Baltimore native Rand Melhem has always gravitated towards the world of music. Though she began her education as an applied mathematics student at Harvard University, she quickly realized that her passions lay in performing. Her earliest roles at Harvard were The Gingerbread Witch in Humperdinck’s Hänsel and Gretel and Baba the Turk in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, showing her precocious aptitude for music that is typically considered dramatic. While a graduate student at The Peabody Conservatory of Music, she explored the verismo works of  Puccini, performing in Il trittico as Frugola in Il tabarro and La zia principessa in Suor Angelica. Since then, she has begun to branch out into the repertoire of Verdi, studying the roles of Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera and Azucena in Il trovatore. She also has a passion for oratorio, having performed Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, and multiple arias from Bach’s Mass in B minor, Matthäus-Passion, and Johannes-Passion. Randa studies with esteemed mezzo soprano Dolora Zajick, and Darrell Babidge, the chair of the voice faculty at The Juilliard School.

Carl Hengen wields an “heroic” Tenor voice well-suited to Bel Canto, Verismo, and any other genre that requires a strong vocal presence. Mr. Hengen has sung leading operatic roles such as Ruggero in Puccini’s La Rondine, Nemorino in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, The Snowman in Rorem’s A Childhood Miracle and Donald in Douglas Moore’s Gallantry.Additional credits include Gherardo in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi with the Oberlin-In-Italy program, and Benvolio in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette with Maryland Lyric Opera. He has also enjoyed performing with the Annapolis Opera chorus. Mr. Hengen teaches at the Baltimore School for the Arts, Lutherville Music School, and the Community College of Baltimore County, Essex Campus. He is also an accomplished Guitarist and Audio Engineer. Mr. Hengen holds a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, among other degrees from Michigan State University (M.M.), the University of Maryland, College Park (B.M.), and The Community College of Baltimore County, Essex Campus (A.A.).

Originally from the Caribbean island of Dominica, Fitzgerald is a graduate of the Middle Tennessee State University and The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. Most notably he has performed Luciano Berio’s “Coro” with the Lucerne Festival Academy under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. Past opera roles include Haly in l'itliana in Algeri, Henry in Street Scene, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Frédéric in Lakmé, Pandolfe in Cendrillon, Dulcamara in l'elisir d'amore, 2nd Commissioner in Dialogues des carmélites and Count Almaviva in le nozze di Figaro; Fitzgerald has also been fortunate enough to premiere the roles of The Reverend in Stinney: An American Execution and Omani in Qadar. In the past, he was a chorus member for the Nashville Opera in their productions of Rigoletto and Carmen respectively. Fitzgerald currently resides in Columbus, OH where he is still actively performing and teaching voice professionally.