Soprano Kimberly Jones is an alum of the Ryan Opera Center with the prestigious Lyric Opera of Chicago.  She has performed with opera companies and orchestras worldwide, including Chicago Opera Theater, Haymarket Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Connecticut Opera, and in Germany, France, Italy, and Singapore, and is on the voice faculty at Roosevelt University and DePaul University. 

Lou Ella Rose is the lead singer and founder of Filipino folk-fusion band, SamaSama Project. A musical theater actress for Repertory Philippines and Tanghalang Pilipino in Manila and Theaterworks in Singapore, she dabbled in Philippine Television acting in soap operas, the Knowledge Channel, and ABS-CBN’s Wansapantaym. Lou is a newscaster for Chicago Philippine Reports on Cable TV throughout Chicago and writes for Via Times News Magazine on happenings, celebrity features, Filipino culture, food, and travel. As an active community leader, Lou is an alumni and President Elect of Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO). She is passionate about sharing Filipino culture in the modern world and supports all outstanding Filipinos around the globe.

Madeline Morgan got her music education the old fashioned way—from a family who believed in performance and were performers themselves. Her style is laid-back and her musical preference is jazz.She has sung in church choirs, community choirs and the Sounds Good seniors choir. She has performed at Davenport’s Cabaret several times, produced and directed projects Ella and Sarah with Judy Narcisse, at Infinity and her Luncheon Jazz series.

Patricia Tyson is a composer, choral director, vocalist and classical concert pianist. While she works as a registered nurse in hospice, her life’s passion is music. “Music is healing for the body, soul and spirit.” Patricia majored in music education/choral and voice at Chicago Music College of Roosevelt University. She taught private piano and voice and was a choir director and minister of music for various churches across the country. Patricia is an ordained minister; also serving as a Builder and active member of the Jewish progressive Mishkan Synagogue in Chicago.

Cynthia Clarey joined the cabaret world in Chicago after 35 years as an international opera singer. She can be seen on film in L’incoronazione di Poppea with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera and in the award-nominated Porgy and Bess directed by Trevor Nunn. She came to Chicago to teach at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, retiring in 2022. She is a member of Chicago Cabaret Professionals and has performed at several venues in Chicago and beyond. Her show Bridge over Muddied Waters launched the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s new programming for the African-American Network.

Anita Kallen and Catherine Thomson are both cabaret singers and theater actors. In the summer of 2010, they were among 38 students from around the world selected to attend the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University and work with Broadway veterans like Faith Prince and Tovah Feldshuh, as well as cabaret legend Julie Wilson. Since then, in addition to their solo cabaret shows, Anita and Catherine have produced four successful two-woman shows: Dangerous Women; HERstory: The 19th Amendment and the Power of the Vote; HERstory: Trailblazing Female Firsts; and their newest show, HERstory: A Century of Songwriting Sisters. All the HERstory shows are meticulously researched and crafted, as a form of musical storytelling that takes their audiences on a journey to entertain, educate, move, and inspire. HERstory shows play at theaters, libraries, senior residences, community centers, & civic, religious, & corporate events. You can learn more at HerstoryMusicalShows.com.