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 Laura
Klugherz,
violin/viola, festival director: “Dramatic . . .
Emotional . . . evocative, with arich, beautifully
modulated tone . . . consistently striking.” The New
York Times . . . specialty in the artists and music of
Spain; premieres of many contemporary Spanish works
throughout Europe, South America, United States; author
of A Bibliographical Guide to Spanish Music for the
Violin and Viola, 1900–1997 (Greenwood Press);
“Cultural Specialist” in South America and
Mexico with numerous performances, workshops, residencies
(many under USIA) . . . Aspen, Banff, Olympic, Chenango
music festivals . . . performances on Bavarian State
Radio, South African Broadcasting Association, Canadian
Broadcasting Company . . . former concertmaster, featured
soloist, Munich Chamber orchestra . . . Fulbright
scholar, Germany (Performer’s Certificate, Bavarian
State Conservatory) . . . recordings, with Jill Timmons,
for Capstone and Centaur . . . D.M.A., University of
Texas . . . professor of violin/viola and 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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 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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 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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 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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 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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 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 chellist, 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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 Ethan Hecht, viola, Colgate alumni guest
artist: Member, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Greeley Philharmonic
Orchestra . . . Chamber music performances, including a tour of Mexico . . .
soloist performances across the U.S., including with the Colgate
University Orchestra . . . A.B., Colgate University (Felix Eyle Memorial
Music Prize, Class of 1909 Music Award) . . . private teacher. |
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