Soprano, Anna Eschbach, is highly sought-after as a performer and private voice instructor in Central Florida. Born and raised in Orlando, Ms. Eschbach has performed with numerous companies throughout Florida, including Opera Orlando, the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, the Villages Philharmonic, Orlando Sings, the Orlando Philharmonic, and the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park.
Covering a vast array of repertoire, Ms. Eschbach’s solo oratorio performances include Haydn’s Creation, Bach’s Mass in b minor, Handel’s Messiah, Dixit Dominus, and La resurrezione, Monteverdi’s Vespro della beata vergine, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Saint-Saens’ Oratorio de Noel, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Vesperae Solennes, Faurẻ’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, Rutter’s Gloria and Magnificat, Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony, Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard, Forest’s Jubilate Deo and Requiem for the Living, Einhorn’s Voices of Light, as well as Orff’s Carmina Burana. Her operatic roles include Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Miss Wordsworth in Britten’s Albert Herring, Mary Warren in Robert Ward’s The Crucible, and Rose in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene. She premiered the role of Anne Boleyn in an original work, 6 of VIII: The Wives of King Henry VIII in 2019 – a performance which was hailed by the Orlando Sentinel as “soul-rattling.” Ms. Eschbach was a featured studio artist with Orlando Opera for the 2019-2020 season, in which she performed countless outreach concerts, as well as the role of Barbarina in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. She has also toured internationally throughout her career, singing concerts in Switzerland, the UK, and Kenya.
Ms. Eschbach earned her bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Appalachian State University and a master’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Tennessee. For the last decade, Ms. Eschbach has maintained a thriving private voice studio in the Orlando area and serves on the voice faculty at Rollins College. She performs regularly with local professional ensembles such as Bach Vocal Artists of the Bach Festival Society, and the all-female ensemble Helena.
Stephen has over 40 opera roles and 50 soloist appearances in concerts spanning a wide variety of musical styles and venues across the globe including in England, Wales, Italy, Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland where he has been described as “Vocally, the most promising singer on stage” and “Possessing an assured and stylish technique” by the Guardian Newspaper. He is currently an adjunct professor of voice at Rollins College here in Winter Park FL since 2020, in addition to teaching at Stetson University and University High School. He has also maintained a private voice studio taught out of his home in Altamonte Springs for the last 8 years. Besides teaching, Stephen is also the director of Music Ministries at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Sanford, FL. Stephen is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and currently serves as the Central Florida Chapter’s Treasurer. Outside of his music training, Stephen is currently working on his Certified Personal Training (CPT) and Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC) Certifications.
