Laura Jobin-Acosta is a composer and soprano. Drawing from her unique multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary background, Laura brings a fresh perspective to composition, particularly in works for voice. Her music has been lauded by The Washington Post, who commented on her ability to write with "ease” and “vivacity." Other journalists have noted her "deft, sensitive interpretation" of text (Culture South), as well as her ability to write "dulcet bass vocal lines" that are "notably melodious" (Twin Cities Arts Reader). Laura is currently working on a large commission for the acclaimed New York vocal ensemble Choral Chameleon, to be premiered in the fall of 2025. The commission will feature several texts written by girls from an orphanage in Honduras. The project is generously funded by New York State Council on the Arts. For the latest on Laura, please visit www.laurajobinacosta.com.

Joanie Brittingham is a soprano, writer, and the editor of Classical Singer Magazine. Praised for “dramatic versatility” (Opera News), “meltingly beautiful” interpretations (Forbes), “lovely soprano” and “lucid diction” (New York Times), “captivating stage presence” (New York Classical Review), and “full-bodied voice” (Tulsa World), all while demonstrating “strength and resistance” (Opera Wire) throughout “outstanding solo work” (New York Concert Review), Brittingham has performed at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, and Symphony Space and with Riverside Theatre, the New Ohio Theatre, Fresh Squeezed Opera, New Amsterdam Opera, Chelsea Opera, the New Works Festival with OPERA America, American Lyric Theatre, and VHRP Live, among others. Brittingham is the author of Practicing for Singers and has contributed to many classical music textbooks. Brittingham’s writing has been described as “breathless comedy” and having “real wit” (New York Classical Review). Brittingham is the librettist for the opera Serial Killers and the City, which premiered with Experiments in Opera, and was be a part of New Wave Opera's Night of the Living Opera.