AMADI AZIKIWE
Viola
Music Director, Harlem Symphony Orchestra. Recitalist in major cities throughout the United States, Israel, Canada, South America, Central America, India, Japan, Hong Kong, and throughout the Caribbean. Teaching Artist, ClassNotes. Tapestry Music Project faculty, Washington Conservatory of Music.
AARON BEROFSKY
Violin
Soloist and chamber musician, touring extensively throughout the United States and abroad. Solo performances with orchestras in the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Canada. Professor of Violin, the University of Michigan. Former Visiting Professor, Hochschule fur Musik in Detmold, Germany.
JAMES BUSWELL
Violin
Soloist with virtually all of the major orchestras in North America, and throughout Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia. Active chamber musician, conductor, teacher, lecturer, and writer. Narrator and performer, The Stations of Bach, PBS documentary. Grammy nominated recordings (Naxos). Studies in Renaissance Art, Harvard University. Former faculty, New England Conservatory.
PHILIPPE CHAO
Viola
Acting Assistant Principal Violist, Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. Principal Violist, The Post-Classical Ensemble. Faculty posts: George Mason University, Washington Adventist University, The Catholic University of America, Grand Teton Music Festival. Concerto soloist, Broadway performances.
READ GAINSFORD
Piano
Performances in the U.S., Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa as solo recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician. Solo debuts at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall. Performances at the Kennedy Center, St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Queen Elizabeth Hall.
ADAM GOLKA
Piano
Soloist with orchestras in the United States, the UK, Canada, China, Poland, and Venezuela. Recitalist at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Concertgebouw’s Kleine Zaal, Musashino Civic Cultural Hall in Tokyo. Premiere performances of works written for him by Richard Danielpour, Michael Brown, and Jarosław Gołembiowski. Debut recording, First Hand Records.
GREGORY LUCE
Viola
Violist, Aeolus Quartet. Performances in Austria, England, China, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Taiwan, and across the United States at concert venues including the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Severance Hall. Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University.
JAN MUELLER-SZERAWS
Cello
Active soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Performer with the contemporary music ensemble, Boston Musica Viva, Trio Tremonti, and Mistral. Guest lecturer, Universidad Catolica de Chile. Faculty, Phillips Academy Andover. Artist-in-Residence, College of the Holy Cross. Advocate of new music commissions and recordings.
KATHRYN VOTAPEK
Violin
Violinist and violist, Votapek Trio, duo with Aaron Berofsky. Former member, Chester String Quartet. Faculty, University of Michigan. Associate concertmaster, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Active in commissioning projects and premieres. Recordings on Koch International Classics and New Albion labels.
TOBIAS WERNER
Cello, Artistic Director
Music Director, The Chamber Music Conference of the East. Soloist with orchestras in the US, France, Germany, and Romania. Recordings on the ECM, Darbringhaus & Grimm, Bayer Records, and Orfeo labels. Faculty, Washington Conservatory of Music.
GARRICK ZOETER
Clarinet
Soloist and chamber musician with performances at The Kennedy Center, Aspen Music Festival, Strathmore, Carnegie Recital Hall, the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art. Professor, Clarinet and Coordinator of Winds and Percussion, Shenandoah University. Active in recording and commissioning new music.