Les Green, tenor

Leslie W. Green, Tenor, is in high demand as a soloist in the Northwest. Highly praised for his seemingly effortless, expressive singing, Mr. Green performs a wide variety of literature ranging from Bach arias to contemporary art songs. Green has appeared throughout the Northwest with many of the finest ensembles and events including Oregon Repertory Singers, Portland Symphonic Choir, Annas Bay Music Festival, Mount Angel Abbey, Willamette Master Chorus, Eclectic Orange Festival in Orange County California, Rose City Chamber Orchestra, Cascade Music Festival, Northwest Mahler Festival, Salem Chamber Orchestra, Festival Chorale Oregon, Columbia Chorale and numerous Church concerts and music series.
Mr. Green's recent engagements have included singing on the Utrecht Early Music Festival in Holland with Cappella Romana and subsequent tours to Boston, New York and Ottowa. Green also sang in the world premiere of Maximillian Steinberg's "Passion Week" with Cappella Romana. He has also had several highly praised performances of Handel's "Messiah", an enthusiastically received performance of Schubert's landmark song cycle "Winterreise", a "brilliant" recital of Beethoven and Schumann with the incomparable Jean-David Coen at the piano, the role of Victory in Hildegard von Bingen's "Ordo Virtutem", the lead role of the Stage Manager in the Northwest Premiere of Ned Rorem's Opera "Our Town" at Willamette University, Haydn's "Creation" with Bravo! Vancouver and Willamette Master Chorus, Benjamin Britten's "Les Illuminations" and "Serenade" with Salem Chamber Orchestra, numerous other concert tours with Cappella Romana including trips to London, New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and an appearance on the prestigious Music before 1800 series in New York, as Alfredo in La Traviata and Don Jose in Carmen with Opera Theater of Oregon, as the Evangelist in Heinrich Schutz's St. John Passion with Portland Vocal Consort, the Premiere of Robert Kyr's "A Time for Life" with Cappella Romana and as the primary tenor soloist for the Bach Cantata series at St. James Lutheran Church in Portland.
Green originally hails from the Midwest where he received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Ball State University. He resides in Vancouver Washington with his wife and daughter. He maintains a private voice studio and teaches studio voice and vocal pedagogy at Willamette University, studio voice at Pacific University, studio voice with Concordia University Portland and is sought after for master classes and adjudications.

Jen Harrison, French horn

As the daughter of an opera singer and a music store owner it only followed that Jennifer Harrison would grow up to be a musician. Choosing the instrument which she felt possessed the most gorgeous tone, she began a life as a French horn player at the age of 11. As a teen she had the fortune of playing at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts under the baton of Leonard Bernstein.
After her college studies at Northwestern University, Jen played with the New Mexico Symphony for one year and thoroughly relished working as a symphonic player. Since moving to Portland she has been freelancing in the Portland area as a classical and even pop rock horn player. She is currently a member of the Portland Opera Orchestra, the Portland Chamber Orchestra, and the Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra.
During the month of December she performs with the Portland Brass Quintet in the annual Christmas Revels musical featuring songs and dances from centuries past. In the summertime Jen has been involved with the Sunriver Music Festival, the Bach Festival and the Astoria Music Festival. Jen also performs on occasion with the Oregon Symphony, the Oregon Ballet Theatre and the Eugene Symphony.
Jen’s most unique musical endeavor is her creation of the Northwest Horn Orchestra, founded in 2007. This ensemble is the perfect fusion of her loves of both classical and pop genres spiced up with non-traditional theatrics. NWHO commissions new compositions yearly and boasts a large library of original horn ensemble arrangements.
When she is not playing the horn, she can be found hiking the trails of the Pacific Northwest, spending time in her garden, or enjoying life with her wonderful husband, Mike Murphy, and their beloved feline friend, Feldspar.