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Artists from Past & Present Seasons Bruce Adolphe – ComposerResident Lecturer and Director of Family Programs of the Chamber Music Society, Bruce Adolphe is also an eminent composer, having written music for Itzhak Perlman, David Shifrin, the National Symphony, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Beaux Arts Trio, Sylvia McNair and the Brentano Quartet, and other musicians and organizations, including The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As composer, author, actor, pianist, and scriptwriter, he creates the CMS Meet the Music!, a concert series for family audiences, and has earned a national reputation in the field of music education. His many compositions for family audiences include Tyrannosaurus Sue: A Cretaceous Concerto, Tough Turkey in the Big City, and Red Dogs and Pink Skies. The founding director of PollyRhythm Productions, an innovative music education company, he has written three books: The Mind's Ear: Exercises for Improving the Musical Imagination; What to Listen for in the World; and Of Mozart, Parrots, and Cherry Blossoms in the Wind: A Composer Explores Mysteries of the Musical Mind. His weekly radio program, part of NPR’s Performance Today, is now in its third year and heard in over 200 cities. Recently commissioned by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and the Chicago Humanities Festival to create a chamber work based on Eric Rohmann's book, Time Flies, other newly completed works include a violin concerto, a chamber sextet inspired by six contemporary painters, and a setting of Iroquois poetry for soprano and piano trio. A recording of his music on the Naxos American Classics series was one of five CDs winning a Grammy award for its producer, David Frost. He has appeared on Live From Lincoln Center telecasts and on New York's Metro Arts for PBS. Mr. Adolphe lives in New York with his wife, pianist Marija Stroke, their daughter Katja, and PollyRhythm, his opera- and jazz-loving parrot. Pacal Archer - Clarinet  Canadian clarinetist Pascal Archer leads an active career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player and teacher. He is currently Principal Clarinet of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. and often invited to perform in the orchestra's chamber music series. Highlights of the 2011-2012 season include chamber music performances with members of the NEPA Philharmonic and acclaimed pianist Jon Nakamatsu. Preceding his residency in New York City, Mr. Archer was a full time member of the New World Symphony for four consecutive seasons where he performed under Michael Tilson Thomas. On several occasions Pascal was featured with the New World Symphony either as a soloist or for the NWS chamber music series in Miami, Boston and all over Europe. Over the past few years, Pascal has been invited to many prestigious music festivals such as the Marlboro Music Festival, the UBS Verbier Orchestra, Monadnock Music Festival, Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra, Spoleto USA Festival, Pacific Music Festival. In August 2011, he will join members of the San Francisco Symphony at the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. As an orchestral player Mr. Archer has had the opportunity to work with such conductors as Charles Dutoit, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Mstislav Rostropovitch, David Robertson and Marin Alsop. Originally from Quebec, Canada, Pascal Archer was the First Prize winner of the Canadian Music Competition in both 1996 and 1997, and has performed on Canadian television and radio on several occasions. Mr. Archer is on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division, the Hunter College (CUNY) and the New York Summer Music Festival. He is a graduate of the Montreal Conservatory, University of Montreal, Indiana University and Manhattan School of Music. His former teachers include Gilles Carpentier, Jean Laurendeau, André Moisan, Eli Eban and Mark Nuccio.  Allen Blustine – ClarinetAllen Blustine is one of America's most distinguished clarinetists, with an impressive career of performing and recording around the world. Resident in New York City, he has played with virtually every musical organization there and is a member of the New York Chamber Soloists, the Festival Winds and the award-winning 20th-century ensemble Speculum Musicae, of which he is currently President and Executive Director. Allen Blustine is on the faculty of Columbia University. "A smart and beautiful performance..." –The New York Times Back to top Roger Chase – Viola  Educated in London, Chase debuted with the English Chamber Orchestra in 1979, and has since performed throughout the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, the Middle East, India, most of Europe, and Scandinavia. Chase has been a member of the Nash Ensemble, the London Sinfonietta, the Esterhazy Baryton Trio, Hausmusik of London and the London Chamber Orchestra, among others. As guest principal viola, he has performed with many orchestras in North America and Europe, including the Berlin Philharmonic. He has recorded for EMI, CRD, Hyperion, Cala, Virgin and Floating Earth Records. A professor at Oberlin College in Ohio, Chase has also performed with a folk group on amplified viola; as soloist on an “authentic” instrument, and is an exponent of the avant-garde."Chase and 'the Monty' (his viola) have been together for a number of years. . . anyone who has heard them, in