Michael Bester & Amanda Roeder

Amanda Roeder is a multi instrumentalist and music educator, adjudicator, and performer. Since 2014, she has directed the choral ensembles and an award winning a cappella program at Chelmsford High School in Chelmsford, MA. She is an experienced musical theater director and pit orchestra musician for scholastic and community productions throughout northeastern Massachusetts. A passionate educator and community builder, she has served on the boards of numerous organizations that promote quality music education, including the Massachusetts Music Educators Association, the Contemporary A Cappella Society, and the NE Voices festival. She holds degrees in music education from the University of Massachusetts and Gordon College.

Michael Bester is an acoustic and electric guitarist, bassist, arranger, producer, and composer. He is versed in numerous styles, from classical and jazz to rock and pop and beyond. He has performed regularly with Rock Voices, with the Bester Papineau guitar duo, as well as in orchestras for theatrical productions in the greater Boston area. He holds a degree in music performance from the University of Miami.

There will be an opening performance by Ewan Armstrong, the recipient of the 2024-2025 Frank Wallace Fellowship sponsored by the BCGS. He will perform BWV 998 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1675-1750) I. Prelude II. Fugue III. Allegro.