Eliot Bailen, cello, artistic director, co-founder Susan Rotholz, flute, co-founder The 2012 SCE Bluegrass All-Stars Paul Woodiel (fiddle), Eliot Bailen (guitar), Susan Rotholz (flute and vocals), Julia Bailen (vocals), Peter Weitzner (bass), Bob O'Connor (guitar and vocals), Rob Brereton (dulcimer), Jim Vogt (mandolin) and Gary DiGiovanni (banjo). The 2012 Coffeehouse Band Bob O'Connor (guitar and vocals), Eliot Bailen (guitar and vocals), Paul McCormack (guitar), Mike Klvana (keyboard), David Bailen (drums), Don Lowe (singer/songwriter), Rob Brereton (dulcimer), Julia Bailen (vocals), Susan Rotholz (flute and vocals), The Bailen Brothers Band and Potter's Field (Steve Trinchillo, Adam Carley and Janet Taylor) Sarah Adams, viola Toby Appel, violin, viola, narration Jorge Ávila, violin David and Daniel Bailen, summer camp instructors Lindy Clarke, cello Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord Stacy Dumont, summer camp instructor Mary Hammann, viola Margaret Kampmeier, piano Thomson Kneeland, bass Jill Levy, violin Lois Martin, viola Chris Parker, drums, composer Ted Rosenthal, piano, composer Michael Roth, violin Julie Scolnik, flute Stacey Shames, harp Peter Weitzner, double bass Mineko Yajima, violin Carmit Zori, violin Eliot Bailen, cello, artistic director, co-founder. Strings Magazine writes, "At Merkin Hall (NYC) 'cellist Eliot Bailen displayed a warm focused tone, concentrated expressiveness and admirable technical command always at the service of the music." Eliot Bailen is principal cello of the New York Chamber Ensemble, Westfield Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra New England, New York Bach Artists, Teatro Grattacielo and the New Choral Society. Founder and Artistic Director of the Sherman Chamber Ensemble, whose performances the New York Times has described as "the Platonic ideal of a chamber music concert." Mr. Bailen also performs regularly with the Saratoga Chamber Players, 'Modern Works,' the Cape May Music Festival and the Sebago-Long Lake Chamber Music Festival and is founder of the series Chamber Music at Rodeph Sholom in New York. He is assistant-principal cello of the Stamford Symphony and appears frequently with leading New York area orchestras such as the Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York City Opera and Ballet, American Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Musica Sacra and the Oratorio Society of New York. He has recorded for Nonesuch, Koch International, Deutsche Grammophon, Delos, New World, Beanstalk, BMG and Flying Dutchman Records and has been heard as solo cello in numerous Broadway shows. Mr. Bailen received his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from Yale University and is on the cello and chamber music faculty at Columbia University and Teachers College. Graduating in 1977 with High Honors in Music and French Literature from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Mr. Bailen also holds an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University where he was awarded the coveted Slater Prize for Entrepreneurship. In 2002, he was awarded the Norman Vincent Peale Arts Award for Positive Thinking. Mr. Bailen has also gained national attention as a writer and producer of children's music. Winner of the 1990 Parent's Choice Gold Medal and winner of numerous ASCAP Popular Awards, Mr. Bailen was a featured guest artist on Nickelodeon's "Eureeka's Castle" airing from 1993 through 1997. Mr. Bailen has received over twenty-five commissions for his "Song to Symphony" project, an extended school residency program that presents children's original musicals in an orchestral setting; the project was the subject of a NY Times feature article. The Song to Symphony project was recently awarded a special Alumni Grant from the Yale School of Music. Mr. Bailen received a commission from the Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra for a Double Concerto for flute and cello, which premiered in October 2012 with himself and his wife, flutist Susan Rotholz, as soloists. They live in New York City with their twin sons David and Daniel and their daughter Julia. top Susan Rotholz, flute, co-founder, made her New York debut to critical acclaim in 1981 as a winner of the Concert Artists Guild Award. Since then she has established herself as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral flutist and teacher. Ms. Rotholz is principal flutist of the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra, the New York Chamber Ensemble. She is a member of Orchestra of St. Luke's, The New York Pops, The Little Orchestral Society, and has served as principal