Ensemble Members

Julie Elhard

August 28, 2023

Julie Elhard, viola da gamba, appears regularly as a soloist and chamber musician and has made several appearances with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, including the St. Matthew Passion by Bach…

Thomas Walker, Jr.

August 28, 2023

Thomas Walker, Jr., lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. He began studying the lute with Phillip Rukavina and Edward Martin in the mid- 1990s and has since performed with various Twin…

Marc Levine

August 28, 2023

Marc Levine enjoys a career as a chamber musician and orchestral leader specializing in performances on both modern and baroque violin. On baroque violin, Marc performs with his chamber ensemble, Flying Forms that,…

Andrew Kane

August 28, 2023

Andrew Kane, tenor, earned his Bachelor of Music from Augsburg College in 2010, and has been singing professionally since. Andrew regularly sings with Consortium Carissimi, The Rose Ensemble, the Mirandola Ensemble,…

Gary Ruschman

August 28, 2023

Tenor and conductor Gary Ruschman appears regularly in concert, opera, rock, folk, jazz, chamber music, and studio settings. Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “funny and fresh-voiced,” Gary has soloed with…

Roy Heilman

August 28, 2023

A frequent tenor soloist, Roy Heilman has recently been heard in major works such as Mozart’s Requiem and Grand Mass in C, Haydn’s The Seasons, and as Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion and St. John’s Passion.…

Clara Osowski

August 28, 2023

Hailed for her artistry and rich mezzo color, Clara Osowski shares her musicianship equally between the opera stage and recital hall. She was a 2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council Upper-Midwest Regional Finalist…

Angela Grundstad

August 28, 2023

Angela Grundstad, soprano, graduated from Louisiana State University with her Masters of Music in Vocal Performance. She has performed a number of operatic roles with both Simpson College and LSU…

Heather Cogswell

August 28, 2023

Heather Cogswell, soprano, joined Consortium Carissimi in 2010. Heather has also sung with The Bach Society of Minnesota, The Rose Ensemble, and The Gregorian Singers.  A native Minnesotan, Heather completed her undergraduate…