concert or recital, will appreciate that they make up one of the most powerful fusions of man and instrument on the musical scene." –John White Elaine Christy – Harp Gina Cuffari – Bassoon Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet Tannis Gibson – Piano  Tannis Gibson has performed in concert halls throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe including Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie), the Kennedy Center, Merkin Concert Hall, the Corcoran Gallery, National Gallery of Art and the Gardner Museum. She has appeared at numerous festivals including the Bath Festival in England, Bang-on-a-Can in New York and the ppIANISSIMO Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. During this last season, she was a faculty/artist for the Jornadas Musicales de Invierno in Chile and also toured major centers in China as soloist with orchestra. Gibson has been heard frequently on NPR's “Performance Today,”and has been featured on NBC's “Today Show.” As pianist with the Monticello Trio, in residence at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville until 1994, Gibson was active in commissioning numerous composers to write piano trios for the group. The Monticello Trio's recording of the Trio by Nicholas Maw on the ASV label earned rave reviews, and was nominated for a Gramophone Award in 1995. Gibson’s discography also includes the CRI, JRI and Summit labels. Currently Professor of Piano at the University of Arizona, Ms. Gibson is also Artistic Director for the Winter Music Festival in Freeport, Grand Bahamas."Mature and eloquent... this was a superb performance." –The Washington Post  Daniel Grabois – French HornDaniel Grabois, Chair of the Department of Contemporary Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, is the hornist in the Meridian Arts Ensemble, a sextet of brass and percussion. With Meridian he performed over 50 world premieres, released ten CD’s, received two ASCAP/CMA Adventuresome Programming Awards, and toured worldwide, in addition to recording or performing with rock legends Duran Duran and Natalie Merchant and performing the music of Frank Zappa for the composer himself. Mr. Grabois is a frequent guest with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and performs regularly in New York and on tour with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and many other ensembles. He also performs on over 30 CD recordings, and has recorded a concerto written for him by composer David Rakowski. As a teacher, Mr. Grabois maintains a horn studio at The Hartt School, coaches chamber music at the Manhattan School of Music, and teaches courses on the business of music at both institutions. "… a wonderful rendering … punctuated at the end by bravos from the audience." –The Phoenix (Brooklyn) Kenneth Hamrick – Harpsichord/Fortepiano  Conductor, keyboard soloist and musicologist Hamrick has been featured and a top prizewinner at many major festivals and competitions. With The American Virtuosi and as Director of the Baroque Opera Institute, his innovative performances and recordings have been critically acclaimed, including new stagings of 17th and 18th century operas. He has performed with soloists and ensembles from the NY Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera, and has also collaborated with tap legend Savion Glover and the Limón Dance Company on projects involving both baroque harpsichord concertos and jazz improvisation. In that role, he is music director and harpsichord soloist in concertos by Vivaldi, Piazzolla and Bach mixed with jazz improvisation. He participates in an international scholar exchange program in Budapest and Moscow, and has received two Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities."A thrilling performance... sensational playing with a refined elegance" –The New York Times
 Leonard Hindell – Bassoon Leonard Hindell began his bassoon studies while at the High School of Music and Art. After graduating M&A he attended the Manhattan School of Music where he won the Harold Bauer Award. Upon graduation he joined the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and in 1972 became a member of the New York Philharmonic. He retired from the Philharmonic in 2005. Mr. Hindell has given recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall and Merkin Concert Hall where he premiered numerous pieces written for him. He served on the committee that helped establish the Philharmonic Ensembles, a series of chamber music programs featuring members of the New York Philharmonic in its series at Merkin concert hall. Mr. Hindell is on the faculties of The Mannes School of Music and The Steinhardt School of Music at NYU. “a tone of sturdy and robust attractiveness” – D. DeBolt Back to top  Lee Hoiby – Composer/PianoLee Hoiby is one of the leading contributors to the American lyric stage, and his immense contribution to the song repertoire is recognized by American singers everywhere. He was introduced to opera by his teacher Gian Carlo Menotti, who involved him closely in the famed Broadway productions of The Consul and The Saint of Bleecker Street in the early 1950s. Hoiby's one-act opera, The Scarf, was recognized by Time Magazine and the Italian press as the hit of the first Spoleto (Italy) Festival, and Natalia Petrovna, was praised by the distinguished Washington critic Paul Hume. His setting of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke was declared "the finest American opera to date" by Harriet