Graham Bier, bass, has sung with ensembles including Stile Antico, I Fagiolini, The Crossing, and The Choir of York Minster, The Thirteen and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, and has featured as a soloist with Big Apple Baroque, the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, the Ebor Singers, Choral Arts Philadelphia, and the American Bach Soloists Academy. He co-directs Les Canards Chantants and serves as Director of Music for the Bryn Athyn Church, Music Director of the Reading Choral Society, Choirmaster with the Stay At Home Choir, and has taught at Kutztown University, Albright College and Bryn Athyn College. Graham was brought up on a farm in Western Pennsylvania, studied music at Oberlin Conservatory, and earned his MA in vocal studies and PhD in musicology from the University of York (UK).