Jaman E. Dunn-Danger is a queer African American multidisciplinary orchestral conductor, vocalist, and instrumentalist. A Chicago native, they currently reside in Buffalo, New York, where they serve as faculty in both the vocal and orchestral fields at SUNY University at Buffalo, as well as the Artistic Director of Buffalo ...

Jaman E. Dunn-Danger is a queer African American multidisciplinary orchestral conductor, vocalist, and instrumentalist. A Chicago native, they currently reside in Buffalo, New York, where they serve as faculty in both the vocal and orchestral fields at SUNY University at Buffalo, as well as the Artistic Director of Buffalo Master Chorale. They are also active as a guest conductor, guest soloist, and clinician.

Mx. Dunn-Danger began their musical studies at the age of eight, starting with violin and adding viola at age seventeen. They began conducting informally at age twelve, with academic studies to begin in high school. To become a more well-rounded musician, they received a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance at The Ohio State University, under Dr. C. Andrew Blosser. They then earned a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting, under the instruction of Maestro Bruce Hangen at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Mx. Dunn-Danger’s past professional accomplishments include being the former Assistant Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (2018-2022), Guest Conductor with Dance Theater of Harlem (2022), and Guest Conductor with Buffalo Opera Unlimited (2021 & 2022). In addition, they have maintained an active vocal career as a baritone in both oratorio and operatic repertoire.

A core tenant of Mx. Dunn-Danger’s approach is to make music accessible for everyone, regardless of skill level or background. They spend a large portion of their time giving back to the community through various master classes, workshops, and teaching positions. Additionally, they are actively committed to promoting musicians from traditionally under-represented backgrounds.

Outside of their professional career, Mx. Dunn-Danger spends their days with their wife and dogs enjoying all the beauty and wonder that New York State has to offer.

Haitian-American soprano Chantal Freeman is known for her luminous tone, thoughtful artistry, and compelling stage presence. A native of Chicago, she brings a warm authenticity to every performance, with a voice described as both elegant and emotionally resonant.

Chantal most recently was a 2024–2025 Resident Artist with the ...

Haitian-American soprano Chantal Freeman is known for her luminous tone, thoughtful artistry, and compelling stage presence. A native of Chicago, she brings a warm authenticity to every performance, with a voice described as both elegant and emotionally resonant.

Chantal most recently was a 2024–2025 Resident Artist with the MABC Emerging Artist Fellowship in New York City, where she performed the role of Tatyana in Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Her recent highlights include a featured performance in Anthony Davis and Jean Sorkin’s workshop of The Reef at Merkin Hall (Lincoln Center), as well as soprano soloist appearances in New York Choral Society’s Angel of Many Signs and the Buffalo Master Chorale’s 2023 performance of St. Cecilia Mass.

She made her New York solo debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall in the 2022 Mannes Sounds Festival Finale and has appeared with companies such as Chicago Summer Opera, AIMS in Graz, and Gilbert and Sullivan of Austin. In 2021, she premiered “Joy’s Aria” from H. L. Freeman’s American Romance with On Site Opera, a moment that affirmed her interest in underrepresented as well as new works.

A passionate interpreter of both operatic and concert repertoire, Chantal has performed as a featured soloist in major works including Haydn’s Creation Mass, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël, and Angel of Light Cantata by Kevin Siegfried. Her vocalism and interpretive depth continue to earn her recognition: she was a finalist in the 2022 Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition, a semi-finalist in 2022 with Joy in Singing and Young Concert Artists, and a 2021 Richard F. Gold Career Grant recipient from the Shoshana Foundation. Earlier awards include 3rd Place in Harlem Opera Theater’s 2019 Vocal Competition and finalist honors in the 2019 Marian Anderson Vocal Award Competition through the National Association of Negro Musicians. Chantal holds a Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes School of Music, a Master of Music from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Theology from Fordham University. Her training continues to be informed by a deep curiosity, generosity of spirit, and a commitment to vocal and artistic excellence.

Whether in recital, opera, or sacred repertoire, Chantal brings heart, clarity, and purpose to her music-making. She is especially drawn to storytelling that uplifts overlooked narratives and believes in the power of the human voice to connect across difference. As she steps into the next phase of her career, Chantal remains a sincere and ever-evolving artist, committed to crafting work that moves, challenges, and inspires.

