Elizabeth McConnaughey, soprano; Sean Ferguson, lute 
Take a break from the busy holiday season to listen to some of your favorite carols from around the world and learn the story behind them! 

Elizabeth McConnaughey hails from Columbus, Ohio, and excels in the light lyric oratorio and operatic repertoire. Ms. McConnaughey has a passion for Baroque and Early Music literature, having performed the roles of Belinda in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Second Midwife in Play of Herod, the title role of Thisbe in Lampe's Pyramus and Thisbe, and covering the role of Damon Handel’s Acis and Galatea.  Since completing her Master’s degree at Indiana University, Ms. McConnaughey has performed throughout central Ohio with Opera Project Columbus, The Early Interval, ProArte, and First Congregational Church. 

Sean Ferguson holds bachelor's and master's degrees in music history from The Ohio State University, and a Master of Library Science degree from Kent State University. He has been a presenter at conferences of the Music OCLC Users Group, Music Library Association and International Association of Music Libraries. As editor-in-chief of the Repertoire International d'Iconographie Musicale (RIdIM), he oversees the project's database of music-related visual artworks. In Philadelphia, he studied classical guitar at the University of the Arts and was a winner of the WFLN Radio Instrumentalists Competition. He has performed on guitar and lute as a soloist, accompanist, chamber musician and opera orchestra member, including productions for Ohio State and Opera Columbus. He has worked at OCLC Online Computer Library Center and is currently president of the Columbus Guitar Society.