Early music specialist and mezzo-soprano Amy Farnell holds degrees in Church Music from Baylor University (2015), Early Music from the University of Birmingham, England (2017), and Medieval & Renaissance Vocal Performance from Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (2018, 2020, and 2022) in Basel, Switzerland, where she currently resides and studies with Katarina Livljanić.

She currently sings in a variety of early music ensembles like Contre le Temps, Ars Figuralis, Ansambl Responsorium, La Cetra Vokalensemble, La Fiamma, and Ad Parnassum Productions. She deeply enjoys the contrast of working also for modern-music-leaning ensembles with repertoires spanning from chant to newly composed works, and thus is featured regularly in groups such as Basler Madrigalisten, The Zurich Chamber Singers, Verba vocalis, QueenSingers, and Junger Kammerchor Basel, sometimes aiding in their performance of chants and earlier repertoire. In 2018 she founded the Texas-based vocal ensemble Quod Balensi, which performs medieval and renaissance music, focusing on teaching history through the lens of musical storytelling.

She is Editor of the magazine The Chorister, for the choral music publisher Choristers Guild, for whom she is also Licensing and Permissions Manager, and she does social media management and administration for various ensembles.

In her free time she explores nature, goes to the sauna, and plays with animals.

Baritone Andrew Eaton is a Master’s student at Baylor Universtiy pursuing a degree in Vocal Performance and Choral Conducting.  Praised for the “suave contours and warmth” of his voice, Andrew has found a home on stage and in concert. He has portrayed the fours villains in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Alidoro in La Cenerentola, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, and Claudio in Händel’s Agrippina as well as performed bass/baritone solos in the Fauré Requiem, Händel’s Messiah, and the Duruflé Requiem.  Some recent highlights include his placing second in the national MTNA Young Artist Competition, his work with Des Moines Metro Opera last summer, and the founding of the Robert and Betty Young Concert Series. 

Besides being a full time University student, Andrew teaches private voice and conducts the Chancel Choir at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Waco, TX.  When he isn’t singing, Andrew loves to do improv comedy and play frisbee.

Chase Gaines is a Master of Music student at the University of Houston where he studies Choral Conducting with Dr. Betsy Cook Weber and Dr. Jeb Mueller. Since graduating from Baylor University in 2015 where he studied Music Education and sang in the Baylor A Cappella Choir, Chase has resided in Houston where he has been active in the choral music scene, singing with the Houston Symphony Chorus, Lake Houston Chamber Singers, Piping Rock Singers, and the University of Houston Concert Chorale. 

Chase is the Director of Music Ministries at Atascocita United Methodist Church. He directs a large music program including the Chancel Choir, Youth Choir, Children’s Choir, Men’s Vocal Ensemble, and Handbell Choir. Chase enjoys traveling, art museums, and live music.

Lauren Lafferty is about to begin her fourth year of teaching at Legacy High School. She graduated from Baylor University in December of 2017 with a Bachelors in Choral Music Education.

During her time at Baylor University she served as section leader in A Cappella Choir and Bella Voce, was President of the Baylor Student American Choral Directors Association, and performed with the 2014 Baylor A Cappella Choir at TMEA.

Lauren Lafferty is a Soprano and continues to sing at St. Alban’s Anglican Church under the direction of Thomas Rinn, in the Fort Worth Chorale under the direction of Dr. Karen Kenaston-French, and with Voci D’Amici under the direction of Dr. Loyd Hawthorne.

Cassie formally studied voice for 7 years and had the pleasure of performing in the Texas All State Mixed choir in 2012. She studied Music Education at Baylor University and sang in Baylor's Early Music Ensembles, the pop a cappella group VirtuOSO, and the A Cappella Choir, for which she was performed on numerous national and international tours.

She is currently studying to become an Application Developer, as a Computer Information Systems major at the University of Houston. She loves to crochet and learning to sew. She works as a freelance photographer in Houston and loves to travel.

Chris Peters studied music at Baylor University. He was a part of the Baylor A Cappella Choir, VirtuOSO, and Chamber Singers. He was also a member of RISE, an a cappella group based in Arlington, Texas.

Since starting at Baylor University in 2011, Ross has had experience in the university's Early Music Ensemble, and the pop a cappella group VirtuOSO, and has also sung for national and international tours with the Baylor A Cappella Choir and the Baylor University Men’s Choir, for which he is currently chaplain. Ross graduated in December 2015 with a Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in Entrepreneurship and Religion, and is currently studying for a Master of Divinity, with a concentration in Worship Leadership, at Truett Theological Seminary.

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Ross currently serves as the Minister of Music at Lake Shore Baptist Church in Waco. He has a Miniature Australian Shepherd named Phoebe who draws her namesake from both the patron of Saint Paul (mentioned in his letter to the Romans [16:1-2]) and the whimsical character from the TV show, “Friends.” He loves games, intellectual conversations, good stories, and being with loved ones.