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Stowe, Vermont |
WILLIE
DOCTO
Founder & General Manager
Violin |
Willie
enjoys combining his musical background with his management experience.
He has served as general manager of the Georgetown Symphony Orchestra
and the Virginia Chamber Orchestra working with conductors Andrew
Litton and Fabio Mechetti. He has also worked with the Fairfax
Symphony and the American Symphony Orchestra League. Since 1996,
he has owned an association management company providing event
planning and marketing consulting services to clients in the
U.S, Poland and the Philippines. Willie has served on the boards
of the Monteverdi Music School and the Vermont Arts Council.
Willie performed as a freelance musician in the Washington, DC
area for over 15 years. He has performed in the Georgetown Symphony,
Prince William Symphony, Alexandria Symphony, and Oak Ridge Symphony
Orchestra. He is a principal player in the Montpelier Chamber
Orchestra Society and is a member of the Vermont Philharmonic.
Willie studied violin at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK,
and graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Willie
performs on the "Aunt Lulabelle" violin handcrafted
by Thurmond Knight of Glover, Vermont. |

G. RICHARD AMES
Compère |
G. Richard Ames
is an actor and activist from Burlington. He performs regularly
for QuarryWorks Theater in Adamant, Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier,
and at many other venues in northern and central Vermont. He
is an activist for civil rights, litter eradication, and for
peace. Rick is pleased to be at these concerts, both as emcee
and as an eager listener to Eleva's musical offerings. |

SARAH BLEICHFELD
Viola |
Sarah Bleichfeld
has participated in numerous summer music festivals including
NYSSSA School of Orchestral Studies, Bravo! Chamber Music Workshop,
and the Manchester Music Festival. She has been a member of the
St. Lawrence Gospel Choir and the Crane Fiddle Group. She was
also the director and co-founder of the Potsdam Viola Ensemble
which performed at the New York Viola Society's "Varsity
Viola Concert" in New York City's Sage Theater. Sarah is
pursuing a performance degree at the Crane School of Music with
Dr. Shelly Tramposh. Sarah hopes to make her career as an ethnomusicologist
and professor of music at a university. |

LYNNETTE COMBS
Harpsichord |
Lynnette Combs received
a degree in music from Swarthmore College, where she studied
organ with Robert Smart and played harpsichord with various student
ensembles. She is organist at the First Church (Universalist)
in Barre, Vermont and is a founding member of Consort Courante,
which plays music from the Baroque era on period instruments.
In 2002 Ms. Combs was named Artist of the Year by the Vermont
Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. She has played with
the Vermont Symphony, the Vermont Philharmonic, the Montpelier
Chamber Orchestra and numerous other chamber ensembles and choruses. |

JENNIFER FLASTER
Violin |
Jennifer Flaster
is a member of the Vermont Philharmonic and Montpelier Chamber
Orchestra Society. She served as concertmaster of the McLean
Orchestra in Virginia and played with the Washington Savoyards
and the Maryland Symphony Orchestra along with many other Washington,
DC music ensembles. She was a member of the Park Avenue Chamber
Symphony in New York City before moving to Vermont in 2006. In
addition to performing classical and chamber music, she was a
founding member of 24fps, a Washington-based rock band. |
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LINDA J. GALVAN
Cello |
Linda
J. Galvan (who has also performed as Linda Hougland) attended
the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Ronald Leonard
and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Music Performance and
a Performer's Certificate. Ms. Galvan was a Fulbright Scholar
with Maurice Gendron in Germany and remained in Europe as first
solo cello with the National Ballet, Dance Theatre of the Netherlands,
and as a member of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Galvan
later joined the faculty of the University of Victoria (British
Columbia). Performances spanning the entire gamut of orchestral
soloist, recitals, and chamber music have taken Ms. Galvan throughout
Europe, Canada and the United States. After performing with the
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Galvan moved to New England,
where she is an active teacher and performer in recital, as a
guest soloist, and as principal cellist with Camerata
New England.
She was principal cellist with the former the Hanover Chamber
Orchestra and as a member of Trio Veritas. Linda and her husband
Carlos are co-founders of A Carlin Foundation, providing music
education for children in under-served areas. |
NANCY
HAIR
Cello |
Cellist Nancy Hair
is known both as a performer and as a teacher. She received her
musical training at Indiana University, the Hartt School of Music,
and Ithaca Talent Education where she studied the Suzuki method
of teaching. Her teachers include Janos Starker, Raya Garbousova,
Bob Gardner, Yehuda Hanani, George Neikrug, and Timothy Eddy.
Nancy performs frequently in Boston with the Lyric Opera, Opera
New England and the Boston Ballet as well as other area orchestra
and chamber music groups. She is on the faculty of the New England
Conservatory Preparatory division as well as having a home studio
in Newton. Nancy is a registered teacher trainer of the Suzuki
method and travels throughout the United States and beyond giving
recitals, workshops and master classes for both teachers and
students. |