with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, American Symphony, American Ballet Theater and the Stamford Symphony. Susan was principal flutist for 25 years with the New England Bach Festival under Blanche Moyse and now continues to be a principal flutist for "the hottest tickets in town" revival series, Encores! at New York City Center. Ms. Rotholz has appeared as soloist with the Brandenberg Ensemble, New York String Seminar, New York Chamber Ensemble, Bay Atlantic Symphony, Greenwich Symphony, The New England Bach Festival and the Westmoreland Symphony. She has commissioned and premiered Robert Beaser's Variations for flute and piano, Anthem for flute and orchestra by Elizabeth Brown, Invocation, a flute concerto by Edie Hill and Themes and Moods, a chamber work crossing classical and jazz idioms by Ted Rosenthal. In 2003, Bridge Records released her recordings of the complete Bach Sonatas for Flute and Fortepiano and the Partita for Solo Flute with Kenneth Cooper. The recordings are said to be "irresistible in both music and performance" (The NY Times). In 1988, Ms. Rotholz won the Young Concerts Artists International Competition as a founding member of Hexagon, an ensemble for piano and winds. The group was featured on the nationally aired PBS documentary "Debut" in 1990. Ms. Rotholz is co-founder with Eliot Bailen of the highly acclaimed Sherman Chamber Ensemble in Sherman, CT, now in its 28th season. They have also co-founded the Rodeph Sholom Chamber Music series in New York City. Ms. Rotholz is a regular performer with the Saratoga Chamber Players, the Sebago Long Lake Chamber Music Festival, The New York Wind Soloists, Greenwich Chamber Players, Cape May and Caramoor festivals, and has performed with the Salt Bay, Mostly Mozart, and Marlboro festivals. Ms. Rotholz holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Queens College and a Masters of Music from Yale School of Music and is on the faculties of Columbia University, Queens College: Aaron Copland School of Music and Manhattan School of Music Pre-College division. In 2002, Ms. Rotholz was awarded the Norman Vincent Peale Arts Award for Positive Thinking. She lives in New York City with her husband and their three children. top Sarah Adams, viola, performs locally with the New York Chamber Ensemble, the Claring Chamber Players, the Sherman Chamber Ensemble, the Friends of Mozart, and the Saratoga Chamber Players. She is principal violist of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Riverside Symphony. She is the violist of the Roerich Quartet, performing and recording in NYC, upstate New York and Vermont. Formerly violist with the Cassatt Quartet and assistant principal violist with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Adams is a member of the American Ballet Theatre, and performs with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the American Symphony Orchestra, the New York City Opera Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, among others. She has performed as soloist with the Jupiter and Riverside Symphonies in Alice Tully Hall as well as in recital with the New York Viola Society. Ms. Adams' festival appearances include the Bard Music Festival, the Cape May Music Festival, the Windham Music Festival, the Sherman Chamber Music Festival, and the Catskill Mountain Foundation concerts. Ms. Adams has been teaching viola and chamber music at Columbia University since 1993. top Toby Appel, violinist, violist, narrator has appeared in recital and concerto performances throughout North and South America, Europe, and the Far East. He has been a member of such renowned ensembles as TASHI, and the Lenox and Audubon Quartets. Mr. Appel has been a guest artist with the Vermeer, Manhattan, and Composers Quartets as well as a frequent guest with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society and with jazz artists Chick Corea and Gary Burton. Festival performances include those with Mostly Mozart, Santa Fe, Angel Fire, Bravo! Colorado, and Marlboro, as well as festivals in England, France, Italy, Finland, and Greece. In 1975, Mr. Appel was featured in a CBS television special performing works commissioned by him for three violas, all played by Toby Appel. In 1980, Mr. Appel was the winner of Young Concert Artists International. A most versatile artist, Mr. Appel has narrated performances including: A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, by Benjamin Britten, Ferdinand, by Alan Ridout and Munro Leaf, Ode to Napoleon, by Arnold Schoenberg, Histoire du Soldat, by Igor Stravinsky, Masque of the Red Death, by Andre Caplet and Edgar Allan Poe, and Facade, by William Walton and Edith Sitwell. Mr. Appel