About Anchorites
Anchorites is the Baltimore-based collaborative project of four of the region’s leading choral singers. The newly formed solo voice ensemble was originally conceived as a vocal quartet for Mind on Fire’s 2025 production of Tim Holt’s Nobody Is Ever Missing, which gave the group its name, via Holt’s companion piece “Anchorites”. The group presented its premiere season of concerts as an independent quartet, opening with To Know Ourselves at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in February 2026.
As an unconducted vocal chamber ensemble, Anchorites presents unique, intimate concerts with ensemble precision and intonation. The quartet combines a strong background in historical performance with a passion for modern choral works, and specializes in syncretic performances that examine connections across eras and styles.
Anchorites is excited to collaborate with rising composers on expanding the library of new works for vocal chamber ensemble. Its members hold degrees from the Peabody Institute, the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, the University of York (UK), Christopher Newport University, and others. They can be seen performing in the nation’s premier professional choirs, among them Apollo’s Fire, VAE Cincinnati, The Thirteen, and Lorelei Ensemble.
Members
T.J. Callahan
bass-baritone (he/him/his)
T.J. Callahan uses historically informed performance practice as a lens to cast new light on vocal music from all eras. Currently based in Baltimore, MD, he sings in the critically acclaimed Emmanuel Choir and has appeared as a soloist with Handel Choir Baltimore and in ensemble with Mind on Fire. T.J. is a dedicated ensemble singing specialist and a 2025–26 VOCESS US Scholar. In 2024, he was selected for fellowships with the Charlotte Bach Festival and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival at Yale University. He performs regularly with premier vocal ensembles across the US including the Byrd Ensemble, The Thirteen, and VAE Cincinnati. This season, T.J. will debut as a soloist with Bach in Baltimore and in ensemble on the Washington National Cathedral Choir's concert series. T.J. completed his Master's in Solo Voice Ensemble singing with distinction in 2022, studying under Robert Hollingworth at the University of York. He completed his Master's in Historical Performance Voice at Peabody Conservatory in 2024.
Kaylee Parker
mezzo-soprano
“Golden-voiced” mezzo-soprano Kaylee Parker is an avid choir member and teacher based in Baltimore, Maryland. Kaylee taught elementary and middle school music for five years in El Monte, California and Baltimore City. Since moving on from public school teaching she has performed with several ensembles on the east coast including Choral Chameleon in New York City, the Washington National Cathedral Choir, The Thirteen, Washington Master Chorale, Chantry, the Baltimore Basilica, Pitch Craft, Mind on Fire, and the Emmanuel Choir, where she is a member of the professional liturgical ensemble. Kaylee earned her Master's degree in Vocal Performance from California State University, Long Beach at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, where she studied with the late tenor Timothy MacDougall. She holds a bachelor's degree in Music Education from the University of North Dakota. She enjoys traveling to new places with her husband, a needlepoint hobby, and spending time with their cats, Cleocatra and Cannoli.
Cameron Falby
tenor
Cameron Falby is a composer and vocalist based in Baltimore. Raised by two choir directors in central Maryland, they went on to study at Manhattan School of Music and then the Peabody Conservatory. They work as a freelance choral singer and soloist in the Baltimore–DC area, performing everything from early music to new music to gospel and experimental. They regularly appear with local ensembles including the Emmanuel Choir, Mind on Fire, The Thirteen, the National Cathedral Choir, and Washington Master Chorale, as well as abroad with ensembles including Elevation, Apollo's Fire, and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Cameron has appeared as a fellow at the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, Yale's Norfolk Festival, the American Bach Soloists Academy, and with Tenet Vocal Artists. Former teachers include Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Michael Hersch, and Felipe Lara. Cameron is the recipient of a 2025 Workshop Scholarship from Early Music America.
Kayleigh Sprouse
soprano
Kayleigh Sprouse is known for her “attention-garnering voice” and expressive artistry. Her recent operatic appearances include the role of Second Woman and First Witch in Opera Lafayette's Dido and Aeneas, the premiere of Tim Holt's Nobody Is Ever Missing with Mind on Fire at Baltimore's Voxel Theater, the role of Diana in Cavalli's La Calisto with Peabody Opera at the Baltimore Theater Project, Licenza in the modern world premiere of Reutter's Dafne with Amherst Early Music Festival, and Papagena in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with Chicago Summer Opera. Kayleigh's work often centers on vocal ensemble performance and the artistic capabilities of multiple solo voices, where she is well known for her “precise performances” and “stoic tone” (Washington Classical Review). She has sung with Peabody's NEXT Ensemble under Dr. Beth Willer, the TENET Trailblazers under the mentorship of Jolle Greenleaf, performed Bach's motets and Mass in A Major as the soprano soloist with the Chorworks Young Artist Program, and is currently a core member of the Emmanuel Choir in Baltimore. In the upcoming season, she will perform with the acclaimed Lorelei Ensemble and sing in the newly formed vocal ensemble Anchorites. She will also perform with TellTale Opera and will attend the Spoleto Festival as a Vocal Fellow.
Kayleigh holds a Master of Music in Voice Performance/Pedagogy from the Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Ah Young Hong, and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Christopher Newport University under Dr. Rachel Holland. She currently resides in Baltimore, MD.