Our Performers

Violinist Joel Pargman has been a frequent performer on Southern California concert stages for the past twenty years as a member of
the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, New West Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, and the Fiato Quartet, and as Associate Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Master Chorale Orchestra. His performing career has also taken him on concert tours of the U.S., Europe, Japan, and South America.

Joel has performed as a featured soloist with Musica Angelica, the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, the Musicians Emeritus Symphony Orchestra, the Tacoma Youth Symphony, and the Bremerton Symphony.

For three summers, Joel was a fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center, most recently as a member of its resident new music quartet, the New Fromm Players. He has also spent summers at the Aspen Music Festival, the Encore School for Strings, the Indiana University String Academy, and the Académie Musicale de Villecroze.

Born in San Bernardino and having spent his youth in the Pacific Northwest, he now resides in Altadena, California.

Morgan Little, a cellist and historical performance enthusiast from Los Angeles, developed a passion for historical performance during studies at DePaul University in Chicago.

After graduating from The Juilliard School graduate on a full-tuition scholarship, Morgan has performed internationally at Festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie, on tour with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in the U.K. and Amsterdam, and has been invited to perform with Oregon Bach Festival, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and other local historical performance ensembles.

Morgan was most recently found performing under the baton of Richard Egarr with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and will be joining them for their 2023-2024 season to play the Brandenburg concertos, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, and other works in NYC, San Francisco, and Berkeley.

Hannah Little’s performance career reflects her wide array of musical interests. As a recent transplant to LA, she is thrilled to be participating in her debut season with the Los Angeles Master Chorale. She finds another musical home in the thriving Chicago choral scene, performing regularly with the Chicago Symphony Chorus at Chicago Symphony Center and Ravina and the prestigious Grant Park Festival Chorus under the direction of Christopher Bell for the past decade.

Hannah made her solo debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall in December of 2023, performing the alto solos in Handel’s Messiah with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and orchestra. She enjoys solo work for large and more intimate audiences and has sung as the featured soloist with the Landowska Harpsichord Society, both as part of their annual jazz showcase and in their historical performance program Baroque Menagerie.

In a performance of Ernest Bloch’s Sacred Services with Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Hannah’s voice was said to be, “The missing human touch” that made a “disproportionately deep impression…her voice streamed to the outer reaches of the hall like sweet cream butter” - Lawrence Cosentino, Lansing City Pulse.

Praised as “eloquent and serious,” in a Los Angeles Times review, Jason Yoshida specializes in solo and continuo performance on lutes and historical guitars. He has performed with groups including Ciaramella, Musica Angelica, Les Surprises Baroques, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Los Angeles Opera.

Yoshida received a Bachelor of Music from UC Santa Barbara, a Master of Music in classical guitar, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Early Music from the USC Thornton School of Music.

He is currently on the faculty of the Early Music Department at USC Thornton School of Music.