Mezzo Soprano, Daveda Browne, a resident of Piscataway, New Jersey and native of St. Kitts and Nevis, is a professional Mezzo-Soprano performing artist, and a Change Management Vice President at Goldman Sachs. She earned her Master of Arts in Vocal Performance at the John J. Cali School of Music ...

Mezzo Soprano, Daveda Browne, a resident of Piscataway, New Jersey and native of St. Kitts and Nevis, is a professional Mezzo-Soprano performing artist, and a Change Management Vice President at Goldman Sachs. She earned her Master of Arts in Vocal Performance at the John J. Cali School of Music and received a dual degree, Bachelor of Arts in Music and BS in Biochemistry, from Lehigh University. Daveda began singing at the age of 10 in her first home country, St. Kitts & Nevis, at the Mount Carmel Baptist and Estridge Moravian churches. Her first solo rendering was of Kirk Franklin’s Lean On Me. It was later at the age of 17, right before the beginning of her undergraduate career at Lehigh University that Daveda fell in love with and began studying Classical music and Opera. Known for her beautiful, rich voice and captivating presence, Daveda has performed and continues to perform all over the world, including Japan, China, France, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Kenya and Brazil. Daveda has performed, to name a few, at the METropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Apollo, and Paper Mill Playhouse, and with the National Chorale at Lincoln Center, America Spiritual Ensemble, and Choral Arts Society of NJ.

Her performances include the full, staged solo roles of Amneris from Verdi’s Aida, Mother Marie from Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites (in English), The Mother from Menotti’s Amahl & the Night Visitors, Mrs. Nolan from Menotti’s The Medium, Criada from Jairo Duarte-Lopez’s and Michaela Eremiasova’s Bodas de Sangre, Baba the Turk from Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Clarina from Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio, and Medoro from Handel’s Orlando, and chorus roles in Fire Shut Up In My Bones (MET Opera 2024), Champion (supplementary chorus debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago 2024), X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (extra chorus debut at the METropolitan Opera 2023), Mile Long Opera, Show Boat, and Hunchback of Notre Dame. Some notable memories include her being named a 2024 Premiere Opera Foundation semi-finalist,a 2017 Harlem Opera Theater competition finalist, being granted the opportunity to sing for his holiness Pope Francis at the United Nations Headquarters, being awarded the Teufel Choral Scholarship, Edgar T. Choral cup and Williams Prize at Lehigh University, and 1st place at the NATS-NYC competition, and 4th at NATS Regionals 2016 Eastern Division.

Praised by Opera News as a “vocally charismatic” performer with a “golden tenor,” Martin Bakari’s recent engagements include the title role in Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Atlanta Opera, Arizona Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Dayton Opera, New Orleans Opera, Indianapolis Opera), the tenor soloist in Carmina Burana (Cecilia Chorus of ...

Praised by Opera News as a “vocally charismatic” performer with a “golden tenor,” Martin Bakari’s recent engagements include the title role in Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Atlanta Opera, Arizona Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Dayton Opera, New Orleans Opera, Indianapolis Opera), the tenor soloist in Carmina Burana (Cecilia Chorus of NY at Carnegie Hall, Symphony San Jose, Lubbock Symphony), Kodály’s Psalmus Hungaricus (Grant Park Music Festival), Messiah and the premiere of Moravec’s A Nation of Others (Oratorio Society of NY at Carnegie Hall), Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance (Virginia Opera, Kentucky Opera), Goro in Madama Butterfly (Dallas Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Utah Opera), Mime in Das Rheingold and Greene Evans in the premiere of Jubilee (Seattle Opera), Dr. Caius in Falstaff (Houston Grand Opera), Pong in Turandot (Opera Colorado), Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro (Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Seattle Opera), The Cartography Project (Washington National Opera, The Kennedy Center), and a United Kingdom recital tour (Mirror Visions Ensemble). Internationally, he has also appeared at major venues in Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Frankfurt, Cologne, Tel Aviv, and Bari. His 2025-26 season includes all three tenor roles in performances and a commercial recording of L’enfant et les sortilèges (Barcelona Symphony Orchestra), Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess (Dayton Opera), Bill Watson and Lloyd the Bartender in The Shining (Nashville Opera), Goro in Madama Butterfly (Opera Colorado), Zweiter Schäfer in Daphne (Seattle Opera), a song recital (Lyric Fest), and the tenor soloist in Laitman’s Vedem (Music of Remembrance), The Ordering of Moses (The Syracuse Orchestra), and Messiah (Pacific Symphony, Boise Philharmonic). A 2018 George London Competition award winner, Mr. Bakari’s recording of Grigory Smirnov’s Dowson Songs (Naxos) was featured by Opera News as a “Critic’s Choice” album. Mr. Bakari is an alumnus of the Juilliard School, Boston University, and the Tanglewood Music Center.

