Nicole Dayton, Lauren Moore & Rachel Grider

Nicole Dayton is in her Senior year in the Vocal Performance program at Brigham Young University. She has performed and toured with BYU Singers, a select choir with impressive voices and a wide range of styles.

Lauren Moore grew up in Danville, California. Her first-ever vocal performance was at the age of three, singing “Friendly Beasts” in a family Christmas Eve program. She started guitar lessons the summer before 7th grade and surprised everyone – except herself – by singing and playing in the school talent show three months later. Since then, she’s enjoyed performing in restaurants and coffee shops, backyard concerts, and church meetings. She’s honored to perform on Temple Hill and celebrate the Savior with you.

Rachel Grider has a voice that astounds and inspires. “I believe that music is the truest form of expression. I love to bear my testimony through singing, and I strive to create programs that will help inspire, uplift, and bring joy to everyone.”

Lyric Coloratura Soprano Rachel Grider sings like an angel and ushers in Christmas. Enjoy a wonderful evening filled with impeccable melodic sound. 

Rachel is from Modesto, California. She earned her Bachelor's of Music degrees in vocal performance and composition at California State University Stanislaus. Grider studied voice with Dr. Joseph Wiggett and composition with Dr. Deborah Kavasch. She has performed and studied a number of roles including Pamina, from The Magic Flute. Rachel has been a member of various choral groups, including the Modesto Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Rachel graduated from Peabody Conservatory in 2013 with Master's of Music degrees in Voice Performance and Music Theory Pedagogy. She studied voice with Phyllis Bryn-Julson and John Shirley-Quirk and composition with Dr. Judah Adashi. In Baltimore she performed with the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. 

Her main interest is nineteenth-century Russian music, which she has studied in depth with Vera Danchenko-Stern and John Shirley-Quirk. In 2012, Rachel performed at the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C. Presently, she is working as a voice instructor and building her career as a performer of art song, oratorio, and sacred music.