Bruce Pullan was a Choral Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge and New College, Oxford. After several years of singing, teaching, and conducting in London, he moved to North America. He was Professor of Music at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington State, U.S.A. from 1975 – 1993, where he taught voice, conducted Opera, Orchestral and Choral Music and was Chairman of the Music Department from 1985 – 1991. During these years he was very active in Vancouver, as singer, conductor and lecturer. He has performed with most of the major choral and orchestral ensembles across Canada. In 1983 he was appointed Music Director of the Vancouver Bach Choir and has conducted the major choral repertoire with this and other choral groups, with both the Vancouver Symphony and the C.B.C Orchestras. In 1984 he founded the Vancouver Bach Children’s Chorus, which now has 9 choirs aged 7 – 21 and over 300 choristers.

Canadian soprano Allison Angelo is emerging as a talented and versatile young singer who is rapidly gaining recognition on the operatic and concert stage. In early 2010, she made her debut with the Toronto Symphony during the Mozart 254 Festival. During the 2010-2011 season, she looks forward to appearances in Mozart’s Requiem for Symphony Nova Scotia, and Messiah with the Vancouiver Bach Choir.  The young Nova Scotian recently appeared with the Boston Pops under Keith Lockhart, at the Tanglewood Festival, and was featured in the world premiere of Schafer’s Children’s Crusade produced by Soundstreams for Toronto’s Luminato Festival. An alumna of Atelier Lyrique de L'Opéra de Montréal, Ms. Angelo sang the roles of the Governess in The Turn of the Screw and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with the Atelier, as well as the High Priestess (Aïda) and Naiade (Ariadne auf Naxos). She was guest soloist with l'Opéra d'Avignon in France, Nova Scotia Opera’s New Year’s Eve Gala and L'Opéra de Montréal's 10th Anniversary Gala.

Canadian counter-tenor, David Trudgen, was recently called “the next generation’s answer to David Daniels” according to the Chicago Tribune. This high praise was from his recent appearance as Medoro in Chicago Opera Theater’s production of Handel’s Orlando, under the direction of Raymond Leppard. Michigan District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions winner for 2006 and 2008, Mr. Trudgen sang the title role in the University of Oklahoma’s production of Giulio Cesare. He also appeared at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. where he sang scenes from L’Incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi for the Kennedy Center Conservatory Project.

Mr. Trudgeon made his Wexford Festival and Opera Theatre of St. Louis debuts in the world premiere of The Golden Ticket. Other debuts for 2010-2011 include Nerone in Agrippina for Boston Lyric Opera, Dardano in Amadigi de Gaula for Central City Opera, and he covers the role of Orfeo in the Canadian Opera Company’s Orfeo et Euridice. He was a recitalist for the 2010 Elora Festival and will be soloist in Messiah for Symphony Nova Scotia. Last season, his schedule included the title role in Giulio Cesare for Opera in Concert, Messiah for the Newfoundland Symphony, Handel’s Israel in Egypt with Noel Edison and the Mendelssohn Choir, and Carmina Burana for the Victoria Symphony. Mr. Trudgen is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance. Mr. Trudgen was named the Earl V. Moore Award recipient for 2006, and has had the opportunity to perform for David Daniels, Martina Arroyo, Colin Graham, Shirley Verrett, and Alan Curtis.

Tenor Colin Ainsworth has built his reputation based on exceptional singing, impeccable diction and a diverse range of repertoire. A special recent highlight was his appearance at Toronto’s 2010 Luminato Festival in Rufus Wainwright’s opera Prima Donna. His busy 2010-2011 season got underway with the world premiere of Estacio’s Lillian Alling for Vancouver Opera. He will be heard as Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Edmonton Opera (February 2011) and as Jason in Charpentier’s Medée for Chicago Opera Theater. On the concert stage, he sings Messiah for Vancouver Bach Choir, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio for the New Mexico Symphony, Bach’s Mass in B Minor for Vancouver Symphony, and St. John Passion for the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

Baritone Aaron St. Clair Nicholson has established himself as an artist of the first rank, winning praise for his superb vocal gifts and the dramatic integrity he brings to his performances. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Schaunard in La Bohème conducted by Domingo, and followed those performances with Papageno in Die Zauberflöte conducted by Levine. He has been heard in the title role in Don Giovanni for L’Opéra de Montréal, as Valentin in Faust for Vancouver Opera, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette for Ottawa’s Opera Lyra, and Fauré’s Requiem for the Atlanta Symphony, a work he performed at Festival Lanaudière in Québec. In 2010/11 he returns to Vancouver Opera for the world premiere of the Estacio/Murrell opera Lillian Alling, to Opera Lyra Ping in Turandot, and to the Met to cover Chou en Lai in Nixon in China.  His schedule also includes Carmina Burana for orchestras in Calgary and Ventura, California.

Founded in 1951 by the late Richard S. Eaton, Edmonton’s symphonic choir Richard Eaton Singers (RES) has played a leading role in the cultural community of the city for close to six decades. RES performances have included many Edmonton and Western Canadian premieres of choral masterpieces such as Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, and Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony. RES has also commissioned and produced world premiere performances by Canadian composers including Mark Sirett’s In Praise of Music, Christos Hatzis’ The Sepulcher of Life, John Estacio’s The Houses Stand Not Far Apart and, most recently, A Song of the Seasons by Ruth Watson Henderson.