Through the Choral Scholars Program, we provide performance opportunities to singers with music degrees who inspire our Chorale with their skills and training. This position offers a stipend and opportunities to perform exciting and varied repertoire, while providing musical leadership to the other members of their voice part. We are thrilled to have the following highly talented people as our current Choral Scholars.
Soprano: Alexandra Thomas
Alexandra Thomas has been Voices Chorale's Soprano Choral Scholar since the spring of 2022. She holds a BA in Vocal Performance from Westminster Choir College where she was a student of Dr. Kathy Price. She appeared as Emmie in the Princeton Festival's production of Britten's Albert Herring and as the Dew Fairy and Gretel’s Intern in Westminster Opera Theatre's production of Hänsel und Gretel. She sang with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Bach's Mass in B Minor) and Stéphane Denève (Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges). Alexandra has recorded twice with the Grammy nominated Westminster Williamson Voices: "Aurora" and "A Scattered Light in Winter" (on which she is a featured soloist) as well as with the Same Stream Choir: "A Time for Healing." When not singing, Alexandra enjoys spending her time enjoying good food, better company, and reading.
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Tenor: Aaron Lynch
Aaron Lynch is a Tenor from Rochester, NY. A student at Westminster Choir College, Aaron studies voice under internationally-acclaimed opera singer, Todd Thomas, and pipe organ under Dr. Michael Diorio. Aaron has previously been a choral scholar with Maestro Eric Townell's Rochester Oratorio Society, which frequently performs with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Andreas Delfs. Aaron is incredibly excited and thankful for the opportunity to sing with Voices Chorale!
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Bass: Lucas Heredia
Lucas Heredia has a Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance and is currently finishing his Master’s degree in Sacred Music at Westminster Choir College at Rider University. He is studying with Dr. James Goldsworthy (piano), Margaret Cusack (voice), and Grammy Award Winning Conductor Dr. Donald Nally (conducting). As a Choral Scholar with Voices Chorale, he has performed as the Baritone soloist in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Saint-Saëns’s Christmas Oratorio. Lucas has also sung for many other productions and choirs including Princeton Festival's production of I Am Harvey Milk as a Bass singer, and is currently a singer with Westminster’s Symphonic and Jubilee Choir.
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