Bill Kirkley is in demand as an orchestral musician, recitalist, chamber performer and educator, and his playing has been labeled “emotional, committed, and intensely exciting” by the Boston Globe. The Boston Musical Intelligencer called him “a musician in total command of his instrument”….

Eleena Gelfgatt is an award winning classical pianist, accompanist, and piano teacher. Eleena earned her Masters Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at the National Music Academy in Kiev, Ukraine. During her studies and after graduation, she performed extensively throughout Europe as a pianist and a chamber music performer…

Stephanie Pfundt is a soprano, chamber musician, lyricist, and composer. She has garnered competition recognition with a 1st place win in the 2024 Seattle Opera Guild Competition, numerous prizes in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and as a quarterfinalist in the 2023 Elizabeth Connell Prize…

Vivaldi composed this Gloria in Venice, probably in 1715, for the choir of the Ospedale della Pieta, an orphanage for girls. Vivaldi, a priest, music teacher and virtuoso violinist, composed many sacred works for the Ospedale, where he spent most of his career, as well as hundreds of instrumental concertos to be played by the girls’ orchestra. This, his most famous choral piece, presents the traditional Gloria from the Latin Mass in twelve varied cantata-like sections.