Ethan Bremner received his master degree in voice at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is originally from Athol, Massachusetts and got his bachelor’s degree in music at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY where he performed with the American Symphony Orchestra. Since moving to Boston, Ethan performed the role of Achilles in Gluck's Iphigenie en Aulide and Rodolfo in La Boheme with the Boston Opera Collaborative, Idomeneo in Idomeneo with Opera Hub, Giorgio and Poliziano in the premier of Michelangelo with Opera Providence, Alfred in Die Fledermaus with Longwood Opera, Providence Opera and Treasure Coast Opera as well as Cavaradossi in Tosca with Longwood Opera. He is the Tenor Artist-in Residence with the Brookline Chorus He also sings as a chorister for the Handel and Haydn Society, Opera Boston, and Boston Lyric Opera. In 2010 he was a Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Council auditions. This May he will be performing as Don Jose in Carmen with The Paul Madore Chorale. www.ecbremner.com

Simon Linn-Gerstein graduated with a degree in music from Haverford College, where he studied cello with Michal Schmidt. He has performed solo recitals for PBS Philadelphia, Rutgers-Camden Noontime Recital Series, and as a guest performer for the Network for New Music at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. He has collaborated with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Richard Wernick. In addition to the Salem Philharmonic, Simon has performed as part of the Cape Ann Symphony Orchestra and the Paul Madore Chorale Orchestra, and teaches strings at the Marblehead-Salem School of Music. He has performed in masterclasses with Matt Haimovitz, David Finckel (of the Emerson String Quartet), and the Colorado, Modigliani, and Momenta String Quartets. Simon currently lives in Salem and studies with Longy School of Music professor Terry King.