Mary Ann Carr, Soprano

Soprano Mary Ann Carr holds a B.M. and an M.M. in Vocal Performance from San Diego State University. She enjoys a regional career and has appeared as soloist with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony, and the San Diego Master Chorale. Mary Ann also performs a wide variety of chamber music, most regularly with her husband, classical guitarist William Wilson.

Having trained under experts in Gregorian chant and Renaissance music as well as performed in several early music ensembles, Mary Ann now directs the Jubilate Deo Schola Cantorum. This twenty-voice choir sings Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony at a monthly Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary in San Diego and by special engagement throughout southern California.

Angelica Eclar, Mezzo-Soprano

Angelica E. Eclar is a musical chameleon, with experience that is unusually extensive and widely varied. An active performer since the age of three, she is not only a gifted vocalist and accompanist in the classical, jazz, pop, Broadway and gospel genres, but is also a highly-respected teacher, conductor and church musician. Ms. Eclar received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from La Sierra University in Riverside, CA, where she later became Minister of Music for the La Sierra University Church. She taught classroom, choral, orchestral and handbell music at all grade levels for more than twelve years. She has maintained an active piano and voice studio for eighteen years with students ranging from age four to sixty-four. She currently teaches in San Diego, CA.

DeReau K. Farrar, Bass-Baritone

DeReau is the Music Director of Selah Gospel Choir in Pasadena, Artistic Director of Hoshana Gospel Choir in Hollywood, and Resident Music Director for Epic Megalopolis Productions and their production of JUNK:A Rock Opera. He is currently the Assistant Conductor for the Verdi Chorus in Santa Monica and works with the historic Santa Barbara Choral Society as Section Leader and the internationally-acclaimed Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers of Los Angeles. His recent work has been with Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, California Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Nova in Santa Monica, Intimate Opera Company in Arcadia, Repertory Opera Company in Los Angeles, Bear Valley Music Festival, Classical Singers’ Association in Los Angeles, and he is looking forward to his upcoming work with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Orange County’s Pacific Chorale, San Diego’s brand new Sacra/Profana, and the Los Angeles Choral Artists.

Delaney Gibson, Mezzo-Soprano

Delaney Gibson received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from California State University Northridge, and quickly moved onto pursuing her career in music full force, putting out a debut six-song EP in 2007 entitled “Cruel and Beautiful.” Delaney then toured through Europe, while performing with many notable artists including Barbara Streisand, Barry Manilow, and Andrea Bocelli.  “Cruel and Beautiful” debuted to rave reviews and also garnered praise for Delaney as an artist; The Ventura County Reporter described Delaney as “an undiscovered brilliant vocalist,” The Santa Barbara Independent said “Gibson boldly breaks the mold of untalented, young female artists playing generic pop songs,” while The Mustang Daily said “Gibson has not only mastered the guitar, piano, and vocals, but she writes all of her own songs as well, making her a quadruple threat."

Jamie Koottarappallil, Alto

Jamie Koottarappallil is a graduate of San Diego State University's Theatre Arts and English Literature Programs. In addition to acting, writing and directing, Jamie has studied voice for 14 years and is an accomplished singer of classical, contemporary, and Carnatic styles of music. While at SDSU, she was recognized as an International Scholar and has been honored to collaborate on and perform works in India, Tijuana, South Africa, El Salvador, Italy, Germany, and France. A perpetual student, Jamie recently completed an intensive study of Carnatic music and Bharatanatayam in India. She co-founded Step UP Theatre and serves as the company's producer and managing director, is currently a teaching artist for The Old Globe Theatre and the Playwrights Project, gives voice lessons and teaches music to babies.

Tony Krzmarzick, Tenor

A recent graduate of the University of San Diego (B.A. Theology and Music), Tony Krzmarzick has performed in Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. He hails from the great state of Minnesota, and grew up in a small town, excelling at music and theatre in his school and church. His big break, however, was landing a spot in the renowned Choral Scholars, an elite scholarship choir at USD. While studying at the University of San Diego, Tony was also involved with the Founders Chapel Choir as a student director and cantor. Tony has been working as a tenor section leader and cantor at the Immaculata Catholic Church since 2006 and recently started a director position at Our Lady of the Rosary in Little Italy.

David Marshman, Bass-Baritone

David received his Master of Music degree in Vocal performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Since 1998, David has been performing regularly with the San Diego Opera, both in the chorus and in several roles on the main stage, including Friar John in Romeo and Juliet, Third noble in Lohengrin, Second Trojan Man in Idomemeo, the Notary in Don Pasquale, the Herald in Othello and the Usher in Rigoletto. He has made several operatic, concert and recital appearances throughout the United States, including performances with the Lake George Opera Festival, Cincinnati Opera, and Capital Artists Opera in Albany, New York. David has appeared with several professional and community vocal ensembles and as a soloist in major choral works, including Handel’s Messiah, Saul, Israel in Egypt; Bach’s St. John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat; Mozart's Coronation Mass, Requiem; Faure’s Requiem, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah, in which he performed the title role. In the San Diego area, David was a guest artist with the Cabrillo Chamber Orchestra in a performance of J.S. Bach's Cantata 82. He is now in his eleventh year as a soloist/section leader at the Village Presbyterian Church in Rancho Santa Fe and operates a private vocal studio in Carmel Valley.