Johnson of the New York Post. Hoiby's style is an elegant and unobvious bridging of the lyrical worlds of Gershwin and Verdi, which can be profoundly moving or smoothly good-humored, but generally skirts modernistic obsessions. The great American soprano Leontyne Price introduced many of his best known songs and arias to the public. Hoiby has also made significant contributions to the piano repertory, including two piano concertos and a volume of solo piano works published by G. Schirmer, and his choral music is widely performed in churches throughout the USA and in Great Britain. “Hoiby is that rarity among American composers…unashamed to weave melody into his musical fabric…” – Douglas Watt, New York News  Akiko Hosoi - ViolinistAkiko Hosoi who grew up in London, Singapore and Tokyo, has expanded her international musical horizon with concert tours throughout the UK, Finland, Malta, Russia and Japan. Third-prize winner in the 2006 Uralsk International Violin Competition in Kazakhstan, she has participated in many of chamber music and orchestra’s most elite festivals such as the Mozarteum, Encore School for Strings, Taos School of Music, Perlman Music Program Chamber Workshop and Tanglewood Music Center. After earning her Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Ms. Hosoi recently completed a Master of Music degree program at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Ronald Copes. Her previous teachers include David Cerone, Maurice Hasson, Lydia Mordkovitch, Kazuki Sawa, and David Updegraff. Currently residing in New York City, Akiko Hosoi is part of a number of smaller ensembles such as the Stratus Chamber Players and the New York Chamber Virtuosi, performing in venues around Connecticut and New York, as well as being an active orchestra player a member of New Haven Symphony Orchestra.  Nina Lee - CelloAn active chamber musician, Nina Lee has collaborated with many artists such as Felix Galimir, Jaime Laredo, David Soyer, Nobuko Imai, Isidore Cohen and Mitsuko Uchida, and has performed at the Marlboro and Tanglewood Music Festivals. She has toured with Musicians from Marlboro and has participated in the El Paso International Chamber Music Festival. She is the recipient of a Music Certificate from the Curtis Institute of Music, and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music from the Juilliard School, where her teacher was Joel Krosnick. Ms. Lee teaches at Princeton University and Columbia University. Sunghae Anna Lim – Violin/Viola  Violinist Sunghae Anna Lim has performed extensively throughout the United States, Central America, Europe and Japan. She is a founding member of the Laurel Trio, which won the Nathan Wedeen Award at the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York. The Trio has performed to critical acclaim across the country, and has served as ensemble-in residence at numerous music festivals and organizations, including WQXR and the Tanglewood Music Festival.
As violinist of the New Millennium Ensemble, Ms. Lim won the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and gave a debut recital at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. She is actively involved in contemporary music, premiering and recording numerous works by living composers. Recent highlights include the premiere of the Second Violin sonata by the late Donald Martino, and a recording of Alexander Steinert’s violin sonata of 1921. Ms. Lim has participated in music festivals such as Marlboro, Ravinia, Prussia Cove, Tanglewood, the Portland Chamber Music Festival, the Wellesley Composers’ Conference, Monadnock Music Festival and Bennington Chamber Music Conference. She currently teaches violin at Princeton University, and earned a B.A. from Harvard University in German History and Literature, and completed her Diploma at the Mozarteum in Salzburg under violinist Sandor Vegh. "A tone of silvery purity..." –The Boston Herald Nurit Pacht - Violin  Nurit Pacht grew up in Texas, made her first solo public appearance on national television at the age of 12 and made her U.S. solo debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra in 1990 at age 17. She proceeded to win top prizes in international competitions in Europe and the United States, including the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition in Switzerland and consequently performed in the world's most prestigious venues from The People's Hall of China and Carnegie Hall to Moscow's Great Hall and Washington's Kennedy Center. She toured Europe as the featured musician in Robert Wilson's multi-media piece Relative Light playing solo violin works by John Cage and J.S. Bach and has collaborated with dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones in one of Europe's greatest Cathedrals, the Duomo in Milan as well as on tour in many U.S. capitals with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company culminating in performances at the Lincoln Center Summer Festival.In the spring of 1996, immediately following the cease-fire, she concertized in six of the worst war-devastated cities of Bosnia to enthusiastic audiences of the three ethnic minorities, with the sponsorship of the United Nations and the European Mozart Foundation. At the invitation of the European Commission she also performed on the occasion of the inauguration of the European Monetary Union in Bruxelles. In the last several years, she was heard at the festivals of Santa Fe, Mecklenberg Vorpommern, Divonne, Stresa, Kfar Blum, George Crumb, Tartini, Monadnock and, at the invitation of Christoph Eschenbach, performed in Ravinia's Rising Stars Series. One of her live performances from Wigmore Hall was released by Nimbus records.  