About Auriant

Denis sings and plays acoustic, nylon, and resonator guitar and acoustic and electric cello. Originally from Drummondville QC, Denis has played string and wind instruments in well-known bands from south Florida to Quebec. Some dozen years ago, he challenged himself to take up cello and has since performed as a cellist with the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra. His most treasured musical memory? Recording John Mayer's Daughters to surprise his daugher Chloe for father-daughter dance at her 2022 wedding.

Kaomi is a mezzo-soprano who plays keyboard and acoustic guitar. She most recently performed solo as a singer-songwriter using the name Kaomi Kingsley and had an original song place in the Smoky Mountains Festival Songwriting Competition. A Vermonter since college days with the Middlebury College Choir and the Middebury Madrigals, she has performed in local groups including Sugar Moon and Root 7, in Boston's 2000 Masters, and has appeared on and behind stage with Lyric Theatre. A musical high point? Corresponding with "Time to Say Goodbye" composer Francesco Sartori, who wrote to compliment her homespun arrangement of the song.