Lisa Phillips is a professional singer and voice teacher. As a Boulder native, she has built her career locally performing various roles including Dido in "Dido and Aeneas" with the RMCMA and Little Buttercup in CU Lyric opera's "HMS Pinafore." For the past ten years, Lisa has enjoyed rehearsing Messiah with Robert Arentz and the Messiah Choir and it is always the musical highlight of her year. Lisa resides in Boulder with her husband, Chris, and 5 year old daughter, Ariella.

Kristin Gornstein, alto, has a diverse and eclectic repertoire, ranging from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro to modern improvisational and electronic music. Her love of opera began in Boulder, where she earned her Master of Music in Performance from the University of Colorado. Kristin has gone on to sing with Colorado's Mahlerfest, the Loveland Opera Theatre, Indianapolis Opera, Opera New Jersey, and other fine companies throughout the US. Kristin recently returned from a year in Stockholm, Sweden, where she performed with a group of opera singers, composers and directors looking to expand the definition of opera - her favorite performance from that year involved singing from the opera Dido and Aeneas while accompanying herself on an Iphone! This is Kristin's first year singing in the Messiah Sing-Along, and she is honored to be a part of the 30th anniversary year.

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Gene Stenger has performed with The American Bach Soloists Academy, Colorado Bach Ensemble, and The Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, where he was personally invited to attend by world-renowned conductor, Helmuth Rilling. Equally at home on the opera stage, Gene’s opera credits include Paolino (Il matrimonio segreto) and Marco Palmieri (The Gondoliers) with the Charles and Reta Ralph Opera Center at Colorado State University, Count Almaviva-cover (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), King Kaspar (Amahl and the Night Visitors) and El Remendado (Carmen) with Opera Fort Collins, where he served as an Apprentice Artist. Originally from Pittsburgh, Mr. Stenger is currently completing his Master of Music Degree in Voice Performance at Colorado State University.  Gene’s next performance as the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah will be with the Ft. Collins Symphony in March 2013!

Frequent appearances across the Front Range as a concert soloist have enabled baritone David L’Hommedieu to cultivate a diverse repertoire. A few recent solo performances include baritone roles in Orff’s Carmina Burana, Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs and Serenade to Music, Dvorak’s Te Deum, Amy Beach's Canticle of The Sun, Samuel Barber's Dover Beach, Igor Stravinsky's Les Noces, Handel's The Messiah, Faure's Requiem, and Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Just as at home on the opera stage, David has performed principle roles with Opera du Perigord, Loveland Opera Theater, Colorado Light Opera, The Hillman Opera, as well as numerous roles with CU Opera where he earned a Master’s of Music while studying with Patrick Mason. Mr. L'Hommedieu also regularly performs in recital, both locally with his recital company PhoenixSong, as well as nationally.