John Boehr - Baritone
Mr. Boehr has sung roles with The Palm Beach Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, The Tanglewood Music Festival, The Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Fairbanks, Austin Lyric Opera and The Minnesota Opera. He returned to The Minnesota Opera in 2009 to sing the role of Figaro in their production of The Barber of Seville. In 2008 he performed Dandini in La Cenerentola with both Austin Lyric Opera and Opera Fairbanks. For the summer seasons of 2006 and 2007, Mr. Boehr sang with the Santa Fe Opera as a member of the prestigious Apprentice Artist program. In spring 2007 he was chosen to sing the role of Carlo in the Santa Fe Opera's premier of a new work by John Kennedy entitled Trinity. Other roles from 2005 to 2007 include the role of Osmano in the Pittsburgh Opera's production of L'Ormindo; Sciarrone in Tosca and the notary in Don Pasquale with the Palm Beach Opera; and the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni at the Tanglewood Music Festival, conducted by James Levine. Earlier roles have included Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief with Salado Opera; Papageno in The Magic Flute, Bel Core in the Elixir of Love, and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with the Baylor Opera Theater. Mr. Boehr received his Bachelor of Music from Baylor University, where he studied under Dr. Jon Van Cura. Mr. Boehr has won numerous prizes at vocal competitions sponsored by the Dallas Opera Guild, Palm Beach Opera and the Metropolitan Opera Council Southwest Regional Auditions, among others. Mr. Boehr is currently working with the New York City Opera covering the title role in Don Giovanni and will be performing the role of Tapioca in the Austin Lyric Opera production of L'Étoile in 2010.
Jack Tamul - Music
Jack Tamul From 1976 to 2003, Jack was the Music Director for JTM studios in Florida . The studio produced original music for and sound for museum exhibits, planetarium shows, multi-media presentations, TV, radio and film. Some of the clients of the Studio were Orlando International Airport, PBS, International Red Cross, Exxon Mobil Space Theater, Florida Ballet, Jacksonville Symphony and the State of Florida. Jack is now dedicating his time and resources to compose and produce works with environmental themes.
David Boehr - Piano
David Boehr received a Bachelor of Music in Piano from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, studying under Clarke Mullen. He has been a member of the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra since 2004. His most recent chamber music performance was the Rachmaninoff Sonata in G minor for cello and piano at Bellevue Washington, September ,2009. He does volunteer work at retirement centers. David is the proud father of Operatic Baritone, John Boehr.
Jim Miller - Lyrics/Ambient Recordings
James T. Miller, attorney, environmental activist and sound recordist grew up just outside of the Everglades. Over the last 40 plus years , he has made hundred of trips into the Everglades. The Florida Naturalist Magazine, an adjunct of Audubon Magazine , published his article, "The Aesthetics of the Everglades" and Snowy Egret, the nation's oldest nature publication, published his article "Disney and the Duskies", about the extinction of the Dusky Seaside Sparrow.
Jack.John, David and Jim are from different backgrounds and professions but they have banded together as a community to use art to save what is left of our sacred and precious natural environments. They fervently believe that we will save and protect only what we love and cherish-art is the best means to reach the hearts and minds of our fellow citizens about environmental issues. Jack and Jim have witnessed during their years in Florida the systematic and ceaseless destruction of most of the Glades and many other unique ecosystems. The time to think of only our local area is over- we all know about a global economy but we need to think and act on a global environment. We must realize that the Santa Fe Canyon and the Rio Grande are directly and inextricably tied with Taylor Slough and The Dwarf Cypress Forest in the Everglades. The time to act is now and John. Jack ,David and Jim believe Pahayokee:A Plea for Life is one beginning of the journey.