Simon Holt is the founder of Salt Marsh Opera in Stonington, CT and has been the company’s Music Director since its inception in 2000, becoming Artistic Director and General Manager in 2005. Simon is now Salt Marsh Opera’s full-time Executive Director.

In 1999 Simon and his family moved to Stonington, CT where he became Director of Music and Organist at Calvary Church. In 2000 he founded and served as Executive Director of Calvary Music School until 2011. He was also Director of Music in School at the renowned Saint Thomas Choir School in New York City. Simon served as Music Director of Cappella Cantorum from August 2016 – April 2024 before returning as Interim Music Director for the Fall 2026 semester.

In addition to his other roles, Simon is currently the Director of Music at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, CT and Director of The Anglican Singers, artists-in-residence at St. James Church, New London, CT.

Jeremy D. Milton holds the D.M.A. in Music Education from Boston University and the M.M. in Choral Conducting, as well as the B.M.Ed degrees from the University of Maine where he studied under Dr. Dennis Cox. Currently, Dr. Milton serves as the Director of Choral Music at Old Saybrook High School in Old Saybrook, CT where he oversees the district choral music program, conducts two non-auditioned high school choral ensembles, the auditioned Chamber Singers, Basso Chorus and Treble Choir, and teaches UConn Music Theory through the ECE program.

Under Dr. Milton’s direction, the choral music program at Old Saybrook High School involves approximately half of the school’s student body. Each spring, the choirs combine to present a choral-orchestral masterwork with chamber orchestra. Past works have included Orff’s Carmina Burana, Mozart’s Regina Coeli, and Handel’s Zadok the Priest. The Saybrook Chamber Singers tour throughout New England each spring and have been featured performers at the Connecticut ACDA Conference, and performed with professional choirs Chanticleer, Pentatonix, and Alchemy.

Dr. Milton is a frequent guest conductor and clinician with appearances throughout the northeastern United States. As conductor of the Cappella Cantorum International Tour Chorus he has conducted throughout Austria, Switzerland, Scotland, England, and Wales. He will also serve as Interim Music Director for the Cappella Cantorum Masterworks Chorus in the Spring 2027 semester. He has been a choral director at Laurel Music Camp in Winsted, CT and still enjoys spending one week each summer as Chorus Director for the Maine Summer Youth Music Junior Camp at the University of Maine. He currently serves on the executive board of Connecticut ACDA and is an active member of NAfME.