Beth Kakacek-Munce, a coloratura soprano, joined the Kansas City Chorale in 2006. In 2005 Beth completed her Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Missouri Kansas City. During her tenure at UMKC, she was an active participant in choral activities, chamber works, including featured soloist in several doctoral and master recitals, as well as opera. Beth enjoyed performing roles such as Papagena in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Giunone in Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria. In 2003, Beth co-founded and has since been an active member of Armonia Early Music Ensemble. Most recently, Beth has performed as a featured soloist at the Piccolo-Spoleto Festival in Charleston and has also performed at the National ACDA Convention in Miami. Beth completed her Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance at Idaho State University in 2003. At ISU, Beth performed as The Doll in Les Contes d'Hoffman. Beth and her husband Chris, also a Kansas City Chorale member, are expecting their first little singer next spring.

Paulette Votava Resch, soprano, is a graduate of the UMKC Conservatory of Music. Resch’s numerous performances include the St. Cecelia Mass, Handel’s Israel in Egypt, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn’s Creation and the Mozart and Brahms Requiems. She has made five appearances and broadcasts of Handel’s Messiah with the Independence Messiah Choir in the Community of Christ Auditorium. She has performed German Lieder masterclasses and recitals with Professor Emeritus Thilde Beuing and has been a featured soloist with the Independence Symphony and the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. She is a featured soloist on the Chorale’s “Fern Hill” and “Alleluia, An American Hymnal” CDs. Resch performed for 8 years with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers at Carnegie Hall and was selected as a summer institute singer in South Carolina.

Pamela Williamson, soprano, is the Choral Music Director at Olathe Northwest High School, and is in her sixteenth year as a music educator in the public schools in Kansas. Pam is on the music staff at Grace United Methodist Church in Olathe, Kansas. She has earned Bachelor’s and Master's Degrees in Music Education from the UMKC Conservatory of Music. Pam is in her sixteenth year of singing with The Kansas City Chorale, and is a featured soloist on four of their Nimbus Records CDs. Pam sang in the Robert Shaw Festival Singers twice in performance at Carnegie Hall, and has been an active music director and accompanist for many community musical theater events in the Kansas City area. Pam has been the music director for several productions at the Center Stage Theater at the Jewish Community Center including "HONK!", "The Wizard of Oz", The Music of Gershwin", and this spring's production of "The Music of Kander and Ebb". Pam is the proud mother of three sons; Jack, age 9, Avery, age 6, and Cole, age 4, and enjoys the support of her husband, Brett.

Rebecca Lloyd, soprano, has been acclaimed for her “richness of voice, elegant phrasing, and eloquent expressiveness.” She has been with the Chorale since 1993 and has performed several works with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, including Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate, Bach’s Coffee Cantata, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Handel’s Messiah and the world premiere of Jean Belmont’s Remembrance. Ms. Lloyd has been featured with the KC Symphony, Camerata, Summerfest Chamber Music Festival, State Ballet of Missouri, St. Joseph Symphony, The Lyric Opera Express, Poulenc Festival, Bach Aria Soloists, the Youth Symphony of Kansas City, and is the co-director of Children’s Choirs and soprano soloist at Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church. Ms. Lloyd has performed numerous times at Carnegie Hall with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers. Rebecca studied voice with the late Jeanne Tomelleri.

Melanie Melcher, soprano, has sung with the Kansas City Chorale since 2005. As an opera singer, Melanie has performed roles with such companies as Ohio Light Opera, Knoxville Opera, Anchorage Opera Studio, Opera New York and Portland Opera Works. She can be heard as Lady Psyche on the Newport Classics recording of Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida. Ms. Melcher received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Millikin University and her Masters of Music in Vocal Performance from The University of Tennessee. She is the Director of Worship Arts at Leawood United Methodist Church in Kansas City and teaches with Kansas City Young Audiences. She and her husband Brian live in Mission.

Denali Alt, soprano, is enjoying her third year with the Kansas City Chorale. Miss Alt graduated cum laude from Southwest Missouri State University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education. She has performed in Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Brazil, and most recently at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Denali is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, MENC, the Liberty Community Chorus, and is a District Governor for the National Honorary Band Fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi. Miss Alt is the vocal music director at West Platte High School in Weston, Missouri.