is a frequent commentator for National Public Radio's Performance Today. Toby Appel entered the Curtis Institute at age 13 under the guidance of Max Aronoff. Mr. Appel is currently teaching on the viola and chamber music faculties at the Juilliard School in New York City and is Artist Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He has also held professorships at the State University of New York, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the University of New Mexico. He has toured for the United States State Department and performed at the United Nations and at the White House. His chamber music and recital recordings can be heard on the Columbia, Delos, Desto, Koch International, Opus 1, and Musical Heritage Society labels. Toby Appel lives in New York City with his wife, Carolyn and their 7 year old son, Jordan. Jorge Ávila, violinist - Hailed as a strong violinist by The New York Times, Honduran-born Jorge Ávila has won attention as an outstanding violinist through numerous appearances as a soloist, recitalist, concertmaster, and chamber musician. A recipient of various awards and honors, Jorge received his "green card" under the "Extraordinary talent" category, later becoming a US Citizen. He was also awarded first prize at the 2001 Mu Phi Epsilon International Music Competition and the "Omar del Carlo" Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center. Jorge is the concertmaster of the Ridgefield Symphony and DCINY. He has also appeared as concertmaster with The Stamford, Westfield and Greenwich Symphony orchestras, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Long Island Masterworks, Grace Church Orchestra, and Tanglewood Music Center, among many other orchestras. His concerto highlights include recent performances of the Mendelssohn, Brahms and Beethoven concertos, as well as Beethoven's Triple Concerto with David Finckel and Wu Han. He has often performed live on both television and radio, and in 2008 appeared as Concertmaster for His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, at a televised Mass held at Yankee Stadium. Jorge has recorded for Naxos, Nonesuch Records, and other labels. His solo debut CD of Spanish violin and piano Sonatas is being released in 2012 on the Centaur Label. David and Daniel Bailen, summer camp instructors, and their band The Bailen Brothers have appeared at the VH1 Save the Music Summer Concert Series, Harlem Jazz Museum's Annual July 4th Concert in the Park and the CMJ Music Marathon. They also have been playing residencies at The Bowery Poetry Club, Bitter End, Sullivan Hall and The Studio at Webster Hall. They just finished working with world-renowned producer Joe Mardin in New York, and released their first full-length record on February 11, 2012. Seniors at NYU, they were featured in a recent Huffington Post article about the Music Unites school mentoring program. top Lindy Clarke, cello is a founding member of the Claring Chamber Players, the Hudson Trio and the NY Baroque Consort, Lindy Clarke has also been a guest artist with the St. Lukes Chamber Ensemble, BargeMusic, and the the North Country Chamber Players. Ms. Clarke is the musician coordinator and performer for the Friends of Mozart in NYC, and has been an artist/coordinator for WQXR's live summer broadcasts from the NY Botanical Garden. Ms. Clarke enjoys performing with numerous period instrument ensembles and orchestras: the Classical Band, the American Classical Orchestra, the Grand Tour Orchestra, the Long Island Baroque Ensemble, and Philomel Baroque. She joined the Dodd String Quartet in 2010. An active NY freelancer, she is a member of the Orchestra of St. Lukes, with whom she has been heard in a wide variety of venues and concerts. Lindy Clarke has also been a member of other prestigious NY based orchestras, such as the NY PIckup Ensemble (PDQ Bach), the Opera Orchestra of NY, the Jupiter Symphony and the Philharmonia Virtuosi. She served as principal cellist for the Colonial Symphony and the Gotham City Orchestra. top Kenneth Cooper, harpsichordist, pianist, musicologist and conductor is one of the world's leading specialists in the music of the 18th century. Renowned for his improvisations and his expertise in ornamentation, long-lost 18th century arts, he has revived countless musical works, lending them extraordinary authenticity as well as great vitality. The possessor of a PhD in musicology from Columbia University, Kenneth Cooper is on the faculty there as well as at the Manhattan School of Music, where he is Chair of the Harpsichord Department and Director of the Baroque Aria Ensemble. As Music Director of the Berkshire Bach Ensemble, Kenneth