Gregory Toroian is an accomplished and popular musical director, arranger, accompanist and songwriter in New York City. In addition to working with such musical luminaries as Jon Hendricks, Cab Calloway, Donna Summer and Tony Bennett, he has appeared in almost every jazz club and cabaret (major and minor) in New York, and made numerous radio and television appearances. He produced and served as musical director for a revue of Michel Legrand's music called How Do You Keep The Music Playing, which has been performed in New York City, Toronto, Chicago, and Lake Placid. He has toured with principal dancers from the New York City Ballet, and as musical director for famed recording artist Jane Olivor.

His most recent recording work is on the debut CD of award-winning cabaret artist Sue Matsuki, for which he was arranger, producer and pianist. Gregory's vocal arrangements have also been featured on a series of albums by the vocal group String Of Pearls.

When not performing and touring, he coaches singers both privately and publicly, having been on the faculty of The New School University and taught a class of his own devising at the Lee Strasberg Institute. Gregory feels truly fortunate that the fates have led him to work with Helen Baldassare for the last seven years.

After touring all over the US and Europe in a myriad of assorted musical situations, Tracy Stark is currently based out of New York City, where she works as an entertainer, keyboardist, arranger, conductor, vocalist and songwriter.

She performs as a solo artist and also as a creative force behind many singers and shows, including her work as conductor and keyboardist for the legendary Lesley Gore ("It’s My Party," "You Don’t Own Me," "Out Here On My Own"), and musical director for Academy Award nominee Karen Black in Karen’s one-woman show A View From The Heart.

In 2005, Tracy won a Back Stage Bistro Award for Outstanding Musical Direction. She is also a multi-award winning songwriter. Her newest show, Walk This World: The Words and Music of Tracy Stark, is built around her original music, and opened to rave reviews. The first show of her music, Movin' On, ran for a year in New York, in various incarnations.

Included in the list of shows Tracy has played and/or musical directed is the long running off-Broadway smash hit Tony 'n Tina's Wedding in which she performed in various cities throughout the US; the highly acclaimed Foxy Ladies/Love Boogie Explosion; and Triumph of Love, which ended up on Broadway for one very long week.

Her debut CD Canvas of Dreams was produced by Ferron, and has been described as “a masterpiece in museum quality presentation.”

When she’s not playing for a myriad of singers, Tracy can be found pounding the ivories every Friday at Rose’s Turn, 55 Grove St. in the Village. You can find out more, and hear samples of her music, at www.tracystark.com

Wells Hanley has appeared on stage with jazz greats such as Betty Carter, David Liebman and Stanley Jordan. He has also collaborated with folk singer John McCutcheon as well as pop music icon Dave Matthews. He has performed at international music festivals including the Montreux Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Spoleto Festival in Italy.

Wells holds a Bachelor's Degree in Classical Performance from James Madison University and a Master's Degree in Jazz/Commercial Music from the Manhattan School of Music. A native of Virginia, Wells currently lives in New York where he studies piano with Fred Hersch and Sophia Rosoff.

Steven has worked as composer, pianist or music director for such luminaries as Betty Buckley, Alison Fraser, Randy Graff, Ellen Greene, PJ Benjamin and Carolee Carmello.

He has played keyboards in the pits of such Broadway shows as Blood Brothers and Swinging on a Star.  Off Broadway he was  music director for A Naughty Knight and associate music director for The Jazz Singer.   Other Off Broadway  shows include When Pigs Fly; The Green Heart (Manhattan Theatre Club), That's Life Annie Warbucks and Eating Raoul. He has played piano for Papermill's production of Gypsy with Deborah Gibson.  He most recently served as music director for the Princeton Triangle's production of This Side of Parody in 2002.  And has served as music director for William Ryall (currently receiving rave reviews as Spats in Sugar with Tony Curtis) award winning debut cabaret act 47 minutes of 47 years.

As a composer, Steven is represented by two CD's.  His song "Who Needs Romance", sung by Stephanie Pope, is released on the first annual Genesius Guild CD, Our Heart Sings.  Six of his songs are currently on Quel Fromage, produced by 2Die4Music.

His production of Pirates Unbound (an updated version of Pirates of Penzance) has been performed in Rye, NY and in the Hamptons and is slated to be performed in NYC in Spring 2003. He is on the faculty of The Neighborhood Playhouse. Find out more at Steven's Web site.

Nancy Stearns is a public interest lawyer who has specialized in constitutional and environmental law, and currently works for the Law Department of the New York State Supreme Court.  She has taught seminars in Environmental Law and Women and the Law at Rutgers University, Northeastern University and the University of Hawaii law schools.

Because of the Cabaret Performance Workshop, Nancy is now a lawyer who has transformed her "fantasy life" into a reality.  She has been a student in the Workshop for four years, and in the past two years has performed two solo shows, working with Helen Baldassare as director and Gregory Toroian as music director.  Nancy says that the Cabaret Performance Workshop has both enabled her to experience the incredible joys of performance and given her many new and wonderful friends who share her love of song.