Mark Rush – ViolinMark Rush has participated in the Weekend of Chamber Music since the festival’s first season. In a musical career now spanning three decades, Rush has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Europe and China. He is also a noted violin teacher, currently as an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona and an author. His recent book, Playing the Violin: An Illustrated Guide, on which he collaborated with photographer Dana Duke, received very favorable reviews and has enjoyed brisk sales. Rush has recorded for both CRI and ASV and a recent recording project of music for violin and percussion instruments will soon be released by Albany records. In addition to musical endeavors, Rush is an avid hiker and backpacker as well as a staunch proponent of relocalization movements and peak oil awareness. "Performed with ardor and passion." –San Francisco Chronicle
Adam Schommer – French Horn Caroline Stinson - Cello Marija Stroke – Piano  Pianist Marija Stroke has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Russia and Hong Kong. She performs at such chamber music festivals as Caramoor, the City of London Festival, Soirées des Junies in France, Chamber Music Virginia, the Moab Festival in Utah, Juneau Jazz and Classics, La Jolla Summerfest and Chamber Music Northwest. Her solo performances have included recitals throughout the former Soviet Union, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the United States and Canada, and concerto appearances in the United States, France, Germany and Austria. Ms. Stroke is a founding member of the Apollo Trio, formed in 1997, which has appeared in Europe and the United States, including New York performances at Bargemusic, Caramoor, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Mostly Mozart Festival. Founding member of Elastic Band, and a co-artistic director of the Garden City Chamber Music Society, Ms. Stroke has also performed with the Brentano, Miami, Daedalus, Ciompi, Borromeo and Cassatt string quartets. She has appeared in New York recitals at Weill Hall at Carnegie, Merkin Concert Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and the 92nd Street Y’s Kaufman Concert Hall. Marija Stroke performs with the PollyRhythm Players, with whom she recorded Oceanophony in 2004. Other recordings include chamber music of Bruce Adolphe with the Brentano String Quartet on a CRI disc, Turning, Returning, released in 1997, and the three sonatas for violin and piano of Edvard Grieg, with violinist Curtis Macomber, released in 2002 on the Arabesque label. "Delightfully extroverted, Stroke’s playing was splendid" –The New York Times Back to top Matt Sullivan – Oboe  Oboist Matt Sullivanhas performed extensively on four continents and is recognized internationally as a virtuoso performer and master teacher, as well as an important advocate for the modern oboe. As composer, his innovative works created for oboe, English horn and digital horn, along with his performances and compact discs have been featured on WNYC, WQXR and WBAI, and on National Public Radio and Voice of America. Mr. Sullivan began his career at the age of 17 with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and served as principal oboist with the Miami Philharmonic at the at of 21. Soon after coming to NYC, he joined Musicians Accord, the Richardson Chamber Players (Princeton University), Queens Symphony Orchestra, First Avenue, Quintet of the Americas, and joined The Weekend of Chamber Music in 1998. His solo performances include concerts ranging from Cindy Lauper at Carnegie Hall to films including “Miller’s Crossing.” Mr. Sullivan is Director of Double Reed Studies at New York University’s Steinhardt School, and he teaches at Princeton University where he has served as a Visiting Associate Professor. He is a Performing Artist for Boosey & Hawkes Musical Instruments and plays exclusively on Buffet Oboes."...gorgeously lyrical playing..." –The New York Times Andrew Trombley - Double Bassist  Andrew Trombley, a native of Monticello, New York, began his musical studies on piano at age 7 and double bass instruction at age 10. A Juilliard graduate, he is currently pursuing a Masters in Orchestral Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, studying under Timothy Cobb. Counting Kurt Muroki as a mentor from an early age he has also worked with Homer Mensch, and Judith Sugarman. Mr. Trombley has served under many renowned conductors including Christoph Eschenbach and Christoph von Dohnányi, as principal bass under Herbert Blomstedt, Mikhail Pletnev, and James DePriest, and in workshops with Franz Welser-Möst and Kurt Masur. He has also played with several New York symphony and chamber orchestras, as well as Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra. An advocate of new music he premiered David Chesky’s “The Pig, The Farmer, and the Artist” and Tan Dun’s violin concerto “The Love.” Active as a chamber musician Andrew Trombley has performed with members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for the Alice Tully Hall Opening Night Festival and internationally at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. He is a member of American Virtuosi performing on period instruments, and has worked under the direction of William Christie and Les Arts