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Laura
Klugherz,
violin/viola, festival director: "Immense substance and vitality,
authentic passion, generosity of spirit and interpretive authority" --New
York Post. Former concertmaster/soloist Munich Chamber Orchestra,
South Bend Symphony...Recitalist in Europe, U.S., Latin America
Fulbright Scholar...recordings for Capstone, Centaur, specialist in
contemporary Spanish music, USIA cultural specialist in Latin
America...Aspen, Banff, Olympic music festivals, frequent performer on
NPR, CBC ... founder/director Retiro Contulmo (Chile), Chenango Summer
MusicFest...Professor of chamber music Colgate University. |
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Bruce Berg, violin:
Numerous solo appearances... as first violinist, Madison and Ciompi
String Quartets, The New York Chamber Soloists, The Berkshire Chamber
Players, and as concertmaster, Musica Aeterna, Manticore, and Waco
Symphony Orchestras...concertmaster and concerto soloist, Concert Royal,
Bach Ensemble, Brandenburg Collegium, Ensemble for Early Music,
Banchetto Musicale...recordings for Sheffield, Cambridge, Albany,
Centaur, Musical Heritage...associate professor of violin, Baylor
University. |
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Robert Dan, viola:
Work with the leading chamber ensembles International Society for
Contemporary Music, New York Chamber Soloists, Kennedy Theatre Chamber
Players, New England String Quartet...First visiting
artist-in-residence, Harvard University...former faculty member,
Manhattan School of Music, Utah State University, University of
Connecticut...recordings for Centaur, CMI, and Musical Heritage Society.
Professor of viola, Michigan State University. |
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Carmelo Galante, clarinet:
Principal clarinet, Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Symphony
Orchestra...former principal clarinet, South Bend Symphony... Sebago
Lake Chamber Music Festival, Artpark Opera Orchestra, Peninsula Music
Festival...taught at Saint Mary's College, Andrews
University...recording of Five Fancies for composer George
Walker...clarinet faculty member, University of Nebraska at Omaha;
private teacher. |
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Carol Harte, bass:
Member, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Netherlands...solo
performances include recitals in Dublin, New York, Amsterdam, and
Chicago, a NJ State Arts Council series and a joint concert at Marylawn,
NJ with Jerome Hines...former member, NJ State Opera, Amsterdam
Philharmonic; principal, South Bend Symphony and Illinois Chamber
Orchestra...major teacher, Maastricht Conservatory. |
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Gregory Helseth, horn:
Principal horn, soloist, Omaha Symphony Orchestra...soloist with Omaha
Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Heartland Philharmonic, Lincoln Symphony
Orchestra (also principal horn)...Peninsula Music Festival, Door County,
Wisc...chamber and orchestral performances in Berlin, Germany, Mexico,
and with Phoenix Symphony...former instructor, University of Nebraska at
Omaha, Lutheran Summer Music Program, Rocky Ridge Music Center...former
member, South Dakota Symphony, Sioux City Symphony, Tucson Symphony. |
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Steven Heyman, piano:
Solo, chamber, and concerto appearances throughout the U.S., Canada, and
Europe: concerts in Oslo, Prague, Salzburg, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie
Hall...top prizes in national and international competitions...active in
new music: numerous premieres, recordings on Opus One and Leonarda...Teacher
of piano, Syracuse University School of Music, Colgate University,
Hamilton College. |
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Roger Nye,
bassoon: Bassoonist with Omaha Symphony...Former principal bassoonist,
Buffalo Philharmonic, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Opera House,
Australia...currently also pursuing a career as a film
screenwriter...former faculty member, Nebraska Wesleyan University. |
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Dennis Parker,
cello: Soloist, recitalist, collaborator, and guest professor at
universities and festivals... performances and master classes in Brazil,
Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Spain, and Turkey...former member, Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, principal cellist, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra
and Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra in Brazil...researched, performed,
and recorded works of composers who perished in the
Holocaust...professor of cello and string chamber music, Louisiana State
University School of Music. |
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JahPan:
New York City's hottest authentic steel band ensemble...most of the
group's musicians hail from Trinidad and Tobago, where steel drums were
created... performs calypso, reggae, soca, Latin, standards, pop, jazz,
and R&B tunes with a snappy and sophisticated style...credits of
JahPan's musical director, studio musician, arranger, and producer Eddie
Quarless include the original Hot, Hot, Hot album by Arrow. |
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