"... a silvery voiced singer." -- Opera Magazine

Sungji Kim, a native of Busan, South Korea earned her Bachelor of Music from Seoul National University, her Master of Music degree at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Professional Studies Diploma at the Manhattan School of Music. She is a singer equally at home in opera, recital, concert and contemporary music and has performed in South Korea, Japan, Germany, Canada and throughout the United States. She joins Mr. Alexandrowicz in explorations of the repertoire for voice and classical guitar. Their current tour includes a special appearance at the Croatian Embassy in Washington featuring the music of Ivan Padovec and Dora Pejacevic.

"... a glowing, brilliant voice which displays its beauty free of technical limitations." -- Reutlingen (Germany)

Soprano Christine Reber returns as soloist with the Monmouth Civic Chorus this afternoon, having made her debut in December 2006 with selections from Handel’s Messiah. A fresh, exciting presence on the international vocal scene, Ms. Reber is enjoying a fast-developing career with acclaim-winning performances throughout the United States and her native Germany.

Among Ms. Reber’s notable recent appearances – In the U.S. an all-Mozart recital at Bard College’s Fischer Arts Center (Annandale, NY); a benefit for Dolphin Aid Miami (FL); and a concert honoring the new German Consul General in the same city, as well as performances as soloist with the Bach Society of Houston, Texas. In Germany: she was featured at the Lake Constance Modern Arts Festival, and a concert series celebrating composers from Leipzig (J. S. Bach) in Stuttgart.

Ms. Reber is a favorite soloist with orchestra at the annual summer outdoor galas in Reutlingen (Germany), and received critical praise for “a glowing, brilliant voice which displays its beauty free of technical limitations.” With the Reutlingen Philharmonia Choir, she has performed such masterworks as Bach’s B minor Mass, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Brahms’s German Requiem,

As an operatic artist, she sang the role of Pamina in The Mannes Opera’s 2003 production Mozart’s The Magic Flute, at New York’s Kaye Playhouse, conducted by Joseph Colaneri of The Metropolitan Opera. In 2002, she sang Romilda in Handel's Xerxes and the Countess in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro with San Francisco’s Bay Area Summer Opera Theater. With the Freiburg (Germany) University of Music Opera, she sang major roles in Ernst Toch’s The Princess and the Pea, Britten’s Albert Herring and Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto.

In New York, Ms. Reber has performed at such prestigious venues as Goethe Institut-New York, the Liederkranz Society, the Union Club, the New School for Drama Theater, and the French and German Consulate. In 2006 she participated in a memorial service for the victims of 9/11 at St. Paul’s Church that was broadcast on German and Austrian national television.

Ms. Reber holds three degrees in opera, vocal pedagogy, and Lieder/Oratorio from the Freiberg University of Music, and a Professional Studies Diploma from New York’s Mannes College of Music. She was recipient of the 2005 Achievement Award for Artistic Excellence from the New York German Forum. For the past three summers, she has pursued her vocal studies with opera legend Regina Resnik at an exclusive voice seminar near Venice, Italy.

Upcoming engagements include a much anticipated encore performance as soloist with orchestra at the Reutlingen outdoor gala (accompanied by fireworks) in July. And a recital at Goethe-Institut Boston sponsored by the German Consulate in September.

Daniel Molkentin was born and raised in Blue Point, New York. In 2006 he received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Mannes School of Music where he studied with Antonia Lavanne, Paul Sperry, and Christina Stanescu.

Since then, Daniel has done extensive concert work in New York, New Jersey and Boston, performing music from the standard repertoire as well as works by living composers written especially for him. Over the past six years he collaborated with the Bach Society of Columbia, the Berkshire Choral Festival, Ars Musica, and, most recently, Monmouth Civic Chorus, as well as participating in the Cantatas in Context series at St. Bartholomew's Church. Daniel is a member of the Janus Duo, formed over four years ago with guitarist Paul Smith, which performs regularly in the New York area and is dedicated to the expansion of the voice and guitar repertoire by finding, commissioning and performing new and unknown works.

Performances this season have included the J.S. Bach's B-minor Mass with the Music Bella Orchestra, Handel's Messiah with the Ridgewood Community Orchestra and Ars Musica, and premieres of songs by Paul Smith and David Loeb. In February, Daniel participated in the "Bach Woche" at the Bach Acadamie in Stuttgart, Germany, working with Helmut Rilling on the four Lutheran Masses and several cantatas. Upcoming performances include the Brahms' Neue Liebeslieder Waltze with the Westchester Choral Society and Britten's Senerade with the Musica Bella Orchestra.

"... all contributed to the performance. So did, spectacularly, bass Nathan Baer as a conniving, nasty, mad-as-a-hatter Barrabas." -- Peter Jacobi, Bloomington (Indiana) Herald Times

Mr. Baer was last heard with the Monmouth Civic Chorus under Mark Shapiro in Jorge Martin’s Stronger Than Darkness and the finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and is delighted to be back!

Nathan Baer studied with Antoine Cordahi for eight years and currently collaborates greatly with Atarah Hazzan. Nathan’s first, large-work, solo opportunities were under Antoine in Haydn's Mass in Time of War, Rossini's Petite Messe Solonelle, and Dvorák's Te Deum.

Mr. Baer’s first operatic role was Crespel in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann under the baton of David Effron. Since then, Nathan has gone on to sing many of the standard, bass roles and a great deal of contemporary operas, with many, superb, local and regional companies. Some great, concert standards that Nathan Baer soloed in include: Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Verdi's Requiem, and Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliette as Friar Laurence. Nathan has also done a good bit of musical theatre and even performed the role of Caiaphas in the National Tour of Lloyd Weber’s Jesus Christ Superstar. Two exciting, operatic roles written for and premiered by Nathan Baer are: Barabbas in Robert Samel’s Pilatus, and Cassander in Matthew Pittsinger’s Alexander.

This past fall, Nathan was chosen as one of the winners on the Eastern District of the Metropolitan National Council competition.Nathan wishes to thank most gratefully all of those who have made anything that he has ever done possible.