Florissants. Back to top  David Trombley, Baritoneholds music degrees from SUNY Fredonia and Ohio State University, and his career includes opera and concert performances across the United States. He created leading roles in the world premieres of Philip Glass’ “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Hugo Weisgall’s “He and She.” Among the companies he has performed with are American Repertory Theatre, Columbus Opera, the Opera Ensemble of New York and the Delaware Valley Opera, and he appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House with the Netherlands Dance Theatre. Mr. Trombley is director of the Sullivan County Community Chorus and an elected member of The National Association for Teachers of Singing. “…masterful … with a bold and vibrant baritone voice that commands attention.” – Times Herald Record Baritone Anthony Turner  is enjoying success in a variety of musical venues: from opera to Broadway, from orchestral concerts to solo recitals. Recent performances include the premier of “Shikoku Postcards” by Houston composer Mary Carol Warwick with the Greenbriar Consortium. Written for Mr. Turner, the texts are taken from the poetry of Randall Watson and based on Buddhist teaching and philosophy. His opera/musical theatre roles include: Harry Easter in Street Scene; Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana; Dappertutto in Les Contes d’Hoffmann; Schaunard in La Bohème; and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus. He is an exponent of the classical repertoire of music by black and minority composers, which is consistently included in his concert repertoire. Mr. Turner has toured the United States and Europe with performance artist Laurie Anderson in “Songs and Stories from Moby Dick,” and has been a featured guest on the PBS special GREAT PERFORMANCES SERIES “Aida’s Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera.” He was also a featured soloist with Jessye Norman in a benefit concert for the Healing of AIDS, presented under the auspices of The Balm in Gilead, Inc.
Robert Wagner – Bassoon  NJSO Principal Bassoonist ROBERT WAGNER has been a member of the Orchestra since 1979. He graduated with his Master of Music degree form the Juilliard School in 1979. Wagner has performed as soloist with the NJSO in the Mozart, Weber, and Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos as well as the Duo Concertino of Richard Strauss. He premiered and recorded the Concerto for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra by Richard Wilson. His busy schedule includes extensive tours and recordings with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, performances as a member of the Boehm Quintette and the American Wind Quintet. Wagner is on the faculty at Princeton University and he serves on the boards of the American Symphony Orchestra League and ArtPride New Jersey. He is a resident of Maplewood, NJ where he teaches privately.
 Roger Wagner – Double BassBorn in Honolulu Hawaii, Roger Wagner is active as both soloist and chamber musician. He studied at the Juilliard School with Homer Mensch and David Walter, and won the job as solo bassist with the Munich Chamber orchestra in 1985, a position he held for four years. Wagner toured extensively with the Soviet Émigré Orchestra and became principal bassist of the Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola and Philharmonia Virtuosi. He appears with chamber and symphony orchestras all over the tri-state region including The Brooklyn Philharmonic, Stanford Symphony, The North Eastern Philharmonic, and The Westchester Philharmonic to name a few. He has performed on recordings on both sides of the Atlantic, and has played on sound tracks for several major Hollywood motion pictures. This summer will be Wagner’s seventh season as guest artist at the Indian River Music Festival on Prince Edward Island, Canada. He plays an instrument made by Henry Lockey Hill of London in 1787.
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A freelance hornist in the New York Metropolitan area, Adam Schommer has appeared with the Albany Symphony, the New Haven Symphony, the Bronx Opera, The U.S. Army Band at West Point, Opera Company of the Highlands and Hudson Opera Theater among other regional groups. He performs regularly with The Hudson Valley Chamber Players, the Artemis Ensemble, and as a member of Trenton Brass Quintet Plus 1. Last year he had an opportunity to work as a studio musician with Sting, and his jazz horn was heard at the Cornelia Street Café in lower Manhattan, where he performed with David Amram. Mr. Schommer has also appeared with the Ohio Valley Symphony and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, and served as principal horn of the Opera Circle of Cleveland. He has performed in ensembles at Severance Hall and Carnegie Hall, as well as at the Saratoga and Tanglewood summer festivals. Mr. Schommer received a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music where he studied with Rick Solis of the Cleveland Orchestra, and he earned a Masters in French horn performance from the University of Cincinnati, where he studied with Randy Gardner, formerly of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He also won the 2002 Lucca Opera Theater Concerto Competition in Italy. This is his third summer with The Weekend of Chamber Music, and he is pursuing a Master of Arts in teaching for music certification at Lehman College in the Bronx.
Violinist and conductor Yuval Waldman