Seth Baer
Bassoonist, orchestral and chamber musician, and teacher, Seth Baer is a graduate of The Juilliard School. He graduated with honors from Princeton University while studying bassoon with Frank Morelli. At age 19, Seth won a substitute position with The Philadelphia Orchestra, which he maintains today. He has performed with top ensembles in the New York and Philadelphia regions, including the Pennsylvania Ballet, Opera Orchestra of New York, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic. As a chamber musician, Seth has performed at Bargemusic and is a member of the Fountain Chamber Music Society, with which he maintains a residency at The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. He is a member of Solisti New York, the resident orchestra at the OK Mozart festival in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Seth has taught classes at Juilliard and the Mannes School of Music; he is on the faculty of Montclair State University and the summer Performing Arts Institute of Wyoming Seminary. As part of his fellowship program, Seth taught in Brooklyn, at PS 116.

Andrew Beer
A native of Canada, violinist Andrew Beer has performed extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, and his performances have been broadcast on NHK Japan, Vietnamese television, CBC Radio-Canada, Minnesota Public Radio, and WQXR in New York. As a soloist, he has performed with leading orchestras in Vancouver, Montreal, New York, Boston, and Catania (Sicily), and he has appeared in chamber concerts with members of the Emerson String Quartet as well as Midori. Humanitarian and outreach concerts have also played an important role in Andrew's musical output, and through such endeavors he has been awarded a Congressional commendation and has performed for dignitaries including Queens Rania and Noor of Jordan, Princess Haifa al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and First Lady Laura Bush. He holds degrees from the Vancouver Academy of Music, Stony Brook University, and the New England Conservatory of Music, where he spent three years working with Donald Weilerstein. As part of his fellowship program, Andrew taught in Brooklyn, at PS 282.

Meena Bhasin
Violist Meena Bhasin has performed throughout the US, Japan, China, and Israel in such venues as Lincoln Center, the United Nations, the Hammerstein Ballroom, and Mann Auditorium in Tel-Aviv. She received instruction and guidance from Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program, which led to engagements including an appearance with Mr. Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, and the Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. In 2007 Meena completed a dual degree program at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory, where she was the recipient of the 2006 Presser Award. Her teachers have included Patinka Kopec and Martha Strongin Katz. Meena hopes to forge a career that uses music to facilitate crosscultural dialogue. As part of her fellowship program, Meena taught in Queens, at MS 72.

Nathan Botts
An active freelance trumpeter in New York, Nathan Botts regularly performs with a variety of classical, contemporary, and experimental music ensembles, including Orpheus, Cygnus Ensemble, Second Instrumental Unit, and Wet Ink Ensemble. Nathan has been a featured soloist in Beijing with the China National Symphony, in Zurich with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, and in the US with the Utah Premiere Brass, with whom he premiered a concerto for multi-disciplinary trumpet by composer Mardin Pond. In 2003, Nathan was the first person ever to win both the jazz and classical solo competitions of the International Trumpet Guild in the same year. As a recording artist, Nathan can be heard on jazz, orchestral, soul, house, and bluegrass albums. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and The Juilliard School. As part of his fellowship program, Nathan taught in Queens at Long Island City High School.

Claire Bryant
Cellist Claire Bryant has appeared as a soloist with the Kuopion Symphony Orchestra of Finland, the National Symphony of Honduras in Tegucigalpa, the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, and the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra. An active chamber musician, she has collaborated with Donald Weilerstein, the Peabody Trio, Roger Tapping, Maria Lambros, and members of the St. Lawrence, Orion, Mendelssohn, and Pacifica string quartets. She is a founding member of the TETRAS Quartet, a string quartet dedicated to the study, performance, and promotion of repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries. She is the founder, producer, and artistic director of the acclaimed chamber music series With Strings Attached, which has raised over $10,000 for arts education in her native state of South Carolina. Claire received her Bachelor of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and her Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School. As part of her fellowship program, Claire taught in the Bronx at the Grove Hill School, PS 157X.

