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Meet The Players     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 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.   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. 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 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. OWEN KEVRA-LENZ Violin Vermont born violinist Owen Kevra-Lenz has been performing for the last 17 years. His career has featured a variety of performing opportunities ranging from solo, to orchestral to chamber music and he has played for some of the world's leading musicians including Jamie Laredo, Joseph Silverstein and Lawrence Dutton. Owen was a member of the Vermont Youth Orchestra for 7 years where he was concertmaster during his senior year of high school. Owen has also performed as a member of the Green Mountain Opera Festival. In 2010 Owen was part of a Piano Trio that performed the Mendelssohn C Minor trio for the renowned Russian conductor Valery Gergiev. Owen is currently a Senior at the SUNY Purchase Conservatory,where he has been an active member of the Symphony Orchestra and chamber programs. Owen's teachers have included Lynn Chang, Theodore Arm, Evelyn Read and Mary Gibson. He currently studies with Laurie Smukler.    LOU KOSMA Principal 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, Concertmaster and Distinguished Professor of Violin Violinist John Lindsey holds the State University of New York's highest rank, the Distinguished Service Professorship, bestowed upon him in 2009. Previously he was awarded the 1993 President's Award and the 2003 SUNY Chancellor's Award, both for Excellence in Teaching. In a teaching career that has spanned nearly 40 years, he has taught in the Dallas (TX) Public Schools, Baylor University, The University of Kentucky, and the Crane School of Music, where he has been teaching since 1981. Mr. Lindsey is currently the Concertmaster of both the Orchestra of Northern New York and the Eleva Chamber Players. He is the first violinist of the Aurora String Quintet and is the violinist of the Potsdam Piano Quartet and Baroque Ensemble. In the summer, John performs at the Ameropa Festival in Prague (CZ), the Woodstock (VT) Mozart Festival, and the Interlochen Adult Chamber Music Camp in Michigan. He has been on the faculty of the Canna (Italy) Festival, the Stage de Musique in Marcillat (France), the National Music Camp (MI), and the International Chamber Music Festival and Tour 2008 in Bulgaria. In 2010, he was invited to teach and play in China, Thailand and Luxembourg. Along with his wife Amornrat, he is the founder of the Thailand Chamber Music Festival, which takes place annually during the Winter Holidays. 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.   MARLA RATHBUN Violin Marla Rathbun teaches a large private studio, including coaching of small ensembles. She performs with various small chamber ensembles, the Hanover Chamber Orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and freelances in the greater New York area. For many years she was first violinist of the Taghkanic String Quartet and principal second violinist with the Connecticut Grand Opera Orchestra.Rathbun received her B.M.E. from Capital University then worked as principal second violinist with the Savannah Symphony and Savannah String Quartet and taught at Savannah State College. While earning her M.M. in violin performance at Southern Illinois University, she was assistant concertmaster of the St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Quito, Ecuador, she played in and directed a small chamber orchestra, performed with a string quartet as first violinist, and was concertmaster of Quito National Symphony. She is a former student of Raphael Bronstein and Ariana Bronne. She has directed the Suzuki program at Dutchess Community College and coordinated the music program at Poughkeepsie Day School. Marla makes her home in Poughkeepsie where she lives with her music-loving scientist husband. The two of them occasionally trek to out-of-the way places seeking beautiful and interesting birds.    SHELLY TRAMPOSH Viola Dr. Shelly Tramposh is an avid recitalist and chamber musician, and has performed recitals in Europe, Central America, and throughout Northern America to critical acclaim. She is also a member of both the Perron Trio and the Potsdam String Trio. Before joining the faculty of the Crane School of Music, Dr. Tramposh was a member of several orchestras, including the Colorado Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, and the Colorado Springs Symphony, where she was Associate Principal viola. She is currently Principal violist of the Orchestra of Northern New York and Associate Principal of the Eleva Chamber Players. Her teachers include Martha Katz, Steven Tenenbom, and Burton Kaplan. She holds degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Tramposh teaches a course titled “The Art of Practicing” at the Crane School of Music, and has conducted workshops on practicing, orchestral excerpt preparation, and pedagogy.   ANDREW WILSON Bass Andrew Wilson has been a professional freelance double bassist in Boston and the New England area since 1986. A frequent performer with the Portland Symphony and Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestras, he is principal bass of Camerata New England, and was a member of the former New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra. Performances have included orchestral tours of Europe and South America, opera, chamber music, popular music shows, and Equity theater productions in Boston. A student of Richard Hartshorne and the late Stuart Sankey, Mr. Wilson received his performance degree with distinction from Indiana University School of Music, and participated in the Apple Hill and Aspen Music Festivals during his studies. His performances can be heard on the Albany, CRI, and Koch International, and Carlton Classics recording labels.    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.   GUEST ARTISTS   RUDOLF GOLEZ Piano November 5 & 6, 2011 Praised for his keenness in depth and subtlety, Rudolf Golez was the sole prize-winner at the First ASEAN Chopin International Competition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2004. He spent his high school years at the Juilliard School of Music Preparatory Division in New York City under the tutelage of world-renowned pianist Seymour Lipkin, and currently holds a Masters degree in Piano Performance from the University of the Philippines. Rudolf has performed in concerts in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including an all-Mozart tour commemorating the composer’s 250th anniversary, as well as tributes to Hungarian composers Franz Liszt and Gyorgi Ligeti. The young virtuoso has also participated in the 9th International Piano Festivals in Tenerife and Vila-Seca, Spain and the Festival of Light in Hong Kong with master classes conducted by Prof. Arie Vardi. MONICA CALLAN Compère Monica Callan holds many credits on stage and film. She is a member of both Actors Equity Association and Screen Actors Guild. She is a producer, director, actor, and teaching artist who splits her time between her beloved Vermont home and New York City. She is the founder of MOXIE Productions, a theater company based in central Vermont. The company, best known for its development and production of contemporary new stage plays, is in the process of launching its Classic American Theater Series, starting with The Little Foxes, by Lillian Hellman, to be produced in the Spring of 2012 at the Main Street Landing Theater in Burlington.