CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTONE is a Cedar Rapids native who has performed with the Cedar Rapids Symphony, Revival Theater Company and Brucemore’s “Cabaret in the Courtyard.” He is a classically trained bari-tenor who most often performs classic music theater rep. A graduate of Jefferson High School, his performing has taken him all over the country and world in multiple operas, musicals and as a concert soloist.

Concert Soloist: Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Toronto Symphony, Houston Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Tanglewood Music Festival, Indianapolis Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, The New Mexico Philharmonic, The Castleton Music Festival, The Modesto and Omaha Symphonies. 1st National Tours: Love Never Dies (Raoul u/s, Ensemble); Evita (Augustin Magaldi), Lincoln Center’s Production of South Pacific (Lt. Cable; Thomas Hassinger). Regional: South Pacific (Lt. Cable, Ogunquit Playhouse), Chicago (Billy Flynn, Arkansas Repertory Theater), Hunchback of Notre Dame (Phoebus, Ogunquit Playhouse), Fiddler on the Roof (Perchik, Lyric Opera San Diego), Dido & Aeneas (Aeneas, Mark Morris Dance Group), A Little Night Music (Mr. Lindquist, Boston Pops), Mother of Us All (Thaddeus Stephens, Hudson Opera House), Pirates of Penzance (Glimmerglass Opera), Mahagonny (Tanglewood), A Tale of Two Cities: The Musical (Charles Darney, Bob Jones University). Love to Karla and my extended Cedar Rapids fam! www.johnstonechristopher.com

Tom Burke is a speech-language pathologist, pianist, vocal coach, and executive speaker coach who over the past 20 years has helped TED speakers, Google execs, authors, Hollywood Actors, and Broadway singers become more powerful storytellers. His work has been featured on HBO, MTV, the Oprah Winfrey Network, Good Morning America, and as co-host and voice coach for Bravo TV’s “In a Man’s World” a social experiment produced by Viola Davis designed to reveal gender inequities in the workplace and at home. Most recently he was the vocal supervisor for Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen in Book Club 2.