MICHELLE CLAIR (soprano) is a native of San Francisco. She made her singing debut at the age of 8 with the San Francisco Girls Chorus with which she had the opportunity to tour nationally and internationally and perform and record with the San Francisco and Berkeley Symphonies and the San Francisco Opera. While a student at the University of California at Santa Cruz, she studied with countertenor Randall Wong and sang with both the UCSC Chamber Singers and the 12-voice UCSC Women's Early Music Ensemble. She is currently singing with the Schola Cantorum of the Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi and with Ars Cantus.