Our Choir

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Vidita Kanniks is a multi-faceted vocalist whose work primarily traverses chamber ensemble music & historical performance. With her dual background in Indian and Western classical music she aims to engage in unique, personal projects that challenge cultural and musical boundaries. Most recently, her work was featured on the JUNO-nominated album, ‘East is East’, a critically-acclaimed collaborative recording project with Montreal-based ensemble Infusion Baroque. 2024-25 season highlights included solo appearances with the Montreal Early Music Festival, Converging Arts Columbus, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra’s Summermusik Festival and Sinfonia Ancaster (Greater Toronto). The 2025-26 season brings on an exciting lineup including appearances with Pegasus Early Music, NYS Baroque, Early Music Seattle, Resonance Works and Indianapolis Early Music Festival.

Vidita has been recognized by audiences around the globe for her collaborative work with her father, Dr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran. She has studied both within the Hindustani and Carnatic musical traditions, particularly in the Dhrupad style of vocal technique and interpretation. Her unprecedented interdisciplinary work in this area paired with her sensitive musicianship and affinity for language has led her to gain attention through social media content and live performances across the United States and internationally. An avid choral singer, Vidita has performed with the VOCES8 Foundation, Grammy-nominated ensemble Seraphic Fire, Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble, Cincinnati Bach Ensemble and Collegium Cincinnati. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in Vocal Performance and Music History from the University of Cincinnati-CCM (2018) and a Master’s degree in Early Music Performance from McGill University in Montreal (2020). 

Ms. Carly Robinett, mezzo-soprano, is currently pursuing a Master of Music Education degree at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. At CCM, Ms. Robinett serves as a Graduate Assistant in the Division of Music Education, where she assists with Choral Methods, teaches sight-singing lessons, and supervises the Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association Chapter. Prior to arriving in Cincinnati, Ms. Robinett taught Chorus, Orchestra, and Access Music at the middle school level in Naples, FL after graduating from Florida State University. She performed in various professional-level choirs and held several leadership roles in the music education field throughout her time in Florida. 

Outside of her current studies, Ms. Robinett maintains an active performance schedule; she can be found singing in the St. Rose of Lima Choir and performing as a Cantorial Soloist at Isaac M. Wise Temple on a regular basis. She is also one of the founding directors of the Northern Kentucky Youth Choir.

Stevie Glassmeyer is a Cincinnati native who studied Music Education with a voice emphasis at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). She has sung in choirs throughout the Greater Cincinnati area and brings a lifelong love of music to her role at the church. Outside of music, Stevie works in property management and enjoys raising her two daughters.

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Stephen Michael Hanna, bass-baritone and East Texas native, currently makes his home in Cincinnati and enjoys a professional career having performed with Cincinnati Opera, Queen City Opera, Roundabout Opera for Kids, Vocal Arts Ensemble, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, St. Rose of Lima Dectet, Breath Collective, Taylor Festival Choir, Collegium Cincinnati, Ensemble Con Fuoco, Coro Volante, Bach Ensemble at St. Thomas, and on occasion in numerous other venues for oratorio, recital, and presenting masterclasses. Noted operatic roles include Schaunard in La bohème, Frank in Die Fledermaus, Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow, and Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia. Equally at home on the concert stage, Stephen has featured in Five Mystical Songs, as Jesus in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Messiah, Ein Deutches Requiem, Durufle’s Requiem, Haydn’s Creation, the premiere of Kile Smith’s Canticle, and Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard.

Over the past few years Stephen has had the pleasure of working with such directors and music legends as Henri Venanzi, Craig Hella Johnson, Joe Flummerfelt, Bill McGraw, Howard Helvey, Robin Guarino, Emma Griffin, Rob Taylor, Brett Scott, Carlton Monroe, Isaac Selya, Earl Rivers, Joe Miller, and Trevor Kroeger.

He continues to be an avid supporter of new music and can regularly be seen and heard performing and recording new choral and chamber works, song cycles, and operas by living composers. With a growing importance for singer representation, Stephen joined the Board of Directors for the Taylor Music Group in Charleston, South Carolina this past season acting as Chorus Manager and Liaison as well as serving on artistic, marketing, and logistics committees. He is additionally an AGMA union delegate for Cincinnati Opera and consultant to other music organizations advocating on behalf of singers’ rights, pay, and fair treatment. When not on stage, he spends his time as a professional photographer, backpacker, whiskey enthusiast and mixologist.

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Stella O’Neill, an organist and choral conductor in the Cincinnati area, earned her Bachelor of Music in piano performance at the University of Minnesota. Stella continued on to pursue a Master of Music at the University of Florida in organ performance, where she also began work in harpsichord accompanying and continuo playing. She earned her doctoral degree in organ performance at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati where she also was organ scholar at Christ Church Cathedral and gained experience in directing choirs. Following her DMA, she became assistant director at Our Lord Christ the King. Stella and her husband Shane entered the Catholic church and were confirmed Easter of 2023. Other than making music, Stella enjoys spending time with her family: her husband and daughter, where gardening and jewelry making are some of her preferred pastimes.