David Byrd-Marrow
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, horn player David Byrd-Marrow currently lives in New York, where he performs in a wide range of musical genres. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Ashby of the New York Philharmonic and William Purvis of the New York Woodwind Quintet. He continued his studies with Mr. Purvis at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he received his Master of Music degree. David has appeared with the Tokyo and Atlanta symphony orchestras and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and has collaborated frequently with the Argento Ensemble and the International Contemporary Ensemble. He has performed as concerto soloist at the Brevard Music Festival and has also performed at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California, and the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy. David holds the Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Fellowship this season; as part of his fellowship program, he taught in Brooklyn at the Vincent D. Grippo School, PS 69 K.

Brenton Caldwell
Since beginning viola studies at the age of 12, Brenton Caldwell has performed on three continents. He has appeared as a soloist with the Curtis and Banff chamber ensembles and the East Texas Symphony Orchestra. A dedicated chamber musician, Brenton has performed alongside artists such as Roberto Díaz, Gary Graffman, Ida Kavafian, Menahem Pressler, and Steven Tenenbom. Festival appearances include Banff, Verbier, Angel Fire, Ravinia, Music@Menlo, Tanglewood, and the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival. With an ardent devotion to education, Mr. Caldwell has participated in numerous outreach projects and served as teaching assistant to his longtime mentor Karen Tuttle. Other major influences include Susan Dubois, Jeffrey Irvine, Lynne Ramsey, Roberto Díaz, Misha Amory, and Pamela Frank. A native of Tyler, Texas, Brenton is a graduate of the Cleveland and Curtis institutes of music. As part of his fellowship program, Brenton taught in Queens, at PS 62.

Angelia Cho
Violinist Angelia Cho was born in 1981 in Columbia, South Carolina, and began to study violin at age three. She made her debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra at age 11 at the Mann Music Center, and performed with the orchestra again at the Academy of Music three years later. Angelia graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music in 2002 and completed her graduate studies with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory. She has appeared as soloist with ensembles including the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony, Israel Kibbutz Orchestra, and Allegro Society under such conductors as Mark Laycock, Daniel Meyer, Luis Biava, Shlomo Mintz, and David Lobel. Angelia has attended master classes in Israel and at the International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove, England; has performed at the Sarasota, Verbier, and Yellow Barn festivals; and is a first-prize winner at the National Society of Arts and letters Violin Competition. As part of her fellowship program, Angelia taught in the Bronx, at PS 154.

Owen Dalby
Violinist Owen Dalby has performed throughout North America and Europe as a solo artist and as an orchestral and chamber musician. With pianist Alexander Rabin, Owen was a top prizewinner at the 2007 Lyon International Chamber Music Competition for violin and piano duo. Owen received bachelor's and master's degrees from Yale, where he served as concertmaster of both the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale and the Yale Symphony Orchestra. He has also served as first violinist in the Norfolk Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, and has appeared with the Oakland East Bay Symphony (California) and in Europe with the Festival Orchestra of Sofia. Festival appearances include Aspen, Adriatic, Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena, Italy), Music at Menlo, Norfolk, Salzburg, and the Gros Morne Chamber Music Festival in Newfoundland. Owen is the co-founder and artistic director of The Hindemith Ensemble, a chamber group dedicated to promoting new music, music by Yale composers, and neglected chamber works from earlier times. As part of his fellowship program, Owen taught in Manhattan, at the Choir Academy of Harlem.

Romie De Guise-Langlois
Born in Montreal, clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois received her Bachelor of Music degree from McGill University in Montreal and her Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music, where she studied under David Shifrin. She recently completed Yale's Artist Diploma Program, where she won first prize in the Woolsey Hall Competition and received the Nyfenger Memorial Prize for excellence in woodwind playing. In 2003, Romie was the first-prize winner of the McGill University Classical Concerto Competition and received the Canadian Broadcasting Company award. In 2006, she recorded a recital program for Radio-Canada's Jeunes Artistes d'Espace Musique, and gave recitals and master classes in China. Romie has participated in many summer festivals, studying with André Moisan, Karl Leister, James Campbell, Robert Riseling, Fan Lei, Charles Neidich, and Franklin Cohen. She has appeared at the Banff Festival of Music, the Orford Arts Centre, and Marlboro Music Festival. As part of her fellowship program, Romie taught in Brooklyn, at Lefferts Park School PS 112.

