Von Bringhurst (he/they) is a countertenor and sopranist who moved to the Bay Area in 2018. He holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance degree from the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA, and a Bachelor of Science in Voice from Idaho State University in Pocatello, ID. He enjoys a varied career as a soloist and ensemble member, including Clerestory, Força Chorus, Harvard Early Music Society, the Video Game Orchestra, and Xerces Blue Ensemble, and can be heard on a number of video game titles, including Ace Combat, Final Fantasy XV, and Code Vein. Von has been Music Director for the Opera House Theater Company in Philipsburg, MT; The Virginia City Players of Virginia City, MT; and WholeTone Opera of Somerville, MA.

Von is currently soprano section leader at Christ Church Portola Valley and Woodside in Portola Valley, CA. He also directs the Community School of Music and Arts Community Choir in Mountain View, as well as the Peak Performers Choir at Mission Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fremont. He maintains an active teaching studio based in the Bay Area, as well as working with students virtually across time zones.

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Dan Cromeenes, countertenor, is a versatile musician who has performed professionally as a countertenor soloist, choral singer, and collaborative pianist. A native of southern California, he moved to San Francisco to perform with the ensemble Chanticleer, and has since flourished in the Bay Area’s music scene. He has sung with American Bach, Philharmonia Baroque, Cantata Collective, Bach Collegium San Diego, and Oregon Bach Festival. He serves as staff accompanist at Santa Clara University and Sonoma State University. In addition to his playing and singing, Dan has written multiple choral arrangements that have been performed by Clerestory. When not onstage or behind a piano, Dan can usually be found either on a hike in the mountains or at home baking gourmet goodies.

Anmol Gupta, tenor (he/him), is a Wisconsin-based musician with extensive experience in opera, choral, and chamber singing. Before moving to the Bay Area, Anmol lived and worked in Boston upon graduating from Lawrence University and the Lawrence Conservatory of Music in Appleton, WI. He currently serves as the tenor section leader at St. Paul’s Episcopal in Burlingame and is excited to be joining Clerestory for this program. Outside of singing, Anmol is a PhD student in social psychology at Stanford, where he studies how people think about racism and racial inequality. Anmol lives in Palo Alto with his partner and their dog.

Chris Lewis, bass-baritone, is the founding musical director of the Fog City Singers, a tenor-bass chorus in San Francisco that aims to revolutionize the way barbershop music is performed and appreciated. In childhood, he experimented on the piano, on the risers, and on the stage; yet he first learned to truly appreciate music after multiple years under acclaimed conductors in Texas all-state choirs. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2008, he has performed with a variety of music organizations including choral ensembles (Clerestory, Volti, Stanford Chamber Chorale, Convivium), barbershop groups (Brannigan, Voices in Harmony, Elephants Gerald), contemporary a cappella groups (Stanford Mixed Company, Beyond Zebra), and theater companies (SF Lamplighters, Broadway by the Bay). In Fog City’s first three years, Chris directed them to 9th- and 7th-place finishes in the International Barbershop Chorus Contest and in 2019 directed them as the featured ensemble at the California Choral Directors Association state conference. Chris is also an arranger and composer, and during the pandemic he authored a media-rich “Barbershop Arranging: A Modern Guide” on Medium.com. Chris holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Computer Science from Stanford University and by day directs frontend engineering at a supply-chain startup.

Elizabeth Kimble (she/they) is a soprano, composer, conductor, and psychotherapist whose music explores the sacred and psychological aspects of the human experience. A versatile vocalist, Elizabeth has performed as both a soloist and ensemble member with many distinguished choral groups, including the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Cappella SF, Gaude, Volti, and the California Bach Society. Currently the Artistic Director of Musae, a San Francisco-based treble vocal ensemble, Elizabeth has also served as the Music Director of Tactus SF and Assistant Conductor of the International Orange Chorale of San Francisco. She holds a MM in Music Composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, dual BMs in Music Composition and Vocal Performance from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, and an MA in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. In addition to her musical endeavors, Elizabeth practices as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor.

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Nathan Stroud, countertenor, is a multi-faceted musician with a passion for early music consort singing. He currently sings with the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys and the Philharmonia Baroque Chorale, and has been performing around the Bay Area as a singer and French horn player since moving to San Francisco in 2014. With a background in architectural acoustics, Nathan loves to bring his expertise in architecture, acoustical fundamentals, and psychoacoustics to tailor his performance technique to the built environment and human auditory response. His Master’s thesis research was on “optimization of orchestral layouts based on instrument directivity patterns” in which he studied the acoustically ideal arrangements of Romantic period orchestras on stage. Outside of performing Nathan stays busy working full time as an Acoustics & Audiovisual Consultant at Arup, a global engineering and design firm, where he leads a broad portfolio of regional and international projects.