Holden James Turner, a Baritone from Rochester, NY, is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, and is currently pursuing his Masters in Voice Performance with an emphasis in Pedagogy at the Peabody Institute. He was most recently seen as the title role in Buffalo Opera Unlimited’s ...

Holden James Turner, a Baritone from Rochester, NY, is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, and is currently pursuing his Masters in Voice Performance with an emphasis in Pedagogy at the Peabody Institute. He was most recently seen as the title role in Buffalo Opera Unlimited’s production of “Joshua’s Boots”. He has been a Vocal Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Festival during the Summer of 2024, and has been seen in numerous productions with the Eastman Opera Theatre, and been a featured soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He’s been honored to perform as a Baritone Soloist for the Finger Lakes Opera on many occasions, The Rochester Oratorio Society, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Eastman Philharmonia and Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, and many more groups throughout NYS and outside of it. Mr. Turner has worked with many artists ranging from Jon Batiste to Dawn Upshaw and Andris Nelsons. He is also a recipient of the Rochester Links Organization’s “Young Black & Gifted” Scholarship, The William Warfield Scholarship, and has received a proclamation from the Monroe County Legislature in Rochester, NY.

Wendy K. Moy directs the Oratorio Society and serves as Chair of Music Education and Associate Professor at Syracuse University. She is also the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Chorosynthesis Singers, recipients of the 2024 American Prize in Choral Performance—Professional Division. Their album, Empowering Silenced Voices, released on Centaur ...

Wendy K. Moy directs the Oratorio Society and serves as Chair of Music Education and Associate Professor at Syracuse University. She is also the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Chorosynthesis Singers, recipients of the 2024 American Prize in Choral Performance—Professional Division. Their album, Empowering Silenced Voices, released on Centaur Records, features new music centered on socially conscious themes and has been praised for its artistic depth and advocacy.

Dr. Moy has served as Conductor of the Bellevue Chamber Chorus and Director of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus, where she appeared with the Symphony to conduct Charles Frink’s John Henry and Handel’s Messiah. Equally at home in the orchestral world, she began playing the violin at age four and later studied orchestral conducting with Eric Hanson and Kenneth Kiesler. She went on to coach and conduct with the Cascade Youth Symphony.

A sought-after guest conductor, she recently headlined the Festival Paraibano de Coros in João Pessoa, Brazil, and served as orchestral conductor at the Festival Internacional de Música de Campina Grande in Brazil. She has also conducted the Massachusetts and Rhode Island All-State Choirs.

Her honors include the 2024 Paul and Veronica Abel Award for Choral Performance (Civic Morning Musicals) and 3rd Place in the American Prize in Choral Conducting—Professional Division. Dr. Moy holds a Master of Music Education from Westminster Choir College and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of Washington. For more information, visit www.wendymoy.com.

Founded in 1975, the Syracuse University Oratorio Society is a large chorus comprised of Syracuse University students and community members that regularly performs choral-orchestral masterworks with the Syracuse Orchestra. The Oratorio Society is directed by Dr. Wendy Moy.

Founded in 1975, the Syracuse University Oratorio Society is a large chorus comprised of Syracuse University students and community members that regularly performs choral-orchestral masterworks with the Syracuse Orchestra. The Oratorio Society is directed by Dr. Wendy Moy.