Cooper has made a tradition of Bach at New Year's and is currently celebrating Berkshire Bach's 20th Season with a series of concerts centering on the different facets of Bach's work. Mr. Cooper has been heard at the Grand Canyon Music Festival, Washington Square Music Festival, Yale-Norfolk Summer Chamber Music Festival and the Little Orchestra Society's Vivaldi Festivals at Alice Tully Hall. He has appeared most recently at Music@Menlo, at the Aspen and Marlboro Music Festivals, at Chamber Music Northwest and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has performed rrequently over the eyars with the Sherman Chamber Ensemble. Kenneth Cooper has made dozens of recordings and soundtracks, among them Bach's Gamba-Harpsichord Sonatas (CBS-Sony, with Yo Yo Ma), Scarlatti Sonatas for Harpsichord (Vanguard) and Bach Brandenburg Concerti and Goldberg Variations (Berkshire Bach Society, S. Egremont, MA); his spectacular versions of ragtime and other American delights may be heard on Silks and Rags (EMI) and Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot (Musical Heritage Society). Most recently, Kenneth Cooper has recorded (on fortepiano) the complete Bach Flute and Keyboard Sonatas with Susan Rotholz (Bridge), and the Six Bach Sonatas for Violin and Fortepiano with violinist Ani Kavafian (Helicon: Kleos Classics). His latest CD, Peculiar Plants, featuring the ingenious set of harpsichord pieces composed for him by Victoria Bond, is now available on Albany Records. His 2004-5 editions of Bach's Two-Part and Three-Part Inventions (International Music Company) have won first prize Paul Revere Awards. top Stacy Dumont, summer camp instructor, is a Special Ed. and Theater teacher at Pawling High School. She is NYS certified in Theater and holds a BA in Drama from Fordham University. Mrs. Dumont is co-founder of the Brewster (NY) Theater Company for which she has offered theater workshops and directed main stage children's shows. Her acting classes have been offered at Town of Southeast's Culture Camps and other venues. Ms. Dumont currently offers acting coaching and drama programs for students and young adults, including those with a variety of disabilities. top Mary Hammann, viola, has been hailed as an "especially strong ensemble player... with a passion so convincing," by New York Newsday. One of a family of five musical sisters, Mary graduated from the Curtis Institute and the Mannes College of Music, studying with Michael Tree, Karen Tuttle, and Walter Trampler. She has collaborated with such old world chamber music masters as Felix Galimir, Eugene Lehner, Misha Schneider and Alexander Schneider, as well as members of the Guarneri Quartet. Ms. Hammann played principal viola under Alexander Schneider for the New York String Orchestra, as well for Solisti New York. She has appeared in numerous chamber music festivals, including Marlboro Music, Grand Canyon, and Sarasota. As a concerto soloist, she has performed with the Jupiter Symphony at Lincoln Center and with Solisti for Mostly Mozart in collaboration with the Lar Lubovitch dancers. Her tours have taken her throughout the United States, Asia and Europe with such ensembles as Orpheus, Philomusica, Solisti, the Brandenburg Ensemble, the New Amsterdam Ensemble, and the Metropolitan Opera. A member of the Met Opera Orchestra, since 1992, Mary has recorded on Sony Classic and Deutsche Grammaphon. For 20 years she has concertized with her award-winning trio, Auréole recording numerous CDs on Koch/Entertainment One - one of which was short-listed for a Grammy Award. In addition to her recordings, she has performed live on many radio programs, including the weekly Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, as well as Performance Today, New Sounds, and St. Paul Sunday Morning. Mary also enjoys performing and recording with many pop stars, including David Bowie, Queen Latifah, Rod Stewart, Patti Labelle, Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin and Elton John. She has also appeared on the television shows of Conan O'Brian, Michael Moore and David Letterman. top Margaret Kampmeier, piano, enjoys a varied career as a soloist, collaborative artist and educator. She is a founding member of the Naumburg award-winning New Millennium Ensemble, and performs regularly with the Orchestra of St. Luke's and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. She has appeared often with the Kronos Quartet, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Saratoga Chamber Players, Richardson Chamber Players, Peter Schickele and many new music ensembles including Sequitur, Newband, Speculum Musicae and Musician's Accord. A dedicated