Apollo's Fire {The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra}

Apollo’s Singers, like Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra, was founded in 1992 by Jeannette Sorrell. Since their debut concert that year (performing the Mozart Requiem), this professional straight-tone chorus has been hailed as “one of the finest choirs of its kind in the country.” (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Apollo’s Singers appear on over five CD recordings with the orchestra, including the Mozart Requiem, Bach’s St John Passion, the Monteverdi Vespers, Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, and Praetorius Christmas Vespers. The chorus has frequently toured with the orchestra, performing In Toronto, Pittsburgh, Toledo, Columbus, and at the Ojai Festival in California.

FROM THE PLAIN DEALER
"Choral clarity of this sort is almost unheard of today."

"Sorrell and her sensational chorus, Apollo’s Singers, make contact with music on both visceral and intellectual levels, and the results are intoxicating."

"Apollo’s Singers were breathtaking. Every phrase the chorus sang was molded down to the tiniest nuance. Pitch, balance, enunciation, you-name-it were well-nigh perfect."

The following choristers perform frequently with Apollo’s Singers:

Sopranos
Kathleen Bassett
Kathleen Cantrell
Wendy Duncan
Donna Fagerhaug
Madeline Apple Healey, apprentice
Abigail Haynes Lennox
Anna Levenstein
Lisa Rainsong
Teresa Wakim
Gail West

Altos
Justin Bland
Tracy Cowart
Reginald L. Mobley
John McElliott
Cheryl Moore
Ann K. Mullin
Beverly Simmons
Nadia Tarnawsky

Tenor
Ross Duffin
Jeffrey Rich
Zachary Wilder

Bass
Ian Crane
José Gotera
Daniel Kenworthy
Nathan Longnecker
Michael McKay
Daryl Yoder

Rehearsal Accompanist
Anne Wilson