He has been a soloist with the Minnesota Opera, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Plymouth Music Series, Minnesota Orchestra, and Aldeburgh Festival in England, and has appeared several times with Garrison Keillor in A Prairie Home Companion. Dressen's recordings include Aaron Copland's The Tenderland and Benjamin Britten's Paul Bunyan and The Company of Heaven. Eaves-Smith received bachelor's and master's degrees from the Cleveland Conservatory of Music, where she was a student of George Vassos. Eaves-Smith was winner of the 1974 National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award, and in the same year she was a regional Metropolitan Opera auditions winner and a finalist in the Hertogenbosch International Singing Competition. She received second place in the 1976 Geneva International Singing Competition.
Special interests lie in the performance of Lieder, chanson, and oratorio.
Helen Engen Instructor in Music Engen earned a B.A. in vocal music education from St. Olaf College, where she was a student of Ella Hjertaas Roe. She pursued additional study with Clementine Gifford and Roy Schuessler. Engen is an experienced church soloist and choir director. Active in the Minnesota Chapter of National Association of Teachers of Singing, she served as treasurer and now is active in student auditions and as an adjudicator for high school contests. Feldt received a B.A. from Luther College, and M.A. in vocal music and pedagogy from the University of Iowa, and a D.M.A. in vocal performance from the University of Minnesota.