Cicely Winter grew up in the state of Michigan, but has spent most of her life in Oaxaca. She studied piano and harpsichord at Smith College and the University of Michigan, where she obtained a B.A. in Music and an M.A. in European History. She later studied piano performance at the post-graduate level in the School of Music at Indiana University. She performs regularly as a pianist, harpsichordist and organist, both as soloist and as a member of chamber ensembles, and many of her concerts benefit community service projects. In the year 2000 she co-founded el Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca A.C. and has since then served as its director.
Ricardo Rodys was born in Warsaw, Poland and studied organ in the Warsaw Organ Institute. He served as the organist in the Mother of God Helper of the Faithful Church in Warsaw from 1987 – 1999 and founded the chorus “Signum” in his parish. A permanent resident of Oaxaca since 2003, he has collaborated with the IOHIO as an organist, teacher and archive researcher since 2005. He has also taught in the Seminario de la Santa Cruz and directed a boys´ choir in the Ciudad de los Niños de Oaxaca orphanage. As of 2006, he has participated in MUSICAT, an archival research project focused on references to music and musicians in the cathedrals of Mexico.
Cicely Winter grew up in the state of Michigan, but has spent most of her life in Oaxaca. She studied piano and harpsichord at Smith College and the University of Michigan, where she obtained a B.A. in Music and an M.A. in European History. She later studied piano performance at the post-graduate level in the School of Music at Indiana University. She performs regularly as a pianist, harpsichordist and organist, both as soloist and as a member of chamber ensembles, and many of her concerts benefit community service projects. In the year 2000 she co-founded el Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca A.C. and has since then served as its director. 
Ricardo Rodys was born in Warsaw, Poland and studied organ in the Warsaw Organ Institute. He served as the organist in the Mother of God Helper of the Faithful Church in Warsaw from 1987 – 1999 and founded the chorus “Signum” in his parish. A permanent resident of Oaxaca since 2003, he has collaborated with the IOHIO as an organist, teacher and archive researcher since 2005. He has also taught in the Seminario de la Santa Cruz and directed a boys´ choir in the Ciudad de los Niños de Oaxaca orphanage. As of 2006, he has participated in MUSICAT, an archival research project focused on references to music and musicians in the cathedrals of Mexico.