Grammy-nominated mezzo-soprano and multi-genre contemporary vocalist Carrie Cheron is a celebrated presence on stages across New England and beyond. Carrie has been hailed as having the “voice of an angel” with “unfeigned expression,” that “hushed the crowded room.” Her “rich, versatile, clear voice” and “velvety warmth” can be heard while performing as a soloist and ensemble member of such beloved groups as Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Emmanuel Music, Boston Baroque, Lorelei Ensemble, Musicians of the Old Post Road, and folk/baroque collective Floyds Row, among others.

Recent performances include solo performance with the orchestra and chorus of Emmanuel Music at Bachfest Leipzig. Carrie also recently performed the roles of Amore and Valletto with Boston Baroque in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea.

A dedicated educator, Carrie is an Associate Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music, and maintains a private voice studio in Boston, where she teaches healthy vocal technique of all genres.

This is Carrie’s first appearance with Bach Charlotte.

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Characterized by The Dallas Morning News as a “countertenor full and fluent, glowing on top, dispensed with the loveliest legato,” Nicholas Garza has been hailed for inti-
mate, engaging performances across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. An early music specialist, Garza has performed with ensembles including the Chicago Arts Orchestra, Ars Lyrica, ensemble viii, Spire Chamber Ensemble, Publick Musick, La Follia, Oklahoma Bach Choir, Austin Baroque Orchestra, Tactus Ensemble, and Mountainside Baroque, among others. Working with noted singer and conductor Simon Carrington, Garza was twice a singing fellow at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival of Yale University; additional festival credits include the International Cervantino, Victoria Bach Festival, Big Moose Bach, and Hawaii Performing Arts Festivals.

Nicholas’s most recent appearance with Bach Charlotte was at WinterFest ’26.

Noted for his “silken tenor”(Opera News), Eric Finbarr Carey recently made debuts at The Gewandhaus Orchester in Liepzig, Germany as tenor soloist in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, Carnegie Hall as tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and J.S. Bach‘s Magnificat with The Oratorio Society of New York. He again performed the Bach Magnificat again with The St. Agnes Cathedral, and made his debut with The Bach Choir of Bethlehem. 

He reprised the roles of Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress in Fargo, North Dakota, The Evangelist in J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion with Upper Valley Baroque, led by Filippo Ciabatti, and sang the role of Florestan in a concert version of Beethoven’s Fidelio with Concerts in the Village. 

Carey has held residencies in the Renée Fleming Song Studio at Carnegie Hall, the Britten-Pears Festival Young Artist Programme, and Tanglewood Music Center as a two-time Fellow. He is an alumnus of Bard College, Boston University, Peabody Conservatory, and Johns Hopkins University.

This is Eric’s first appearance with Bach Charlotte.

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Praised for his “gripping performances” by The New York Times, baritone Ryne Cherry is a regular with professional Early Music and choral ensembles. Ryne’s current season includes performances of Handel’s Saul and Messiah with the Handel and Haydn Society, J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor with Madison Bach Musicians, Bach’s St. John Passion at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, and performances with Lyra Baroque in Minneapolis, MN.

Recent highlights include his solo debut with the Handel and Haydn Society in G.F. Handel’s Israel in Egypt with Jonathon Cohen at Symphony Hall in Boston, Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion with Bernard Labadie and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, and a national tour of Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spaulding’s jazz-opera Iphigenia. 

Ryne was previously a Virginia Best Adams Vocal Fellow at Carmel Bach Festival and Tanglewood Music Center Fellow. Ryne is currently in his 4th year as Vocal Director of Just Bach Concerts, a Baroque ensemble based in Madison, WI.

This is Ryne’s first appearance with Bach Charlotte.

Multi-talented Ian Watson has been described by The Times in London as a “world-class soloist,” performer of “virtuosic panache,” and by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as “a conductor of formidable ability.” He is the Associate Conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society, Artistic Director of Arcadia Players period instrument orchestra, and Music Director of the Connecticut Early Music Festival.

Ian has appeared as soloist (piano, harpshichord, organ) or conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Bremen Philharmonic, Rhein-Main Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Handel and Haydn Society, English Baroque Soloists, and The Sixteen, among many others.

He is in demand as a chamber music partner, and has appeared in recital with Nigel Kennedy, Iona Brown, Julian Lloyd and Webber, among others. Ian’s first major appointment was as Organist at St. Margaret’s, Westminster Abbey, at the age of 19, a position he held for ten years.

Ian was invited to be the assistant conductor, organ and harpsichord soloist, and continuo player for Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s “Bach Cantata Pilgrimage,” performing all
Bach’s cantatas on the correct liturgical day in places where Bach lived and worked. He has also been featured on more than 200 recordings and film soundtracks, including ​​​​Amadeus, Polanski’s Death and the Maiden, Restoration, Cry, the Beloved Country, Voices from A Locked Room, and the BBC‘s production of David Copperfield.

Ian’s most recent appearance with Bach Charlotte was at WinterFest ’26.