Cole Seaton, Lyric Tenor, is an active performer, singer, and educator. He is a professional member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus where he holds the position of Tenor Section Leader. He has a long association with the CSO Education and Community Outreach programs at the South Shore Cultural Center and the Symphony Center in Chicago. For 8 years he has sat as a Governor on the National Board of Governors for AGMA, The American Guild of Musical Artists. Mr. Seaton is a tenor soloist and section leader at the historic 4th Presbyterian Church of Chicago on Michigan Ave. and at Chicago Sinai Congregation’s in downtown Chicago. He received his formal training and degree in vocal and opera performance at the Cleveland Institute & Conservatory of Music. He has appeared as tenor soloist in national television and radio broadcasts.

Mr. Seaton maintains voice studios in downtown Chicago, at Niles North High School in Skokie and at Evanston Township High School. He has been an adjudicator with the Chicago Public Schools and with the Illinois Music Educators Association. Mr. Seaton has performed as a soloist with the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet and was the founder and lead singer of his own Jazz Ensemble, “Cocalida”, in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Seaton has performed recitals in numerous venues around the country, most recently appearing in Chicago at Fourth Presbyterian Church and at the historic Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio and also at First Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, MO. Mr. Seaton has performed with the Berlin Staatskappelle at Carnegie Hall in New York. Mr. Seaton sang on the 2010-2011Grammy Award winning recording of Verdi’s Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. He can also be heard on the soundtrack of Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award nominated movie “Lincoln.”

Mr. Seaton's email Address: coleseaton@yahoo.com

Mezzo-soprano JulieAnn Zavala has performed extensively on the operatic stages. She made her European operatic debut performing Ernestina in Rossini's L'Ocassione Fa Il Ladro for Die Komische Kammer Oper München. Her other operatic roles include Miss Todd in Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief, Ma Moss in Copland's The Tender Land, Mercedez in Bizet's Carmen, Prince Orlofsky in Strauss' Die Fledermaus, Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, and Suzuki in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly to name a few. Locally, you may have seen JulieAnn performing with Parrigass, The American Opera Group, Candlelight Opera, NOVA, Genesis Opera, Ars Musica, L’Opera Piccola, Da Cornetto Opera, The Chorus Angelorum, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

JulieAnn is equally at home as a chorister. In her 13 year tenure with Chicago Symphony Orchestra JulieAnn worked under the batons of Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, James Conlon, Sir Andrew Davis, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, Bernard Haitink, Zubin Meta, Ricardo Muti, Kent Nagano, Helmut Rilling, Mstislav Rostropovich,  Esa-Pekka Salonen, Steven Sloane, Sir Michael Tippett, and Duaine Wolfe,  performing numerous works from Brahms, Beethovan and Bach to Berlioz, Brittan and Boulez. She has assisted the Joffy Ballet of Chicago under the baton of Leslie Dunner performing Stravinky’s Les Noces, and L’Orchestra Metropolitaine de Montreal in a staged production of Orffs, Carmina Burana.

In October of 2010, JulieAnn sang the lead for Guggenheim fellow, Kyong-Mee Choi’s world premiere multi-media opera composition: The Eternal Tao, A Multi-Media Production (Ravello Records), with the live recording  DVD Release in 2013.

As a soloist Ms. Zavala has performed in Europe, North America, and the Middle East. She is the alto section leader and soloist at St. Paul of the Cross church in Park Ridge, co-founder of the Genesis Opera Troupe, and a Former member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Currently She remains on active rosters performing steadily with Camerata Chicago, and Petite Opera.

Ms. Zavala's email Address: hrhjulesz@gmail.com