah.

Edward is currently perusing his M.M. in Music composition from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he studies under Sky Macklay. He received his B.M. in composition from the State University of New York, where he studied under Jamie Leigh Sampson, Andrew Martin Smith, and Paul Coleman. He also studied voice under tenor Joe Dan Harper.

Delaney Stewart

Delaney is a third year undergraduate student specializing in vocal performance. She has received honors at events such as the Sue Goetz Ross competition. As a performer, she has equal interest in historic works and contemporary pieces, having premiered several compositions at the Peabody Institute. As a member of the New Contemporary Tonality Collective, she strives to bring new vocal literature into the light.

Her stage credits include her upcoming roles as La Chatte in Maurice Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges and La Natura in Francesco Cavalli’s La Calisto.

Delaney also has a marked interest in recital programming, having been a part of a creative committee responsible for designing a staged performance of art songs in support of environmentalism.

In her time at Peabody, she aims to continue her work as a vocalist dedicated to performances spanning all eras.