As a performer and researcher of Renaissance and Baroque vocal music, American vocalist Julie Knott is committed to music from centuries past, presented through a modern and socially relevant lens. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, she is an avid performer of opera, oratorio, and art songs with a specialization in early music and plainchant. Julie’s 2026 engagements include: her debut with Lorelei Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Beth Willer, on Julius Eastman’s Colors at Yale University, a recital at the Greene Space in New York City hosted by the Gerda Lissner Foundation and Peabody Conservatory, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Baltimore Basilica Schola and early music ensemble “Three Notch’d Road,” premiering the role Sally in Kin Psalms, a new opera by Josiah Garza at the 2640 space in Baltimore, and a spring concert series around the DMV with Prosopopoeia Ensemble. A native of central Pennsylvania, Julie has collaborated with the Hershey and West Shore Symphony Orchestras, as the soloist in Poulenc’s Gloria and Orff’s Carmina Burana, respectively. Julie is a graduate student at the Peabody Institute studying Historical Performance in the voice studio of Ms. Elizabeth Futral.

Passionate about creating music that transcends the need for cultural context, Jonah Ahlers performs chamber, orchestral, and solo repertoire on a variety of flutes and keyboards on the East Coast. Pursuing this goal with Peabody colleagues, he cofounded Ensemble Prose, a chamber ensemble specializing in the discovery and performance of unknown music of all kinds. His fascination with the intersections between language and music leads him to pursue research on translation, poetry, and their relation to historical practice, feeding his enthusiasm for theater across musical idioms.

In addition to his flute and recorder playing with groups like Basso Celestia, NEXT Ensemble, Baltimore Baroque Band, Peabody Renaissance Ensemble, and Berwick Academy Orchestra, he also performs as a harpsichordist and organist in recitals and services. Before discovering early music and igniting his curiosity, Jonah studied modern flute with Michelle Barraclough, winning the woodwind category of the WSA Lancaster Rising Stars Concerto Competition. On the modern flute, he has performed the Reinecke Concerto, Chaminade Concertino, and Bizet-Borne Fantasie in concert throughout Pennsylvania. He later began his studies in historical flutes with eminent scholar and musician, Dr. Steven Zohn, and continues his musical journey at the Peabody Conservatory, where he is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Baroque Flute Performance under the vibrant performer and director, Gwyn Roberts.

You can follow Jonah on Instagram and Facebook at @jonahahlersflutes and on Ensemble Prose’s website; you can find him in upcoming performances as flutist with Basso Celestia’s Coffee Confections concert series, playing flutes, recorders, and harpsichord with Peabody ensembles, and as a soloist in El Paso Baroque's program, La Flauta Barroca.

Andrew Bortvin is a versatile keyboardist based in Baltimore and New York City. His primary teachers include Peter Sykes and Adam Pearl. He has performed in festivals and workshops such as the San Francisco Early Music Society’s Baroque Workshop, St. Andrew’s Baroque Performance Course, the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, and Amherst Early Music Academy. Andrew performs extensively throughout the east coast with the Baltimore Baroque Band, Peabody Renaissance Ensemble, Prosopopoeia Ensemble, and in opera and chamber music ensembles. Outside of early music, Andrew has earned his PhD at Johns Hopkins University in computational biology.

Riley Parks is a a Viola da Gamba and Bass player living in Baltimore, MD. Loving a variety of music, he seeks to spread the love of the Viola da Gamba and share music from the past and present. He is excited to work with the members of Prosopopoeia to reach as many people with live historical music as possible. Currently a student at the Peabody Institute, Riley studies Historical Performance with John Moran.