educator, Ms. Kampmeier teaches at Princeton University and the College Conservatory of Music at SUNY Purchase, and has presented forums on the music of women composers and contemporary techniques. Highlights of past seasons include recitals with clarinetist Todd Palmer, flutist Tara O'Connor, and a solo recital on the "Powerhouse Pianists" series at the University of Pittsburgh. As a recording artist, Ms. Kampmeier can be heard on the Albany, Centaur, CRI, Koch, Nonesuch, Bridge and Deutsche Gramophon labels. She holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and SUNY Stony Brook, where she studied with pianist Gilbert Kalish. Ms. Kampmeier is an avid reader, and enjoys spending time with her husband Ed Harsh, and their son Andrew. top Thomson Kneeland, bass/composer, acoustic bassist and composer, performs as a leader and a sideman throughout the US and internationally. Though most often found performing in an improvisational jazz context, Kneeland has a variety of musical interests from traditional swing, classical counterpoint, and 20th century chamber music, to Indian Karnatic music, Indonesian gamelan, Balkan folk music, electronica, heavy metal, and more. He leads Kakalla, an ensemble devoted to the fusion of improvisation with composition, utilizing influences such as Balkan folk music, rock, chamber music, and free jazz. Kneeland's latest project Mazurka for a Modern Man was released in early 2010. Besides composing for various jazz and improvisational idioms, Kneeland also composes chamber music, including a string quartet, a string trio and works for Ensemble Aletheia, a four horn wind ensemble with acoustic bass that melds chamber music and improvisation; he was also commissioned to write three pieces for the Longy School of Music Jazz Ensemble. As a leader, sideman, and composer, Kneeland has appeared on over 40 recordings to date and performed with such luminaries as Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Werner, George Garzone, Chris Potter, Gene Bertoncini, Lynne Arriale, Rick Margitza, Joe Maneri, Gunther Schuller, Peter Leitch, and many others. He has performed internationally at such venues as The Kennedy Center, Medellin University in Colombia, the Toronto Jazz Festival, the Perth Jazz Festival, the Vancouver Jazz Festival, and more. top Jill Levy, violin, is concertmaster of the Albany Symphony Orchestra. She has made numerous solo appearances with them including the premiere performance of the Concerto for Irish Fiddle and Violin by Evan Chambers, which she has recorded on the Albany Records label. Ms. Levy is also the music director of the Saratoga Chamber Players, bringing together musicians from the United States, Canada and Europe to perform in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. In addition to being heard regularly with the Sherman Chamber Ensemble she has been a participant in the Blossom Music Festival and the Sebago-Long Lake Region Festival. Ms. Levy is a former member of the Pittsburgh Symphony under the direction of Andre Previn; the Pittsburgh Chamber Players; the Orchestre del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Italy, directed by Zubin Mehta; and the Brooklyn Philharmonic, directed by Lukas Foss. Ms. Levy is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied violin with Arnold Steinhardt and Jascha Brodsky and chamber music with Felix Galimir and the Guarneri Quartet. She also worked with Franco Gulli at the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. As a winner of student competitions she was soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the ages of 11 and 16. Currently Ms. Levy lives in the Adirondack Mountains of New York with her husband and daughter where she is an active and sought-after teacher. top Lois Martin, viola, a native of York, PA., began her viola studies with Arthur Lewis at the Peabody Preparatory School. She completed her undergraduate work at the Eastman School of Music where she was a scholarship student of Francis Tursi. During this time, she was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She continued her graduate studies at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Lillian Fuchs. Ms. Martin is a founding member of the Atlantic String Quartet, which is dedicated to the performance of newly written compositions. Her continuing commitment to contemporary music includes performances with the Group for Contemporary Music, ISCM Chamber Players, Ensemble Sospeso, Ensemble 21, New York New Music Ensemble, Speculum Musicae, Composers' Guild, Da Capo Chamber Players, Composers Forum and Steve Reich and Musicians. On the Jazz and Popular circuit, she has