James Michael Deitz
A native of Forked River, New Jersey, James Michael Deitz made his concerto debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2003 and his Zankel Hall debut in 2006 with the Yale Philharmonia. He will make his debut in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage in May 2008 with the New York Youth Symphony. Recent collaborations have included performances of Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion with pianist Lisa Moore at the 2006 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and pianists Jonathan Biss and Benjamin Hochman at the 92nd Street Y. He has performed at festivals including Yellow Barn, Bowdoin, and the Centre Acanthes, and has worked with such composers as Steve Reich, Georges Aperghis, and Stuart Saunders Smith. James received an Artist Diploma and Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music and his Bachelor of Music degree from The Curtis Institute of Music; he also attended The Juilliard School's Pre-college Division. He is an artist of Vic Firth, Inc. As part of his fellowship program, James taught in Manhattan, at PS 20M.

Stephen Dunn
A native of Long Island, trombonist Stephen Dunn studied at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, the Yale School of Music, and the Pierre Monteux School. In 2006, Stephen participated in a chamber music workshop with renowned conductor David Robertson, culminating in a performance of works of Varèse and Messiaen at Carnegie Hall. This past summer, the Aspen Music Festival and School awarded him a full fellowship, which included the opportunity to perform as principal trombone of the Aspen Chamber Symphony. Formerly principal trombone of the Monterrey Symphony Orchestra in Mexico, he has most recently performed with the Cincinnati, Hartford, and New World symphonies. As part of his fellowship program, Stephen taught in Rockaway Park at the Region Five Scholars Academy, 323 Q.

Anna Elashvili
Violinist Anna Elashvili has performed in the US, Europe, and Israel in such venues as Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall, Stadttheater Lindau, and Mann Auditorium. She recently performed as soloist with Maxim Vengerov, and has also collaborated with such artists as Peter Serkin, Lynn Harrell, Donald Weilerstein, and the Peabody Trio. As a founder of the Fountain Chamber Music Society and former member of the Fountain Ensemble, she is a prizewinner of several international chamber music competitions. Ms. Elashvili has served as concertmaster of the Tanglewood and Verbier Festival Orchestras under James Levine, Claudio Abbado, and André Previn. Currently, she is a member of the String Orchestra of New York City and the Fantasy Duo. Ms. Elashvili is on the faculty at the Third Street Music School Settlement. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School. As part of her fellowship program, Anna taught in Corona, Queens, at The Fairview School, PS 14.

Joanna Frankel
A 2007 recipient of a Career Grant from the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation, and of The Juilliard School's prestigious William Schuman Prize for artistic excellence, violinist Joanna Frankel performs as guest soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout the US and abroad. Highlights of Joanna's upcoming seasons include solo recitals in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC; chamber music appearances at La Jolla's SummerFest; and her European recital debut tour, which will include solo recital engagements at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw as well as at various additional distinguished concert halls across Eastern Europe. Joanna made her Carnegie Hall recital debut in January 2007. A recent scholarship graduate of The Juilliard School in New York, Ms. Frankel has collaborated with mentors Jascha Brodsky, CJ Chang, Robert Chen, Masao Kawasaki, Joseph Kalichstein, and Cho-Liang Lin. As part of her fellowship program, Joanna taught in Brooklyn, at PS 167.

Angelina Gadeliya
Ukrainian pianist Angelina Gadeliya has performed throughout the US, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, and Ukraine. She has appeared as soloist with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Sinfonia of Colorado, Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, and South Dakota Symphony, and has performed in venues including Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall, the New-York Historical Society, Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago, among others. For the past two summers she has been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center. In June 2007 she was invited to perform as part of the Emerson String Quartet's Beethoven Project in Weill Recital Hall. Angelina received her Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin, her Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, and a Professional Studies Diploma from the Mannes College of Music. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at SUNY-Stony Brook, where she studies with Gilbert Kalish. As part of her fellowship program, Angelina taught in Brooklyn, at PS 130.