LOU KOSMA
Bass |
Lou Kosma is presently
a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He teaches privately
and is an adjunct double bass instructor at New Jersey City University.
Past affiliations include principal bassist for the American
Ballet Theatre, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, and acting
principal for the New Jersey Symphony. He was also a member of
the Chautauqua Symphony for 17 years. Lou continues to play radio
and television jingles and industrials. He received his degree
in music education with applied double bass from Temple University.
During the summers of 1967 and 1968, he was a fellowship student
at Tanglewood. Lou is Music Director of the Vermont Philharmonic,
the Thurnauer Symphony Orchestra, and conductor of the Junior
Orchestra of the Youth Orchestras of Essex County. |

JOHN LINDSEY
Concertmaster |
John Lindsey
holds the highest tribute and rank conferred upon a faculty member
in the State University of New York System, the SUNY Distinguished
Service Professor. Mr. Lindsey has been on the violin faculty
at the internationally known Crane School of Music since 1981.
In 1993 he was awarded the SUNY Potsdam Presidents Award
for Excellence in Teaching and, in 2003, the prestigious State
University of New York Chancellers Award, also for Excellence
in Teaching. He was recognized by the International Biographical
Centre in Cambridge, England, with the 2003 International Musician
of the Year Award and with the Mozart Award for Musical Achievement
in the Fall of 2008. In 1989 he was selected from over 200 applicants
as the winner of the city of Daytons Annual Allegro Residency
for the Arts.
Mr. Lindsey is
in demand as a Concertmaster, soloist, and chamber musician,
as well as teacher and chamber music coach. He is presently the
Concertmaster of the Eleva Chamber Players (VT) and the Orchestra
of Northern New York and has served as Concertmaster of the Lexington
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dallas (TX) Chamber Soloists, The
Warren (OH) Chamber Orchestra. the Castle Farm Festival Orchestra
(MI), and the Hanover (NH) Chamber Orchestra, In 1973 he was
Concertmaster of an orchestra which toured Israel and Jordan.
The final concert was given at the Cultural Palace in Amman for
King Hussein of Jordan. In 1978 he played chamber music for Prince
Philip of England.
Mr. Lindsey has
appeared in solo recitals at The Carnegie Recital Hall, Bruno
Walter Auditorium in Lincoln Center (five times) and in Boston,
Montreal, Dallas, and Chicago on the Dame Myra Hess Series. In
February 2009, he gave his 3rd recital and workshop in 16 months
on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.
Prior to his
appointment at The Crane School of Music, Mr. Lindsey was Chairman
of Strings at Baylor University, The Governors School of
North Carolina, and the University of Kentucky. He also taught
strings in the Dallas, Texas, public schools. He is listed in
eleven national and international whos who publications,
among them Whos Who in American Music, International Whos
Who of Intellectuals, Directory of Distinguished Americans, and
Whos Who in International Music.
In the summer,
Mr. Lindsey is a member of the violin faculties of the Ameropa
Festival in Prague (CZ), the Adult Chamber Music Conference at
Interlochen, Michigan, and the Mozart Festival in Woodstock,
Vermont. In previous summers he was on the faculties of the 2008
International Chamber Music Festival and Concert Tour in Bulgaria,
the Ithaca Chamber Music Institute (NY), the National Music Camp
at Interlochen (MI), the Illinois Summer Youth Chamber Music
Camp(IL), the Ottawa Suzuki Institute (KS), the Southeastern
Music Camp (GA), the Stage de Musique in Marcillat-en-Combraille,
France, and the Canna International Chamber Music Festival in
Canna, Italy. Mr. Lindsey and his wife Amornrat have founded
the International Chamber Music Festival in Thailand, held annually
in Thailand during the winter holiday season. |
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SANDI-JO MALMON
Cello |
Sandi-Jo Malmon
is a member of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Ensemble, the Hanover
Chamber Orchestra and the Lake George Opera Festival (NY). As
a member of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Ensemble, she has appeared
in concert at various venues around New England, in the Midwest,
on the eastern seaboard, and in Europe. She made her Lincoln
Center debut in 1991 with the Boston Quartet. She is currently
on the adjunct cello faculty of Northeastern University. She
has served on the faculties of the International Composers' Conference
at Wellesley College, the International String conference in
Pennsylvania, Powers Music School and the Brookline Music School.
A student of Richard Kapuscinski and Paul Tobias, Sandi-Jo received
degrees in cello performance from Oberlin College/Conservatory
of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music and the Longy
School of Music. She has recorded on Blue Hill Records, North
Star Records, Lakewest Records and Pamet River Recordings. Sandi-Jo
is the Librarian for Collection Development at the Loeb Music
Library at Harvard University. |
MOWRY
PEARSON
Violin |
Mowry Pearson grew
up in the Boston area where he studied with Lucy Parker and George
Zazofsky. He received his degree from Oberlin Conservatory as
a student of Robert Soetens and Steven Staryk. Mr. Pearson's
active chamber music career has included extensive periods as
principal violinist with the Apple Hill Chamber Players and the
Atlanta Chamber Players, with concerts at Carnegie Recital Hall,
Merkin Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and the Phillips Collection (Wash.,
DC), as well as tours to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
He has performed with many Boston area orchestras and ensembles
including Cantata Singers, Emmanuel Music, Boston Musica Viva,
Boston Lyric Opera, and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra.
Mr. Pearson has been a soloist with the Concord Chorale and the
Nashua Chamber Orchestra, and given many solo recitals including
Jordan Hall, the Gardner Museum, and WGBH radio. In addition,
Mr. Pearson has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
in Carnegie Hall and major concert halls throughout Europe. Recordings
include the Deustche Grammaphon, Centaur, and Koch labels. For
the past three seasons he has been assistant concertmaster of
the Opera North orchestra, and recently established residence
in Brattleboro, VT. His violin is by Bartomoleo Tassini, Venice
1752. |

