Voice
Andy Bayles , voice.
Laura Benjamin, Musical Beginnings, voice.
Laura graduated Cum Laude from Yale University in 1999, and is the Director of our Musical Beginnings program. Since 1995 she has been an instructor/tutor working with private students and group classes, and has developed and implemented music education programs for children ages 1-10. Laura has extensive experience performing with and directing vocal ensembles: In
1998 she was awarded “Best Soloist” at the New England A Cappella competition and was a semifinalist at the American Traditions Vocal Competition in Savannah GA.
Lara Carr, voice.
Lara Longsworth, voice.
Lara Longsworth is a Mezzo-soprano from Richmond, Virginia. She holds a Master’s in Opera Performance from Binghamton University in conjunction with Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, New York, studied voice for a year at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA and holds a Bachelor’s in Vocal Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She is a frequent performer with the Atlanta Opera, Capitol City Opera, Atlanta Lyric Theatre and several area churches. In recent years, she was engaged as a Spectrum Resident Artist with the Virginia Opera, was awarded second place in the Astoria Music Festival and Academy Vocal Competition in Astoria, Oregon, as well as in the Capitol City Opera Vocal Competition here in Atlanta.
