Artistic Leadership

Artistic Director - Reid Masters

Reid Masters attended Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ where he graduated Summa cum Laude with Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Sacred Music in addition to being named a Rider scholar. Trained as a countertenor, Reid has made solo appearances around NJ and NY featuring repertoire such as Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Handel’s Messiah, Schütz’ Musikalische Exequien, Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories, Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri, Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater, and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. He has performed with some of the world’s finest baroque musicians such as violinist, Nancy Wilson and orchestras such as the Brandywine Baroque Band and The Sebastians. In choral settings, Reid has sung with some of the most prestigious orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic under the direction of conductors such as Maestros Lorin Maazel, Kurt Mazur, Alan Gilbert, and Nicholas McGegan.

Reid studied choral conducting with Joseph Flummerfelt, Andrew Megill, Joe Miller, Daniel Bara, Sun Min Lee, Dale Warland, Timothy Brown, and James Jordan in addition to a master class with Helmuth Rilling. He has led choral workshops and master classes for various high school choirs throughout New Jersey in addition to the Taichung Chamber Singers in Taiwan. In addition to his role as co-founder and assistant director of Kinnara Ensemble, Reid currently serves as the Director of Music at The Presbyterian Church at Shrewsbury, NJ and is the Artistic Director of the New Jersey Chamber Singers who were recently invited to perform in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. He is currently pursuing a DMA in choral conducting at Rutgers University with Patrick Gardner.

    • Accompanist - Karen Hill Miske

      Karen has been a professional accompanist, church musician and teacher for over 20 years. She has served as accompanist for many choral groups including the Vorhees Choir (Rutgers), the Garden State Philharmonic Chorus and Runnymede Singers (Washington , D.C.), as well as a staff accompanist at The College of New Jersey, Mason Gross School of the Arts, The Boston Conservatory and The Aspen Music School. She has served on the piano faculties of The College of New Jersey, Georgian Court University and Brookdale Community College. She has also served as the Director of Music at Harvey Memorial United Methodist Church, St. Andrew United Methodist Church and Associate Minister of Music at The Presbyterian Church of Toms River. Currently, Karen teaches piano at her studio in Pine Beach and is the organist at the Waretown United Methodist Church.