OLGA PINEDA
VIolin |
Olga Pineda received
her B. M. Magna Cum Laude in Music Education at the St. Scholastica
College in 1995, after receiving a B.S. in Marketing at De La
Salle Univeristy in the Philippines. She has been a member of
the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra and was a violinist in
the touring company production of Miss Saigon. As a pianist,
she has been a piano soloist with the Pasaknungan Chamber Orchestra
and has served as accompanist for Broadway musicals with the
Philippine Artists International. Olga is a member of the Clarion
Chamber Ensemble, Manila's premier chamber music organization.
Olga is a freelance musician and teaches violin and piano at
the Joy Of Music Program School in Worcester, Massachusetts. |

REGINALD PINEDA
Violin |
Reginald Pineda
received a B.M. in Violin performance at University of Santo
Thomas (UST), where he received a full scholarship granted by
The Music Promotion Foundation of the Philippines and UST Conservatory.
He received a Graduate Performance Certificate in Violin performance
at Boston Conservatory of Music. Regie has served as Concertmaster
of Boston Conservatory Orchestra and the UST Conservatory Orchestra
and as principal violinist of the second violin section of the
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. Regie is a member of the Clarion
Chamber Ensemble, Manila's premier chamber music organization.
In addition to being a freelance musician, Regie teaches violin,
viola and chamber music at the Joy Of Music Program School in
Worcester, Massachusetts. |

SHELLY TRAMPOSH
Viola |
Dr. Shelly Tramposh
is the viola professor at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam,
where she performs in the Potsdam Piano Quartet and as principal
violist with the Orchestra of Northern New York. As a member
of the Ariel Chamber Players with Cullan Bryant and Adele O'Dwyer,
Dr. Tramposh recently completed a music residency in Tullamore
and Dublin, Ireland. She has performed recitals abroad in Europe
and Central America, and in the United States in Chicago, San
Francisco, Denver, and New York. She will perform recitals this
year in New York, California, Florida, and Costa Rica and is
currently working with the art department at SUNY Potsdam to
create an interpreted recital of contemporary works for viola
and soprano that will debut in April, 2008. Her principal teachers
include Martha Katz, Steven Tenenbom, Don Ehrlich, and Erika
Eckert. She has been invited to perform in master classes and
coachings with Michael Tree, the American String Quartet, Robert
McDonald, Lawrence Dutton, and Burton Kaplan. Dr. Tramposh has
participated in such internationally acclaimed festivals as the
Taos School of Music, the Spoleto Festival, and the National
Repertory Orchestra, and before joining the Crane School was
a member of the Colorado Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic,
and the Central City Opera Orchestra, and was Principal Viola
with the Mercury Ensemble and Associate Principal Viola with
the Colorado Springs Symphony. She is in demand as a clinician,
and will return to Costa Rica this winter for a residency at
the music school of the Sinfonica Nacional de Costa Rica. Dr.
Tramposh teaches a practicing class at the Crane School based
on the teaching of Burton Kaplan and is also an advocate for
tension-free playing with good posture. Dr. Tramposh holds degrees
from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Eastman School
of Music, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. |

SCOTT WOOLWEAVER
Viola |
Scott Woolweaver
graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan School
of Music before moving to Boston for graduate work with the violist
Walter Trampler. He was a founding member of the Boston Composers
String Quartet, which won the silver medal at the 1993 String
Quartet and Chamber Music Festa in Osaka, Japan, and with the
Quartet, performed across the United States and in Europe. He
is violist of the award-winning New England Piano Quartette,
Boston's Handel & Haydn Society and Boston Baroque, and spends
his summers at the Rocky Ridge Music Center and the Telluride
Chamber Music Festival in Colorado, and the Adult Chamber Music
Seminar at the Interlochen, Michigan Arts Camp. Mr. Woolweaver
formally joined the Ives Quartet in 1998 after performing with
the other members for seven summers as quartet-in-residence at
the Rocky Ridge Music Center and Telluride Chamber Music Festival.
A champion of 20th century music, he has premiered numerous works
for viola, many of which were written for him. He is a faculty
member of the All Newton Music School, Tufts University and the
University of Massachusetts, and has recorded for the Orion,
Koch International, Teldec, Audiofon, Albany Records, Decca and
Northeastern labels. Scott is the conductor of the popular Messiah
sing-along in Woodstock, Vermont. |
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