Tonos is comprised of historically-informed musicians who are passionate about sharing Baroque-era music from the Americas, especially lesser-known music in indigenous languages and by indigenous and anonymous composers.  Directed by Sarah Cranor, Tonos’ recent performance highlights include include the Bloomington Early Music Festival 2025, and “Lamentatio y Alegría” and “Our Song is Missing” (an interactive children’s concert) for Sacred Music at Second Presbyterian, Indianapolis.  Tonos has also performed at the Latin American Music Festival at the University of Illinois Chicago, “Music from New Spain Convents” from convent archives in Puebla, Mexico for the 2023 Bloomington Early Music Festival, “María del Pueblo” to close the 2022 Bloomington Early Music Festival, guest ensemble with Christ Church Cathedral Indianapolis’ Chamber Music Series, and virtually through The Americas Society/Council of the Americas, and at the Berkeley Music Festival as part of the Young Performer’s Festival with Early Music America. 

Violinist and artistic director Sarah Cranor is passionate about sharing historical and contemporary music with live audiences. Sarah directs Tonos, championing works by lesser-known, indigenous, and anonymous composers from baroque-era Latin America.  Sarah performs with Chaski Quartet, bringing diverse repertoire to incarcerated individuals and public communities in Colorado and New Mexico, and she performs regularly with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Sphere Ensemble, Phoenix Symphony, Omaha Symphony, and Arizona Bach Festival.  She has led historically-informed projects with the West Texas Symphony, Sphere Ensemble, and the Omaha Chamber Music Society.  A passionate educator, Sarah leads the Bloomington Early Music Immersion for middle schoolers and 2025 & 2026’s “Growing up Baroque”, a bilingual program through the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. Sarah was a guest artist in residence at the Academia de Música Antigua de Medellín in Colombia and Grand Valley State University, and has presented lectures at EAFIT in Colombia, the UNAM in Mexico, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Indiana University.  Sarah holds a Doctor of Music from Indiana University in historical performance and modern violin.  She runs ultra-marathons, and always looks forward to exploring new trails.

Tenor Blake Beckemeyer is known for his vivid, text‑driven interpretations of Baroque and Classical repertoire, with a particular focus on the music of J. S. Bach. He has appeared as Evangelist and aria soloist in Johannes-Passion with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra and Arizona Philharmonic, and served as the Virginia Best Adams Tenor at the 2024 Carmel Bach Festival. Beckemeyer performs regularly with leading ensembles including Seraphic Fire, Washington Bach Consort, Apollo’s Fire, The Thirteen, and True Concord. His discography includes featured work on Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, The Apple Tree, and the Opus Klassik–nominated Alexander’s Feast with Vox Orchester. Equally at home in chamber and liturgical settings, he brings clarity, narrative focus, and stylistic fluency to repertoire spanning Buxtehude to modern works.

Shannon Beckemeyer has interests spanning historical performance, vocology, and choral singing. She can be heard as a soloist with Alchymy Viols, Bloomington Bach Cantata Project, and Tonos. She has also performed with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Sphere Born, and Incantare. She has toured to Hereford Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, St. George’s Chapel-Windsor, Notre Dame de Paris, La Madeleine, and the Thomaskirche (Leipzig), Georgenkirche (Eisenach), and Stadtkirche (Weimar). She holds degrees in voice and a certificate in vocology from Indiana University-Jacobs School of Music and degrees in voice and biochemistry from DePauw University. Beckemeyer works in project management for a multinational drug development company and lives with her husband in Brownsburg, Indiana.

Chicago-born cellist Dr. Kevin Flynn enjoys an active career as a teacher and performing artist, firmly believing that each informs the other. Flynn is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music at Oklahoma State University, Assistant Principal Cello in the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Acting Principal Cello in the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra, and the Sajo and Chiqui Fellow of the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico. He is cellist in the groundbreaking historically-informed chamber ensemble Tonos and the prize-winning Cercis String Quartet.  Highlights of Flynn’s 2025-26 season include a CD recording, tour, and video production of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concerti with Emilio Colón and the Colón Cello Quartet, concerts with the Brightmusic Society of Oklahoma, BEMI & BLEMF2026 with Tonos, and musical collaborations with cellists Sterling Elliot and Sophie Shao. violinist Jeff Myers, pianist Dr. Tomomi Sato, and clarinetist Wendy Bickford.

Phoebe Gelzer-Govatos, historical and modern violinist, resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and performs with a number of orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the state, including the Ann Arbor, Lansing, Adrian, and Kalamazoo symphony orchestras. As a historical player, Ms. Gelzer-Govatos is a core member of period instrument ensembles l’Invenzione and Ensemble Affect, and plays frequently with early music groups across the country, as well as coaching high school and college students in historical style and technique. Recent highlights include performances with Early Music Michigan, Tonos, and Audivi. At home in Ann Arbor, Phoebe maintains a private violin and viola studio, teaches chamber music at the Rudolf Steiner High School, and likes to involve herself in creative endeavors of all kinds.

Danur Kvilhaug is active as a lutenist and vocalist, performing regularly throughout North America. Recent engagements include the Newberry Consort, Les Delices, Bourbon Baroque, Tonos, and the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he has performed at the Madison Early Music Festival, the Bloomington Early Music Festival, and with the Red River Lyric Opera. He received his MM in Musicology from The University of Oklahoma, and an MM and Performance Diploma in historical performance at Indiana University under the tutelage of Nigel North. He is pursuing a doctorate in historical performance practice at Case Western Reserve University.

Brian McNulty is excited to be performing with Tonos at BLEMF 2026. Brian can be heard performing timpani and percussion with a number of early music organizations, including the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Charlotte Bach Festival, and Bloomington Bach Cantata Project. Brian also serves as principal timpanist of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra and principal percussionist of the Columbus (Indiana) Philharmonic. He holds a DM in percussion from Indiana University, an MM in percussion from The Ohio State University, and undergraduate degrees in percussion and mathematics from Penn State University. He has studied organ extensively with Colin Andrews and is a church organist and handbell choir director based in Bloomington, Indiana.

Howell Petty (they/them) is a historically trained soprano who specializes in Italian Baroque monody. Originally from Eugene, OR, Howell earned their B.A. at the University of Oregon and sang with the Oregon Bach Festival from 2013-2018. Howell earned their M.A. from Indiana University Bloomington, and has performed frequently at the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project and the Bloomington Early Music Festival. Now based in NYC, Howell has sung at Trinity Wall Street, St. Thomas on Fifth Avenue, and Juilliard, as well as on the GEMS concert series. Howell performs regularly with the Yale Consort under the direction of James O’Donnell; and with Theotokos, under the direction of Doug Balliett. International appearances include the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in Toronto, Canada; and the prestigious Corneille Competition for baroque singing in Rouen, France. Howell is also half of Duo Tarasque, which specializes in troubadour and trecento repertoire.