MUSICIANS
Anna Song, Artistic Director and Conductor, co-founded In Mulieribus with Tuesday Rupp. She has been directing choirs and teaching music in the Portland area since moving to Oregon in 2001. After graduating with a B.A. in composition from UCLA she went on to finish her Masters of Music in conducting from the School of Music and the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University. She has studied with Dennis Keene at the Keenefest Choral Institute and has appeared at the Oregon Bach Festival as a conducting fellow with Helmuth Rilling. Her past positions include Associate Director of Choral Activities at DePaul University in Chicago and Assistant Conductor of the Portland Symphonic Choir. Ms. Song is currently Assistant Professor at Linfield College where she serves as the Director of Choral Activities, and is the founding director of the St. Rose Youth Choir in NE Portland. She lives in Sherwood with husband Blake Applegate and their two children, Grace and James.
Tuesday Rupp, alto, is the co-founder of In Mulieribus and a Portland native. Praised for her “rich, rapturous tone” by the Oregonian, Tuesday has a broad portfolio of performances. Recent solo work and the Trinity Consort the world premier of Robert Kyr’s A Time for Life with Cappella Romana, and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at First Unitarian Church. She is the 2006 Cascade NATS winner in the Adult II division. Tuesday sings with Cappella Romana, Trinity Cathedral Chamber Choir, and Cantores in Ecclessia. She records frequently with Oregon Catholic Press, and is the Music Director at Milwaukie Presbyterian Church. Tuesday holds a B.Mus. from Boston Univeristy and is pursuing a master’s degree in conducting from Portland State University.
Kari Ferguson, soprano, grew up in the rural outskirts of Canby, Oregon. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Music at Goshen College, Indiana, and was a two-time winner of the Concerto-Aria Contest. Her love of early music led her to study at Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She then returned to Oregon and became involved in the Portland music scene. She is currently singing with Cantores in Ecclessia and Trinity Cathedral Chamber Singers. Ms. Ferguson has also performed with local ensembles such as Urban Baroque, Resonance Ensemble, Cappella Romana, and the Oregon Renaissance Band. She is currently a piano and voice instructor at Pfeifer MusicWerks Studio, and resides with her husband and son in North Portland.
Shaelyn Schneider, mezzo soprano, is a vocalist with a special affinity for early music. She is a founding member of the chamber ensemble Urban Baroque, and has performed with many ensembles in Chicago, including the Newberry Consort, Scholars of Cambrai, and Holy Name Cathedral Singers. In Portland she has sung with Trinity Consort, Cantores in Ecclesia, Oregon Renaissance Band, and St. Mary’s Cathedral Choir. She holds a degree in music education from Michigan State University and a M.M. in choral conducting from the University of Kentucky. Shaelyn furthered her studies in performance practice at the Amherst, Longy, San Francisco, and Vancouver Baroque music institutes.
Ann Wetherell, soprano, is a native of Iowa. She is a long-time member of Cantores in Ecclesia, and has sung with the choirs of St. Michael and All Angels Church, Cappella Romana, the PBO Chorus, and the St. Ann Chapel Choir of Palo Alto, Ca. She has toured internationally with Cantores in Ecclesia and the St. Ann Chapel Choir. A specialist in Chinese studies, Ann holds a Ph.D. in Chinese art history, is a Research Associate with the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Oregon, and currently serves as chair of cultural programs for the Northwest China Council in Portland. Ann is adjunct Assistant Professor of art history at Portland State University and has taught Asian and Western art history and critical inquiry at University of Oregon, Pacific University, and Portland State University.
Jo Routh, alto, is in her seventh year as choir director at Scappoose High School and Middle School. Jo has been a professional vocalist in the Portland area for over ten years and has sung with Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Cantores in Ecclesia, Cappella Romana, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Columbia Chorale and records frequently with Oregon Catholic Press. She graduated from Portland State University where she earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in vocal performance and music education.
Catherine van der Salm, soprano, is a native of the Northwest. She grew up in Sandy, Oregon, and graduated with honors from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, earning two degrees: Bachelor of Science in Business Economics and Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. As a private voice teacher in Vancouver, Washington, Catherine coaches singers of all ages in art song, opera, Broadway, and popular musical styles. In addition to teaching, Catherine is an active performer, singing with Cappella Romana, in In Mulieribus, Resonance and Oregon Catholic Press, and has appeared as a guest artist with Cascadia Academy of Music, Portland Vocal Consort, Columbia Chorale of Oregon, Bravo! Vancouver and the Vancouver Camerata. In 2002 and 2004, she was a regional finalist in the NATSAA competition, and sang for Elly Ameling at the 2005 International Congress of Voice Teachers. Catherine is also part of the Portland Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, a professional music fraternity and service organization. She lives in Vancouver with her husband, Ruud, their daughters, Juliana and Annelies.