Hannah Rae, Soprano

Hannah Rae, a San Diego native, recently received her Bachelors of Arts degree from California State University, Fullerton. During her time at Fullerton, Hannah participated in the University and Chamber Singers and toured Australia and Europe. Now living in Los Angeles, Ms. Rae is privileged to have performed with many of classical musicʼs most renowned artists and composers. Hannah has toured with Andrea Bocelli as well as the Boston Pops Orchestra for their annual Boston Holiday Pops under the direction of Keith Lockhart. She has also worked with renowned composers Morten Lauridsen, John Williams, and Eric Whitacre, and can be heard on the original cast recording of Whitacre's Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings. Hannah has also been in many theaterproductions including Annie (Sophie), The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess), The Vagina Monologues (Workshop), and Big River (Miss Watson/soloist). Hannah is very excited to be part of the new Sacra/Profana and is privileged to work with so many talented musicians. For more information, please visit Hannah at www.hannahraemusic.com.

Jason Rosenberg, Baritone

Jason Rosenberg has been involved in the contemporary music scene in San Diego for the past seven years while pursing a Ph.D. in music composition at UC, San Diego. During this time he participated as a selected composer at festivals worldwide including Royaumont and Acanthes, and has been honored to receive the Salvatore Martirano Award and the Foro de Música Nueva Composition Prize. He also works as a composer and researcher at the Neurosciences Institute. Having studied and performed much Renaissance vocal music and having spent a substantial portion of his compositional efforts writing for the voice, Rosenberg is currently writing a book of madrigals on the theme of love and war. The text is derived from epigrammatic couplets by Afghani women as well as correspondence to and from soldiers in wartime.

Lindsay Sablan, Alto

Lindsay Marie Sablan is returning to music and San Diego after two years of AmeriCorps service work. As a child of the theatre and a native of San Diego , Lindsay performed with Christian Community Theater, La Jolla Playhouse (dir. Michael Grief, music of Randy Newman), Starlight Theatre, and SeaWorld and spent her middle and high school years competing in dance, solo and choral vocal, and show choir competitions. While studying at the University of San Diego (B.A. Urban Studies) she was active in liturgical music as a student director and cantor for Founders Chapel Choir and as a soloist for Community Congregational Church in Chula Vista . Though she still sings as a soloist for weddings, she is eager to make music with a harmonious group!

Kevin St. Clair, Tenor

A native of Newport Beach, California, tenor Kevin St. Clair pursued musical studies at Chapman University, Yale and the University of Southern California. Following his professional debut as Nemorino in The Elixir of Love with the Los Angeles Guild Opera, he has since performed with the Santa Fe Opera, the Washington Opera, Opera Pacific and other companies nationwide in a wide variety of roles, including Rodolfo, Hoffmann, Roméo, Nemorino, Ernesto, Don Ramiro and Ferrando. Earlier this year, Dr. St. Clair completed doctoral studies in vocal arts at the University of Southern California, where he also has taught private and class voice. He has also served on the voice faculty at Pepperdine University, Cal State Long Beach, La Verne University and Orange Coast College and has served as Assistant Professor of Voice at California Baptist University in Riverside and at Azusa Pacific University. He currently serves on the music faculty at Long Beach City College and Cypress College. 

Becca Tang, Soprano


Soprano Becca Tang was born and raised in San Diego. She is a recent graduate of UCLA, and received her Bachelor's in Music Education, specializing in Voice. She also has her teaching credential and is currently teaching private voice and piano lessons in San Diego. She sang for four years in the UCLA Chorale and was also a member of the UCLA Chamber Singers. Becca also had the privilege of participating in the UCLA Opera Studio, performing in several productions, including Benjamin Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and a world premier of "Lorca, Child of the Moon" by UCLA faculty Ian Krause.

Matt Whiffen, Tenor

A native of Phoenix, AZ, Matt Whiffen moved to San Diego in the fall of 2000 to attend the University of San Diego. At USD Matt was a member of the esteemed USD Choral Scholars where he was a four-year tenor section leader. In the spring of 2004 Matt received his B.A. in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance and real estate along with a music minor. Since graduation Matt has worked as Development Assistant at the San Diego Symphony and Development Associate at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. In 2007 Matt played piano and sang regularly for a raucous, inebriated crowd of college students and tourists at The Shout House: Duelling Rock & Roll Pianos. Currently, he is a Student Counselor and Partner at TakeLessons.com, which is the largest provider of music and voice lessons in the U.S. with instructors in over 400 cites.

Krishan Oberoi, Founder & Artistic Director

New York native Krishan Oberoi received his Master's degree in Choral Conducting from the Yale School of Music in 2006, where he conducted several ensembles in rehearsal & performance, including the Yale Recital Chorus & Orchestra. While at Yale, he also served as Associate Conductor of the Elm City Girls Choir, a premiere treble choir who appeared in 2007 performances of the Britten War Requiem at Boston's Symphony Hall, and the Mahler Third Symphony with the Yale Philharmonia. 

Krishan received his Bachelor's degree in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory, and has sung professionally under some of the world's finest conductors, including Seiji Ozawa, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Helmuth Rilling. He has performed at the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Bonn Beethoven Festival, and the Newport Jazz Festival in a 2004 performance with Dave Brubeck. Krishan has toured extensively in Europe as a member of various professional choral ensembles, appearing at venues in England, Austria, Germany, Greece and Hungary.