Elizabeth Janzen
A native of Newfoundland, Canada, flutist Elizabeth Janzen is rapidly establishing herself in the New York City area as a prominent teacher and performer. After competing at a national level while still in high school, Elizabeth pursued formal studies at the University of Toronto and the Manhattan School of Music, where she is presently a doctoral candidate. Elizabeth has participated in internationally renowned programs such as the National Academy Orchestra, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Sarasota Music Festival. She has also collaborated with such conductors as Pierre Boulez and David Robertson, and in 2005 she gave her New York debut recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Elizabeth works actively as a freelance musician for orchestras, shows, and special events, and is currently on the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College. As part of her fellowship program, Elizabeth taught in Queens at The Adrien Block School, IS 25.

Joanna Kaczorowska
In recent seasons, violinist Joanna Kaczorowska has performed at Carnegie Hall with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble; with conductor David Robertson at Carnegie Hall; and with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. Other recent engagements include appearances with Itzhak Perlman at the Music @ Menlo and Aspen Music festivals, a tour to Rome with Mr. Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony, and chamber music concerts throughout Europe and the US with members of the Emerson String Quartet. Joanna has given the world premiere of Albert Carbonell’s Verbum at the Festival for Contemporary Performance in New York and the New York premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Sueños de Chambi at Steinway Hall. She holds master’s degrees from the University of Massachusetts–Amherst and the Pozna Music Academy, and is a doctoral candidate at SUNY–Stony Brook, where she studies with Philip Setzer and Pamela Frank. As part of her fellowship program, Joanna taught in Brooklyn at PS 771.

Cheng-Wen Winnie Lai
Cheng-Wen Winnie Lai maintains a varied chamber music and orchestra career in New York City, having performed with the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Juilliard Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, and the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra. She has also collaborated with the Aspen Festival Orchestra and the Music Academy of the West. As a chamber musician, Ms. Lai has played with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Argento Chamber Ensemble, the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and Marlboro Music Festival. Ms. Lai joined the oboe faculty at the Idyllwild Arts Academy Summer Program from 1999 to 2003. She currently taught oboe and piano privately and is on the woodwind faculty of the Chinese Youth Orchestra of New York. Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Ms. Lai received Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Elaine Douvas and John Mack. As part of her fellowship program, Ms. Lai taught in the Bronx, at Luis Llorens Torres Children's Academy.

Erin Lesser
A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, flutist Erin Lesser has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout Canada, Europe, China, Brazil, and the US. She is actively involved in the contemporary music world, having worked with composers such as Pierre Boulez, George Crumb, Mario Davidovsky, Tristan Murail, and Philippe Hurel. She is a founding member of Argento Chamber Ensemble, Due East, and Scarborough Trio, and also performs with Wet Ink Ensemble and Trio St. Germain. Festival appearances include the Shanghai Electroacoustic Music Festival, Warsaw Crossdrumming Festival, Holland Festival, Ojai Music Festival (California), International Spectral Music Festival (Istanbul), and Sounds French Festival (New York City). Erin has been a guest artist with So Percussion, Alarm Will Sound, American Modern Ensemble, H. T. Chen Dance Company, and Mabou Mines Theatre, and has been heard on CBC Radio Canada and WQXR's Young Artists' Showcase. As part of her fellowship program, Erin taught in Brooklyn, at Leadership 27.

Julia Maclaine
Cellist Julia MacLaine, from Prince Edward Island, Canada, has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the US, Canada, and Europe, as well as in Iceland and Argentina. Her performances have been broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and excerpts from her recently released CD of Australian composer Katia Tiutiunnik's complete solo cello works have been broadcast in Australia. Julia has played with a variety of new-music ensembles in New York, including the Ikarus Chamber Players, a group she co-founded to present new and classical music in innovative spaces and programs. As well as having performed at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, and Alice Tully Hall, Julia has appeared at the Colony Club, the National Arts Club, and the Consulates of Poland, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. Julia studied with Timothy Eddy at The Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music, and with Antonio Lysy at McGill University. As part of her fellowship program, Julia taught in Staten Island, at IS 61.

