Katelyn
Jackman
Katelyn Jackman
Called “winningly wily and dauntless” by Boston Classical Review, American mezzo-soprano Kate Jackman is a multifaceted musician and actress who excels in a variety of musical expression.
On stage, Kate performed the lead role in Oliver Knussen’s Higglety Pigglety Pop! at the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music and “touchingly incarnated Jennie” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker). Her other operatic roles include Amneris in Verdi’s Aida, the title role in Carmen, and Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible. She has also premiered several roles with Urban Arias in Washington, DC, Fargo-Moorhead Opera, and The Decameron Opera Coalition.
Kate’s passion for Art Song performance led her to make her Kennedy Center recital debut in 2012 with DC Vocal Arts. She has been featured at Carnegie Hall in Marilyn Horne’s The Song Continues series, at Seiji Ozawa Hall at the Tanglewood Music Center, and in the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar.
In concert, Ms. Jackman has performed solos from Handel’s Messiah at the Kennedy Center, with Helena Symphony, and over internationally televised programming with The Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington, D.C.
Later this year, she will return to the Helena Symphony for their new staged production of Sweeney Todd, perform the alto solo in The Thirteen’s production of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers (Op 37), and will present a charity recital at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler, TX, in honor of her late mother-in-law, Kelly Hoffmann Jackman.
Abigail
Martin
Abigail Martin
Soprano Abigail Martin has performed nationwide and internationally both in concert and on the opera stage. A frequent concert artist, she has most recently been a featured soloist in Bach's B Minor Mass, Vivaldi's Gloria, and Saint-Saëns's Christmas Oratorio. Abigail has delighted audiences in roles such as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, the title role of Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, Micaela in Le tragèdie de Carmen, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas in which she was deemed “smooth and fluidly agile”. She has also performed in concert with the Mississippi Valley Orchestra, Encore Wind Ensemble, Kenwood Symphony Orchestra and is a frequent soloist with the Lancaster Chorale and Orchestra. Abigail holds a Master of Music and a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, and is a doctoral candidate with the University of Minnesota. When she is not performing, Abigail maintains a full collegiate voice studio and enjoys spending time with her husband and children.
Jeffrey
Martin
Jeffrey Martin
Baritone Jeffrey Martin is garnering attention as a formidable voice of the region. He appears regularly on the concert stage as a soloist, most recently in Fauré’s Requiem, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, and Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Jeffrey honed his oratorio skills performing as bass soloist in Mozart’s “Great” Mass in C Minor and Requiem Mass and Verdi’s Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin among other guest soloist engagements around the country. Most notably he sang the role of Jesus in a staged version of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the University of Minnesota in Collaboration with the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Detmold, Germany in both locales. Jeffrey was also engaged for multiple seasons as a Festival Singer in Sherrill Milnes’ Savannah Voice Festival.
Jeffrey has performed the roles Leporello (Don Giovanni) with Peabody at Lyric Opera Baltimore, Raimondo (Lucia do Lammermoor) with La Musica Lirica, Escamillo (Carmen), Rev. Blitch (Susannah), Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) and The Man with the Cornet Case/Puppet-master from Argento’s Postcard from Morocco of which The Baltimore Sun said: “Jeffrey Martin brings solid tone and exemplary diction…”
Jeffrey holds a Doctorate from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Music from The Peabody Conservatory of Music of The John’s Hopkins University. He enjoys his position as Director of Vocal Studies in the Music, Worship, and Performing Arts department at Lancaster Bible College. When he isn’t teaching or performing, Jeffrey enjoys spending his time with his wife and two young children.
Peter Scott
Drackley
Peter Drackley
Peter Drackley's 2024 engagements showcase his vocal prowess in various roles, including Calaf in Turandot and Samson in Samson et Dalila with St. Petersburg Opera, as well as covering Radames in Aïda with Opera Maine. In 2025, the artist makes several significant role debuts:
Roberto in Maria Stuarda with Opera Baltimore, Don José in Carmen with St. Petersburg Opera, Justice Antonin Scalia in Scalia/Ginsburg with Raylynmor Opera, and as the tenor soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Brevard Symphony and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Glacier Symphony Orchestra.
As a grant awardee of the prestigious Olga Forrai Foundation, Peter has performed Radamés in Aïda with Opera Carolina, Calaf in Turandot with Opera Grand Rapids, and Turiddu/Canio in Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci with Festival of the Atlantic. His international credits include a poignant Rodolfo in La bohème with Nevill Holt Opera and covering Cavaradossi in Tosca with English National Opera. Peter has also joined forces with renowned companies such as the Ravinia Festival and Chicago Symphony Orchestra as First Armored Man in The Magic Flute and Flirtatious Man/First Son/Honorable Colonel in The Nose with Chicago Opera Theater. He recently returned to Anchorage Opera as Alfredo in La traviata.
Mr. Drackley’s impressive repertoire includes Cavaradossi in Tosca with Opera in the Heights, Rodolfo in La bohème with Opera Idaho, and Scalia in Scalia/Ginsburg with Opera Carolina and Opera Grand Rapids. Other operatic highlights include Pollione in Norma, Il Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto, Macduff in Macbeth, and Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera. In concert, Peter has lent his voice to Verdi's Requiem and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the Helena Symphony, Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Norwalk Symphony, Mozart's Requiem with the Lancaster and Richmond Symphonies, and Schubert's Mass in G at the revered Carnegie Hall.
A memorable performance of the first excerpts of Derrick Wang's opera Scalia/Ginsburg at the Supreme Court was featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. The artist’s accolades include 3rd Place in the McCammon Voice Competition, 2nd Place in the NewJersey Association of Verismo Opera Competition, 2nd Place in the Nicholas Loren Vocal Competition, and winner of the Michael Ballam Concorso Lirico International Competition.
Mr. Drackley received his education at Peabody Conservatory, and trained as a Studio Artist with Sarasota Opera, covering Avito in L’amore dei Tre Re and singing the Chaplain of the Monastery in Dialogues des Carmélites; as an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera, covering Der Tambourmajor in Wozzeck and The Governor in Candide. As an Ensemble Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera he sang Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, and Chekalinsky while covering Gherman in Pikova Dame and as an apprentice artist with Santa Fe Opera, covering Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Alfred in Die Fledermaus. A native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he currently resides in Chicago.