performed with artists including Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Chris Potter, Ornette Coleman, Esperanza Spalding, String Fever, Shirley Bassey, Elton John, Paul Simon, Tyne Daley, Gil Goldstein, Don Alias, Richard Bona, Mike Mainieri, Judy Collins and Roberta Flack. Currently, Ms. Martin is Principal Violist for the Stamford Symphony, OK Mozart Festival and The Little Orchestra Society. She is a member of the Orchestra of St. Luke's, American Chamber Ensemble, and frequently appears with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and New York City Ballet Orchestra. Ms. Martin is also on the faculty of the Composers' Conference at Wellesley College and has taught at Princeton University. Including her recording of the "Viola Variations" - her commission by Charles Wuorinen - Ms. Martin has recorded the works of over 50 contemporary composers She premiered the "Viola Variations" at Merkin Hall in New York in the fall of 2008 and also had the opportunity to play it at the Library of Congress in 2009 for Wuorinen's 70th birthday celebration. Recent highlights include a world tour with Grammy Award recipient Esperanza Spalding. top Chris Parker, drums/composer, was born in Chicago, was playing drums at age three and began performing his first professional gigs at eleven. At nineteen, Parker began recording and touring with blues great, Paul Butterfield and then broke into the New York studio scene in 1970, doing records, movie scores and filling the drum chair at Saturday Night Live. Toph, as friends know him, recorded platinum, gold and Grammy winning albums and CDs with many artists, including the original Brecker Brothers, Bob Dylan, Cher, Donald Fagen, Ashford and Simpson, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Freddie Hubbard, James Brown, Salt n' Pepa, Stuff, Miles Davis, Patti LaBelle, Michael Bolton, and Suzy Boggus. He has toured with many artists, among them Boz Scaggs, Joe Cocker, Joe Cool, Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Paul Simon, Akiko Yano and Ralph MacDonald. Chris is currently leading his own band, Toph-e & the Pussycats, among other musical and artistic endeavors, including Dennis Collins, Damon Banks & Gwen Laster, Funkasaurus Rex, the Sherman Chamber Ensemble, Stuff Brothers & Sisters, Johnny Rosch & the Lost Session Boys, and Kelly Mittleman. Chris recently performed at the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, DC with Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, Ledisi, Jennifer Holiday and Aretha Franklin. He is currently recording new projects with Funkasaurus Rex, Barry Manilow, John Zorn, Akiko Yano and his own trio featuring original compositions by Parker and Kyoko Oyobe on piano. top Ted Rosenthal, piano/composer, has performed worldwide as a soloist, leader and sideman with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, James Moody and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Winner of the 1988 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition, Rosenthal has released thirteen CDs as a leader. On his latest CD, Out Of This World, (2011), Rosenthal uses the Great American Songbook as a vehicle for his jazz interpretations. "Rosenthal is always finding original ways to approach songs that have been played many times by a variety of musicians. He plays with tempi, harmonies and styles in a way that makes these melodies seem fresh, even new. Great jazz is always a result of the unique creativity of the artists performing it. The music on this album is great jazz." - Joseph Lang, Jersey Jazz His recent CD, Impromptu, (2010) features his reimaginings of classical themes for jazz trio. It has also garnered much critical acclaim: "A serious listen Ted Rosenthal's Impromptu will be a mind-changing experience...sit back and enjoy these wonderfully creative takes on ten compositions from the classical canon that have never sounded so cool...a session that once again shows Rosenthal to be among the most creative musicians in the mainstream." - Elliott Simon, AllAboutJazz - New York Rosenthal is Artistic Director of Jazz at Dicapo in New York City. He has also performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and with Jon Faddis and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. Rosenthal is the pianist of choice for many top jazz vocalists including Helen Merrill and Ann Hampton Callaway. A recipient of three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Rosenthal regularly performs and records his compositions, which include jazz tunes and large-scale works. Rosenthal premiered and performed his 2nd jazz piano concerto, "Jazz Fantasy," in May, 2011 