Gabriela Martinez
Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez has performed as orchestral soloist, chamber musician, and recitalist at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg; Semperoper in Dresden, Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, the Verbier Festival and Academy, Snow and Symphony Festival in St. Moritz, Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, Festival dei Due Mondi, and the Mostly Mozart and Tokyo international music festivals. She has appeared as soloist with the New Jersey, Fort Worth, and San Francisco symphonies; Stuttgarter Philharmoniker; Symphonisches Staatsorchester Halle; Tivoli Philharmonic; and the Simón Bolívar Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel. Gabriela won first prize at the 2003 Anton Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Dresden and was a semifinalist at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, where she also received a Jury Discretionary Award. She earned her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School as a full scholarship student of Yoheved Kaplinsky. As part of her fellowship program, Gabriela taught in Manhattan, at Opportunity Charter School 84M 279.

Carol McGonnell
Clarinetist Carol McGonnell is a founding member of the Argento Chamber Ensemble, a dynamic ensemble that works primarily with French Spectral composers. Other groups she has performed with include the Flux Quartet, the Zankel Band, and Ensemble Modern. In her native Ireland, Carol has performed as soloist with the National Symphony, as well as the RTE Concert and Ulster orchestras. Festival engagements include the Pan Music Festival (Seoul), Izmir Music Festival (Turkey), West Cork Chamber Music (Ireland), Plovdiv Festival (Bulgaria), the International Electro-acoustic Festival (Shanghai), and Marlboro Music Festival. Carol has curated for the Kilkenny Arts Festival and is curator of Music at Museums in association with the National Gallery of Ireland. As part of her fellowship program, Carol taught in Harlem at The Tappan School, PS 46.

Michael Mizrahi
Pianist Michael Mizrahi has appeared as concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician with Leon Fleisher and the Curtis Chamber Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Sioux City Symphony, and Prince Georges Philharmonic Orchestra. He won First Prize and the Audience Choice Award in the 2004 Ima Hogg Competition, as well as first prizes in the Berkeley Piano Club Competition, the International Bartók-Kabalevsky Competition, and the Iowa International Piano Competition. He is a founding member of NOW Ensemble, a group devoted to the creation and performance of new music. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and religion from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in piano performance from the Yale School of Music. As part of his fellowship program, Michael taught in Queens at The Judge Charles J. Vallone School, PS 85Q.

Paul Murphy
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, trumpeter Paul Murphy has performed in renowned concert halls throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas including the Seoul Arts Centre, Teatro Colón, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Alice Tully Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Formerly Principal Trumpet of the Daejeon Philharmonic in South Korea, he has also performed with the Kansas City Symphony, and has worked with leading conductors and composers including Sir Neville Marriner, David Robertson, Peter Oundjian, Michael Stern, Krzysztof Penderecki, and John Williams. In 2006 he appeared as a soloist with the New Haven Chamber Orchestra, and he has also performed as a tour soloist with the St. Olaf Band. Paul has participated in numerous summer festivals, including the Music Academy of the West, where he worked with Paul Merkelo and Joe Burgstaller. Paul holds degrees from the Yale School of Music and St. Olaf College, where he studied with Allan Dean, Martin Hodel, and Charles Lazarus. As part of his fellowship program, Paul taught in Brooklyn, at PS/IS 180.

John Ostrowski
Percussionist John Ostrowski has performed with the New York City Master Chorale, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Asian Artists and Concerts, School of American Ballet, and RedBull Artsehcro. He has appeared on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Music NOW series, has twice participated in the Lucerne Festival Academy, and was a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra for two years. In addition, he is a member of the Line C3 Percussion Group, has collaborated with recording artist Amy Grant and Brazilian composer-songwriter Arthur Kampela, and is the house percussionist at Libation restaurant and lounge. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a master’s degree from The Juilliard School. As part of his fellowship program, John taught in Queens at the Oliver Wendell Holmes School, IS 204.

