Bass-baritone Stephen Morscheck maintains an active international performing career. Recent engagements include Raphael and Adam in Haydn's The Creation with the South Dakota Symphony, the title role in Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Champaign Urbana Symphony Orchestra, and the bass solos in Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the South Dakota Symphony. He has also appeared as Jesus in Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the St. Louis Bach Society and in Bach's St. John Passion with Incarnatus Choral Ensemble in Dallas.

Mr. Morscheck has performed with numerous distinguished orchestras and organizations, including the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Bach Society of St. Louis, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Costa Rica Philharmonic, Dallas Bach Society, Music of the Baroque in Chicago, Opera Naples, Pacific Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, and Rochester Chamber Philharmonic.

His operatic appearances include the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Dallas Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Florida Grand Opera, Arizona Opera, Atlanta Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Colorado, Opera Carolina, Teatro Real Madrid, Liceu Opera Barcelona, Bonn Opera, Opéra de Montréal, and Spoleto Festival USA.

Mr. Morscheck graduated from Wheaton College and earned advanced degrees from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. In 1995, he received the prestigious Richard Tucker Career Grant. He currently serves as Professor of Voice at the University of North Texas College of Music.

Daniel Lickteig, baritone, has performed with leading American opera companies including Opera Philadelphia, Sarasota Opera, Cleveland Opera, and Utah Festival Opera. His operatic repertoire spans Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Rossini’s Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Verdi’s Rigoletto, Scarpia in Tosca, Marcello in La Bohème, Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana, and Tonio in Pagliacci. Recent appearances include Escamillo in Carmen with the Sherman Symphony and the bass solo in Mozart’s Requiem with the Allen Symphony Chorus.

A committed recitalist and chamber musician, he has collaborated with the Dolce Suono Ensemble in Philadelphia in performances of Charles Ives’ Sunrise and the premiere of Jeremy Gill’s Dreamland. He recently returned to Dreamland in a South Dakota New Music concert and performed songs by physicist-composer Doug Hofstadter at the National Music Museum, as well as narrator in Copland’s Lincoln Portrait with the USD Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Lickteig maintains a private voice studio in Texas and is co-founder and president of OperaOn75, an opera company serving the Northeast DFW area. He previously served on the voice faculties of the University of South Dakota and Emory University, as well as teaching voice at the University of North Texas. His students have earned NATS awards and placements in major young-artist programs. He holds degrees from Temple University and the University of North Texas, where his doctoral research focused on Loeffler’s Rapsodies pour voix, clarinette, alto, et piano.

Susan Hanlon Ferrer has built a career around setting singers up for the spotlight and helping them gain freedom and consistency in their singing. She believes that every singer deserves to be appreciated for who they are and what they bring to the art form, and strives to create a space of belonging for all voices in her thriving private voice studio.

With 20 years of private teaching and 10 years of experience as Adjunct Professor of Commercial Voice, Susan has helped singers prepare for recording sessions, performances, international competitions, tours, television/film and stage appearances. She has helped guide numerous singers through the college audition process. Her studio alumni have been invited into prestigious performance programs like University of Miami, Cal Arts, NYU, Berklee, UCLA, TCU, Boston Conservatory and many more.

Susan earned her M.A. in Music at The University of North Texas where her graduate studies centered around vocal pedagogy and commercial vocal techniques. She has released two jazz albums under the Armored Records Label and continues to perform locally.

Dr. Yixuan Han is a vocal pedagogue, opera soprano, and arts leader with more than 21 years of experience in vocal performance and music education across China and the United States.

A former university professor of Vocal Performance in China, Dr. Han has dedicated her career to training singers of all ages, from young children to adult professionals. Her students have earned awards in regional, national, and international competitions and have been admitted to leading universities and conservatories, including Harvard University, Yale University, The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, the Peabody Institute, UNT, and UT Austin.

As a performer, Dr. Han has appeared in opera productions in both China and the United States and was recognized in prestigious national vocal competitions, including the CCTV Young Singers Television Competition and the China Golden Bell Awards Competition. She was also the winner of the 2019 UNT Concerto Competition.

Dr. Han is the Founder of HanOpera Music Academy and Founder and Artistic Director of the International Association of Music & Arts (IAMA). She is also the creator of the Yixuan Han Chinese IPA System, an innovative framework that promotes the study and performance of Chinese vocal repertoire worldwide.