Praised for her “brilliant sound” (San Francisco Classical Voice), and “silver tone” (The Reading Eagle), soprano Fiona Gillespie Jackson has appeared as a soloist and chorister with such ensembles as Apollo’s Fire, Skylark Ensemble, Mountainside Baroque, Kinnara Ensemble, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, The Crossing, Ensemble VIII, The Reading Symphony Orchestra, the Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Lutheran, AMPERSAND, Inwood Consort, The Denton Bach Society, the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, and Bricolage Project (founder). Recent on- and off-stage credits include Miles in Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and AD/Sound Technician/Props for Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief with Opera Modo in Detroit, MI; the title role in Lully’s Armide with EnsembleOrquesta in the UK; Director of Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel at Lycoming College. Fiona teaches voice at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, and has presented workshops on Early Music and small ensemble singing at The Conservatory of Puerto Rico in San Juan, and at the University of Hawa’ii in Honolulu.

Elyse Anne Kakacek is an award-winning soprano said to be “a stand out performer”(OperaNews) with a “sparkling soprano voice” (ChicagoHerald). She has performed over 30 operatic roles, some favorites including Norina in Don Pasquale, Gretel in Hansel und Gretel, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Pamina in Die Zauberflote. An advocate of new works, Ms. Kakacek premiered 6 Flash Operas with Experiments in Opera last year, working closely with composers and librettists (from THE NEW YORKER and Saturday Night Live). She has sung in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space, Preston Bradley Hall, La Mama Experimental Theatre, and Cornelia Street Café. In May, she will rejoin Experiments in Opera to premiere Matthew Welch’s new opera And Here we Are at National Sawdust. She is a proud recipient of The Lynne Harvey Foundation Scholarship from the Musician's Club of Women. Please “like” her on Facebook for schedules and updates!  

Soprano Joyce Yin, praised by New York Concert Review for singing with an “otherworldly quality,” brings a committed physicality and depth of emotional connection to the stage. This season, Joyce sings the Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Libby Larsen’s Try Me Good King, and Clara Schumann’s Sechs Lieder. A performer whose “deft characterization” is “matched by her fearless singing” (Entertainment Hour), Joyce particularly enjoys exploring the nuances of determined women such as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Morgana (Alcina), and Gilda (Rigoletto). Recent highlights include Ines in Donizetti’s La Zingara with Amore Opera, Linfea in La Calisto with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, the title role in Caccini’s Euridice with Cantanti Project, and her debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic as the soprano soloist in the Messiah. Joyce is a winner of the Met Auditions Audience Choice Award and the Musical Merit Foundation of San Diego. She graduated with her M.M. in Opera Performance from Arizona State University. Please visit www.joyceyin.com and @joycesings for updates.

Core Artist and Artistic Director

Soprano Sara Lin Yoder’s midwestern work ethic coupled with 37 years of combined performance experience across 4 different instruments makes her an impeccable musician and a dynamic storyteller. Sara Lin’s “arresting dignity and presence that grips both the eye and the ear” entranced audiences in her performances in the title role of L’incoronazione di Poppea. Her knack for comedy in the roles of Despina (Cosi fan tutte), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), and Ida (Die Fledermaus) left audiences roaring with laughter, while heart-warming renditions of Nanetta (Falstaff), Constance (Dialogues of the Carmelites), and Laurie (The Tender Land) brought them to tears. Sara Lin’s interest in new music was discovered in 2012 while workshopping the role of Jessica in Aldridge/Garfein’s production of Sister Carrie. Since then, she has workshopped Aschera in Kerer/Mazzola’s Apocalypse: Now and Then, Susan in Redler/Campbell’s A Song for Susan Smith,  and Mary in Heggie/Scheer’s It’s a Wonderful Life. Sara Lin lives in New York City.