Damian Primis
A native of Eagle River, Alaska, Damian Primis has quickly gained a reputation as one of the most versatile bassoonists in the New York metropolitan area, performing on both bassoon and contrabassoon. Damian performs extensively with the Princeton Symphony, Absolute Ensemble, BargeMusic, the Handel and Haydn Society, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the New York City Ballet, the American Ballet Theater, the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble, Queens Symphony, and Long Island Philharmonic. In 2003 he went on an international concert tour with the Orchestra of the 18th Century under Frans Brüggen, performing the complete Beethoven symphonies on period instruments. Damian holds a master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where he also completed his bachelor’s degree as a scholarship student of Frank Morelli and David Carroll. As part of his fellowship program, Damian taught in Marine Park, Brooklyn, at IS 278.

Alex Reicher
Trombonist Alex Reicher has presented solo and chamber recitals on both coasts of the US, and has performed with orchestras in many of the world's finest venues, including Carnegie Hall, San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and National Hall in Dublin. His interest in chamber music grew during his five years at Yale University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in comparative literature (graduating Phi Beta Kappa) and a master's degree from the Yale School of Music. His interest in new music led him to co-direct, along with Academy fellow Owen Dalby, a lecture recital to host American composer John Adams at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale. A recipient of the Kernan, Scott, and Stanton Wheeler prizes at Yale, and of fellowships to the Music Academy of the West and the National Repertory Orchestra, Alex was also a finalist in the 2002 International Trombone Association's Solo Competition. As part of his fellowship program, Alex taught in Brooklyn, at MS 51.

Elizabeth Joy Roe
Winner of the prestigious William Petschek Piano Debut Recital Award, keyboardist Elizabeth Joy Roe has appeared as recitalist, orchestral soloist, and chamber musician at such venues as Lincoln Center, Zankel Hall, the 92nd Street Y, and Steinway Hall in New York; the Seoul Arts Center in Korea; Salle Cortot in Paris; the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; the Ravinia Festival in Chicago; Salón Dorado in Buenos Aires; the Banff Centre in Canada; and the Fourth World Piano Pedagogy Conference. Elizabeth made her New York concerto debut in November 2005 under the baton of James Conlon, performing the Britten Piano Concerto at Alice Tully Hall. In 2003, she replaced John Browning on short notice in subscription concerts with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Roe earned her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School as a full scholarship student of Yoheved Kaplinsky. As part of her fellowship program, Elizabeth taught in Queens at The Abigail Adams School, PS 131Q.

Kristoffer Saebo
Bassist Kristoffer Saebo is a soloist, bass guitarist, and chamber and orchestral musician. He performs regularly with Grammy Award winner Paul Hall, The Juilliard Schooley and the Alaskan Native Band Pamuya, with which he performed at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. He is also a member of I Palpiti, the chamber orchestra of Young Artists International, and has performed contemporary music with such groups as Alarm Will Sound and Anechoic Chamber Ensemble. An active composer, Kristoffer most recently completed a short work for Sesame Street. His work has also been featured in the motion picture Sir John Soane: An English Architect, an American Legacy and in the short film The Projectionist. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School as a student of Homer Mensch and his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School as a student of Orin O’Brien. As part of his fellowship program, Kristoffer taught in Manhattan at Louis Brandeis High School.

Arthur Sato
Oboist Arthur Sato has performed as Principal Oboe in The Juilliard Centennial Tour Orchestra, The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra with Herbie Hancock and Marcus Miller, Richmond (Indiana) Symphony, the Asian Artists and Concerts Orchestra (New York City), and New York Sinfonietta, as well as with orchestras at the Aspen, Monadnock, Round Top, and Chautauqua music festivals. As a founding member of The Juilliard School’s Axiom Chamber Ensemble, he performed under the baton of James Conlon in Avery Fisher Hall. Arthur made his solo debut at the age of 18, performing Richard Strauss’s Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra with musicians from the Oregon Symphony. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School. As part of his fellowship program, Arthur taught in Brooklyn, at the School of the Performing Arts, PS 315.

