Jasmine Muhammad is a versatile vocalist, bridging the genre gap at every turn. Most recently Jasmine appeared as Hattie in Pittsburgh Opera’s World Premiere of The Summer King in their 2016 – 17 Season. During her successful three year tenure as a Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist, Jasmine appeared as Rodelinda in Handel’s Rodelinda and Micaela in Bizet’s Carmen (2015), The High Priestess in Verdi’s Aida, First Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Eliza in Muhly’s Dark Sisters and Mimi in the Student Matinee of Puccini’s La Boheme (2013-14). Jasmine Has sung background vocals for John Legend with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and performed with Warren Haynes on the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration Tour as well as background vocals for Chaka Khan, Anthony Hamilton, Kelis, John Batiste and more. Jasmine is a winner of the 2015-2016 Sullivan Foundation Awards and the 2015 Harlem Opera Theater Competition. Jasmine holds a Bachelors Degree in Voice from Roosevelt University and a Masters Degree in Voice from the Manhattan School of Music.

Christopher Cooley began playing piano at the age of seven and made his orchestral debut at the age of fifteen with the Florida Youth Orchestra. He holds degrees from Florida State University, the University of Texas-Austin and a doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Heasook Rhee. As a soloist, he has played with the University of Texas Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Florida and the Musica Bella Orchestra of New York. As an accompanist, he has served as a staff pianist at Opera Lirica (Orvieto, Italy), Centro Studi Italiani (Urbania, Italy), Ibla Grand Prize Competition (Sicily) in which he was also a winner, the Austrian-American Mozart Academy (Austria), Opera Ischia (Forio, Italy), the Castle Festival (Virginia) and the Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists (L.A.). He has played with various instrumental and vocal soloists in Italy, Germany, Austria, England, Russia, South Africa, Peru, Japan and Korea as well as Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center) in New York City, where he lives. The New York Concert Review described him as an “Excellent, solicitously supportive pianist” who “came through with flying colors.”