Rosemary Bell

   
     Rosemary has always enjoyed the spotlight. From early on she knew singing was her thing despite being told not to sing at the dinner table by her brother. Early recordings of her reciting "I Think Mice Are Nice" have a cult following.
    When not teaching choir, orchestra, concert band and handbells, Rosemary can be found enjoying the garden, playing with her two cats, Buster and Cleopatra, making wonderful meals with her true love (and husband) Christopher, or fixing things in her 100 year old house.
    Rosemary previously sang with the Vancouver Bach Choir, Phoenix Chamber Choir and Elektra Women's Choir. She is extremely delighted to be singing with VCS - such a lovely group of people!

Rachel Brown

     Rachel studied voice with Eric Hannan at Douglas College and later went on to complete her music studies at UBC. When Rachel isn't singing with Cantata Singers, she can be found performing such hits as "The Wheels on the Bus" and "The Eency Weency Spider" in her job as Children's Librarian at a public library in North Vancouver. Rachel has been a member of VCS for 10 seasons, and returns to VCS after a short break in in the winter of 2009 to explore the adventures of parenthood along with her husband, Bruce Sled.

Rollover: Welcome to the world, Alistair Kenneth Sled, born January 5, 2009!

Emily Cheung

Graduate of the Voice Performance program of the UBC School of Music, Emily Cheung divides her time between solo and ensemble engagements. Currently a valued full time member of the Vancouver Chamber Choir, she has also had the opportunity to represent Canada in the renowned World Youth Choir, with whom she has traveled to South Africa, Europe, Hong Kong and Macau, People's Republic of China over the past two years. This spring, Emily performedwith musica intima and appear as a soloist in the Vancouver Voices' performance of Bach's B Minor Mass in April. Emily can be found singing every Sunday with the Holy Rosary Vocal Quartet at Holy Rosary Cathedral and she adores bubbles and big hugs.

Emma Hannan

     Emma holds the distinction of being the youngest Vancouver Cantata Singer ever. Born into a musical family, she has been singing all her life. Emma has sung with the Vancouver Bach Choir, Surrey Children’s Choir, Abendmusik Vesper Choir, as well as the Burnaby South Secondary Senior Choir, and is thrilled to be singing with the Cantata Singers. Along with singing she enjoys acting in plays and musical theatre production. In her grade nine year, Emma sang the lead role in her high school's production of Annie. She plans to become famous so she can support her dad.

Charlotte Herst

Since graduating from the Canadian College of Performing Arts, Charlotte has sung with a 7-piece choir named Vocalis, written her first few plays, and acted in a jumble of shows. Recently she was seen sporting curls and a corset in the United Player's production of Otway's "The Soldier's Fortune". She is the Chair for the BC Choral Federation's Youth Council, and will sing with the National Youth Choir in Saskatchewan next May. Charlotte teaches Yoga from her apartment, and enjoys eating, cycling, and hugging trees.

Benila Ninan

Benila was born and raised in Edmonton and moved to Vancouver in August 2009.  She graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance and a Bachelor of Education degree.  Benila also studied at the Kodaly Pedagogical Institute of Music in Hungary.  She taught in Edmonton at a number of different schools including Victoria School of Performing Arts.  Benila enjoys performing as a choral singer and as a soloist.  Benila has had opportunities to sing with Pro Coro Canada, the National Youth Choir, the World Youth Choir and World Chamber Choir.  Benila is presently teaching at Collingwood School in West Vancouver.

Hilary Piets

Hilary grew up in Victoria, where she sang with a number of choirs over the years. With the GN choir she travelled to Powell River for Kathaumixw, and Austria for the 2000 Choral Olympics. She was a part of the Victoria Children's Choir for its inaugural year and has enjoyed many years singing with the St. Christopher Singers. At Queens University, where she studied mechanical engineering, Hilary sang with the student opera. When she isn't singing, Hilary can be found playing field hockey, skiing, sailing, biking, or lounging on the couch.