Jordan Baldwin, countertenor

Jordan Baldwin is a musician residing in Toronto. He recently completed his MMus in Historical Performance at the University of Toronto under the guidance of Jean MacPhail and Daniel Taylor. His studies were supported through the Dame Emma Kirkby and Suzie Leblanc Graduate Scholarship. In 2023, Jordan was a recipient of the France-Canada Cultural Exchange Award which allowed him to spend six weeks in Europe at several training programs including Academie Internationale de Musique de Paris and the Opera Connections workshop in Burgundy. Jordan was also a finalist in the National Capital Opera Competition in Ottawa, where he received the third prize. Jordan is an avid choral singer performing with several groups throughout the GTA including That Choir, Arcady, Brott Festival Choir, Saint James Cathedral Choir, Trinity Chapel Choir, and the Toronto Oratory. When not making music, Jordan is flying the friendly skies working for WestJet or training for his next triathlon.

Evelyn Barber, alto

Evelyn Barber is an aspiring singer, conductor and educator. She is currently in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance at Western University, studying under Torin Chiles. Evelyn is passionate about education and bringing the arts to all spaces; she has served as an arts educator with The Travelling Stage Studio in the Durham Region and had the wonderful opportunity to direct the music for various theatre productions, including 9 to 5: The Musical and Ride The Cyclone at Western University. Evelyn previously served as assistant conductor at Siloam United Church in London. She is currently co-conductor of the Student Leadership Choral Collective at Western University, and sings as the Alto choral scholar at New St. James Presbyterian Church. Evelyn is grateful to have sung with various choral ensembles including RESOUND Choir, London Pro Musica, Western University Singers, and multiple sacred chamber groups.

Richard Corner, bass

Richard Corner started singing with the Tiffin School Boys’ Choir, and later as a treble soloist. He studied violin under Kenneth Piper and played jazz guitar with the West London Big Band and in Youth Action Theatre’s production of Blood Brothers in Kyiv. He studied philosophy at Liverpool, Oxford, King’s College London and Cornell. In London England, he performed in several BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall, and at the Royal Festival Hall, Barbican and St. Paul’s Cathedral. He has sung in the UK with the Choir of Merton College Oxford, the Schola Cantorum of Oxford, the Brighton Singers, the Brighton Festival Chorus, and the Holst Singers. He has recorded for Naxos, Decca and Hyperion Records. In North America he has sung with the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble and Cornell University Chorale in Ithaca NY. Since moving to London ON, he has sung with the Gerald Fagan Singers, Fanshawe Chorus London, and Chor Amica.

Brooke Dufton, soprano

Praised for her ‘great skill’ (Globe and Mail) and ‘beautiful tone and control’ (The Chronicle-Herald), soprano Brooke Dufton specializes in new and early music. She has collaborated directly with many leading Canadian composers, premiering roles and works, many written for her, by John Beckwith, Norbert Palej, and others. She is also an acknowledged expert in R. Murray Shafer’s ecological works. She has studied and performed with Tafelmusik, Hellmuth Rillings’ Bach Institute, and Sequentia; toured with various Renaissance ensembles across Canada; lectured on medieval song; and transcribed and performed the role of Anima in a fully-staged production of Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum, for which she was featured on the CBC. Brooke holds a doctorate in Vocal Performance, and has taught for a number of institutions, including the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Glenn Gould School, and the University of Toronto. She adjudicates, conducts, and maintains a global private studio. She is currently based in Stratford.

Ariel Harwood-Jones, soprano

Ms. Harwood-Jones began studying voice in high school with Barbara Collier, with Lois McDonall while attending University, and is now studying with Carol Baggott Forte. She has performed for Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Brass, Winnipeg Symphony, the Elora Festival Singers, and the Elmer Iseler Singers.

Ariel performed many of the great works of the Baroque and classical periods including Bach’s B minor Mass with Voices Chamber Choir, Magnificat and Cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir BWV 29 with Oxford Collegium Singers, and Handel’s Messiah with Choral Connection. Other solo engagements include Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with Masterworks, Bach’s Magnificat with the Nota Bene Baroque Players, and Handel’s Dixit Dominus with Tafelmusik. Taking inspiration from the latter, Ms. Harwood-Jones founded Kammmerchor London in the spring of 2016 to fill the need for a professional early music ensemble.

When not performing, she teaches voice in her private studio. She is also a piano technician for private clients and at Western University.

Malcolm MacDonald, tenor

Native to London Ontario, Malcolm began his musical journey at age five under the tutelage of Bill and Eva Bettger at Colborne St United. During his adolescent years, he continued by singing with the Banting Secondary School Senior Choir and “Fred’s Folk” music project, under the guidance of Sandi Mennill and Sharon Beeler, along with The Amabile Young Men’s Ensemble and Primus, under the guidance of Carol Beynon and Ken Fleet. Soon after, he attended Western University where he worked with several London-Based choral projects, notably the Conspirato Chamber Singers and Six Vocal Ensemble. Malcolm currently lives in Toronto where he spends his weeks composing and producing music for various digital media and learning apps for all ages, and his evening and weekends as a choral scholar at the Cathedral Church of St James.

Vanessa McCart, soprano

Originally from Québec, Vanessa holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts in Music Theory from McGill University. An accomplished pianist and soprano, Vanessa sings in the St Paul’s Cathedral Choir in London. She has previously sung with the Orpheus Singers in Montreal, the Canadian Renaissance Music Summer Schools in London, and held a Lay Clerk position at Huron Chapel. Vanessa is currently a teacher candidate at Western University’s Faculty of Education.nnipeg born soprano, Ariel Harwood-Jones began studying voice in high school with Barbara Collier, with Lois McDonall while attending University, and is now further studying with Carol Baggott Forte. She has performed with Tafelmusik, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Brass, Winnipeg Symphony, the Elora Festival Singers, Nexus, Toronto Consort, and the Elmer Iseler Singers. She is a much sought-after performer in the Early Music, Baroque, Renaissance, and Classical Music circles.

Brian McMillan, bass

Brian McMillan is Director of the Music Library at Western University. Before coming to Western, he worked as a Music Reference Librarian at McGill University’s Marvin Duchow Music Library. Brian has sung and recorded with such ensembles as the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, les Violons du Roy, the Aradia Ensemble, le Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, the professional choir of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and the Canadian Opera Company Chorus. He currently performs with London’s Chor Amica. He holds a BMus. (Honours) and a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance from McGill University and a Master of Information Studies from the University of Toronto.

Grace Theriault, alto

A native of Windsor, Ontario, Grace has studied cello, piano, and voice from a very young age. After studying biomedical sciences at McGill and spending 5 years working in arts administration, she has returned to school and is currently studying voice at Western under Torin Chiles. She is active as a freelance cellist and vocalist and performs regularly with the London Community Orchestra, the choir at Metropolitan United Church, the Early Music Studio at Western, and several local theatre companies.

Taylor Webb, tenor

Taylor is an Arts Educator in the GEDSB and sings in choirs and stage productions across southern Ontario. He completed his Bachelor of Music at McMaster University and a Master of Teaching at the University of Toronto. Taylor’s recent notable performances include Robert Martin in The Drowsy Chaperone, a member of the ensemble chorus in the Brott Festival’s production of La Boheme, and Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil with The Edison Singers. He sings and plays guitar, bass, and drums.