Nadia Sirota
Violist Nadia Sirota has collaborated with such artists as Joseph Kalichstein, Itzhak Perlman, and the Silk Road Ensemble, and has performed extensively in New York and abroad. She has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works for solo viola and for chamber ensemble, including music by Nico Muhly, Ryan Streber, Judd Greenstein, Marcos Balter, and Milica Paranosic. While completing both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Juilliard, Ms. Sirota started the program Juilliard Plays Juilliard, an initiative that pairs interested performers with composers with the goal of creating compelling and informed performances of new works. In the fall of 2008, she will join the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music for its new master’s program in New Music Performance. As part of her fellowship program, Nadia taught in Harlem at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Elementary School, PS 153.

Jared Soldiviero
A native of New York, percussionist Jared Soldiviero has performed with contemporary-music ensembles such as Newband, New York Philomusica, and Continuum. He has also performed contemporary music at the Lucerne Festival Academy, where he is a founding member of the Lucerne Festival Percussion Group. Jared has appeared at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, as well as at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, working with such conductors as James Conlon, Roger Norrington, George Manahan, Kurt Masur, and Pierre Boulez. Jared holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Roland Kohloff and Gordon Gottlieb. As part of his fellowship program, Jared taught in Brooklyn at JHS 062, Ditmas 62.

Caitlin Sullivan
Cellist Caitlin Sullivan is gaining widespread recognition as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. She is a winner of numerous prizes and awards, and has performed extensively with groups as diverse as the Argento New Music Project and Symphonic Eurythmy, and in venues ranging from Trinity Church to Jazz at Lincoln Center. As a winner of the 2006 Artists International Audition, Ms. Sullivan gave her Carnegie Hall recital debut last December. Committed to outreach and music education, Ms. Sullivan has been a Teaching Artist for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and a faculty member of the Belvoir Terrace summer performing arts camp in Lenox, Massachusetts; she has also taught in the Pre-College Division of The Juilliard School. Ms. Sullivan received her bachelor's degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Steven Doane, and her master's degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Timothy Eddy. As part of her fellowship program, Caitlin taught in Manhattan, at PS 153.

Leah Swann
An avid chamber musician, orchestral performer, writer, and organizer of interdisciplinary collaborations, violist Leah Swann recently completed her Graduate Diploma at the New England Conservatory, where she studied with and was Teaching Assistant for Martha Katz. In recent years, Leah has performed under James Levine, Bernard Haitink, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, frequently appearing as a substitute with the New World Symphony and as principal with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. As a recipient of an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship in 2006-07, Leah designed and taught music and violin classes in South Boston, completing over 200 hours of community service. Leah has worked with chamber musicians from the Cleveland, Guarneri, Juilliard, Orion, Takács, and Ying quartets, and received a BA degree in English from Yale University, where she was awarded a fellowship to study primate behavior in Bali, Indonesia, and won Honorable Mention in the Atlantic Monthly's Nonfiction Competition. Leah currently freelances for Strings magazine. As part of her fellowship program, Leah taught in Queens, at Long Island City High School.

Alana Vegter
French hornist Alana Vegter is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School. A student of Julie Landsman, she was a recipient of the full-tuition Bidú Sayão Scholarship. While pursuing her undergraduate degree in Chicago at DePaul University, she was a regular member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Alana has concertized in music halls around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Kitara in Sapporo, the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna, L'Auditori in Barcelona, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. She has performed in both orchestral and chamber music settings with the Juilliard Orchestra and at the Spoleto Festival USA, Pacific Music Festival, the Verbier Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, James Conlon, Pierre Boulez, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Herbert Blomstedt. As part of her fellowship program, Alana taught in Brooklyn, at Ditmas 62.