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Our Guest Artists

Maggie Finnegan

Hailed by Opera News for her “clear, poised and defiant soprano” and The Washington Post for her “silvery, pitch-perfect voice,” soprano Maggie Finnegan has a versatile repertoire which spans the medieval to the contemporary. She is a champion of new works including Lembit Beecher’s Sophia’s Forest; White Snake Projects’ PermaDeath, A Video Game Opera; Julia Adolphe’s A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears and M.I.T. Media Lab’s VALIS.

In Boston, she has appeared as soloist with the Cantata Singers, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Lyric Opera, and Odyssey Opera. She has also appeared in New York, Washington, California, and South Korea. She is a core member of the critically acclaimed chamber ensemble The Broken Consort.

Ms. Finnegan earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music and her Master of Music degree from Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

David Kravitz

Hailed as “a charismatic baritone” by the New York Times and “magnificently stentorian and resonant” by Opera News, baritone David Kravitz is an exceptionally versatile artist whose repertoire ranges from Bach to Verdi to Sondheim to cutting-edge contemporary composers such as Matthew Aucoin, Mohammed Fairouz, Paul Moravec, and Elena Ruehr.

He appears regularly as a guest soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra; other concert appearances include the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Virginia Symphony, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Emmanuel Music, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and Boston Baroque. His opera engagements include lead roles at Chautauqua Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Opera Saratoga, Emmanuel Music, and the New England Philharmonic.
Mr. Kravitz has recorded for the Naxos, BIS, Sono Luminus, Koch International Classics, BMOP/sound, Albany Records, and New World labels. His distinguished legal career has included clerkships with the Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor and the Hon. Stephen Breyer.

Will Prapestis

Lauded for his “clarity and vibrant expressiveness” and his “subtle and refined” singing, baritone Will Prapestis appears frequently as a soloist and ensemble member in the U.S. and Europe. He has appeared with Emmanuel Music, Renaissance Men—of which he is a founding member—Boston Baroque, Carmel Bach Festival, Exsultemus, BEMF, Labyrinth Choir, Upper Valley Baroque, Cantata Singers, Monadnock Music Festival, Orpheus Singers, Copley Singers, and Cappella Clausura.

Recently, he was a featured soloist with Emmanuel Music at Bachfest Leipzig 2024. He was a Virginia Best Adams Fellow at the 2019 Carmel Bach Festival and was also the 2019-2020 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellow.

Mr. Prapestis is also a very busy bass player, thoroughly active in the Boston and New York City Pop Music scenes, performing as a bass guitarist, vocalist, writer, and arranger. A native of Elmira, NY, he earned his Bachelor of Music in Performance at SUNY Fredonia.

Rose Drucker

Rose Drucker, violinist, is an active performer throughout New England in chamber and orchestral settings including the Arneis Quartet, Emmanuel Music, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Boston Philharmonic, and a wide variety of new music, opera and ballet performances. A native of Tucson, Arizona, she has performed on four continents and as soloist and concertmaster in New England and Arizona.

As a founding member of the award-winning Arneis Quartet, Ms. Drucker has appeared with them in Boston, New York, Aspen, Banff, Vancouver, and Beijing. With Emmanuel Music she has appeared as concertmaster, soloist, and performed in the Chamber Music and Solo Bach series and was an inaugural Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellow in the 2005-2006 season.

Ms. Drucker studied with Peter Zazofsky and Mark Rush and holds degrees from Boston University and the University of Arizona.