2009 soloists

Bronwyn Kortge, soprano
	Bronwyn Kortge, soprano, is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., where she earned the bachelor of music degree in vocal performance and conducting. She performed as a soloist in Carmina Burana with the Mount Desert Summer Chorale in 2002. Ms. Kortge has performed extensively in oratorio, operetta, and musical theater for organizations in Hancock and Penobscot Counties, including Laurie in Oklahoma, Maria in The Sound of Music, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, and Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore. For ten years, Bronwyn has directed the vocal music program at Mount Desert Island High School. She is the director of the Bagaduce Chorale, a community chorus of 80 voices, performing in Blue Hill, Maine, and directs the Blue Hill Pops Singers each summer.
Julia Morris-Myers, organist
	Julia Morris-Myers, organist, is a native of Texas and graduated from Baylor University with degrees in piano and music history. She has held music positions at several churches in Maine and Texas and was staff accompanist at Lamar University and the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. She and her family moved to Maine in 1993. Currently she is organist and choirmaster at St. Saviour's Episcopal Church in Bar Harbor, accompanist for the Acadia Choral Society, and a private piano teacher. Julia holds the Service Playing and Colleague certificates from the American Guild of Organists and has toured Europe, Scandinavia, and the British Isles as accompanist for choirs from Florida and Maine. In June 2009, she performed with the First Parish Choir of Brunswick in Ecuador. When not making music, Julia enjoys reading, traveling, entertaining, and writing a blog.
Clayton W. Smith, organist
	Clayton W. Smith, organist, is a native of Maine who now lives in Bangor. After attending the University of Maine at Orono, he earned the Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Accompanying from the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. He has performed at many diverse venues, including Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia; Musicana Dinner Theatre in Melbourne, Florida; and on the Canadian cruise ship MV Northern Ranger. In addition to playing for the choruses of Hampden Academy, he also accompanies the Downeast Singers of Camden and the Oratorio Society and Opera Workshop of the University of Maine at Orono. This Fall, he will conduct the students of Brewer Youth Theatre in his 12th season as Music Director. Mr. Smith's arrangements were used for the MPBN documentary "Remember the Maine," and he has created scores for silent films for Northeast Historic Film of Bucksport, ME. He is also the founding director of an American ensemble called The Bon-Ton Salon Orchestra, which recreates turn-of-the-century concerts featuring sing-alongs, marches and ragtime.