with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. "The Survivor," his first piano concerto, has been performed by the Manhattan Jazz Philharmonic and the Rockland Symphony Orchestra, with Rosenthal at the piano. He has also composed music for dance, including "Uptown," by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, premiered in New York in 2009 and currently touring around the world. Rosenthal's orchestral performances include solo and featured appearances with The Boston Pops, The Baltimore Symphony, The Kansas City Symphony, The Rochester Philharmonic, The Detroit Symphony, The Grand Rapids Symphony, and The Fort Worth Symphony. Rosenthal received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. He is a faculty member at Manhattan School of Music since 1999 and The Juilliard School since 2005. In addition, Rosenthal presents jazz clinics throughout the world, often in conjunction with his touring. Rosenthal was a contributing editor for Piano and Keyboard magazine and has published piano arrangements and feature articles for Piano Today and The Piano Stylist. Website: www.tedrosenthal.com top Michael Roth, violin, is a native of Scarsdale, NY and received his early musical training with Frances Magnes at the Hoff-Barthelson Music School. He attended Oberlin College and Conservatory, continuing his studies with Marilyn McDonald. At Oberlin, he won the Kaufman Prize for violin and First Prize in the Ohio String Teacher's Association Competition. He completed his Master of Music degree at the University of Massachusetts where he worked with the distinguished American violinist and pedagogue Charles Treger and was a recipient of the Julian Olevsky Award. Mr. Roth is currently associate concertmaster of the New York City Ballet Orchestra and has appeared in chamber music and as a soloist with the company, most recently in the debut of "Slice Too Sharp", a ballet of Biber and Vivaldi violin concerti, and "After the Rain", violin music of Arvo Pärt. In addition he is a member of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Principal 2nd violin of the Westchester Philharmonic, the American Composers Orchestra, and the New York Pops. He was concertmaster of the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra for many years and often appeared as soloist there, as well as at the Caramoor and Bard Music Festivals. He has played and toured internationally with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the New York Chamber Soloists. As a chamber musician, Mr. Roth has collaborated with artists such as Eugene Drucker, Menahem Pressler, James Buswell, Steven Doane, Hamao Fujiwara and members of the Brentano, Manhattan and Ying Quartets, and recently presented a recital of contemporary Cuban solo violin and chamber music in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall under the auspices of the American Composers Orchestra. With Orpheus, the Eos Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi, The New York Pops and the American Composers Orchestra and others, Mr. Roth has recorded for the Sony, Angel, Telarc, Decca, BMG, Point Music, ESSA.Y. and Arbors Music labels. top Julie Scolnik's, flute - tonal enchantment and communicative gifts have captivated audiences across the United States and abroad. The Boston Globe has written that "she plays with an urgency full of fire that melts into disarming delicacy," and French critics have praised "her vast palette of sultry colors and magical phrasing." Scolnik has enjoyed a diverse musical career as a soloist, orchestral flutist, and chamber musician. As a guest flutist at festivals across the U.S. and France, Ms. Scolnik has collaborated with countless world-class artists and chamber groups that include the Brentano, Lydian and Borromeo String Quartets. She is an active soloist in the U.S. and in France she offers an annual fall recital at the Salle Cortot in Paris and in festivals of Provence during the summer. The 2012-2013 season marks Ms Scolnik's sixteenth year as artistic director of Andover Chamber Music, a series which has brought her accolades for her imaginative programming and for the personal connection she establishes with her audiences. In earlier years, Ms. Scolnik performed as principal flute with many of Boston's leading orchestras including Emmanuel Music, The Boston Ballet, and Lyric Opera, and toured and recorded with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Scolnik is a frequent featured guest on Boston's WGBH radio, having made over three dozen radio appearances. She lives in Andover, Massachusetts, with her husband, physicist Michael Brower, and two children, Sophie and Sasha, also musicians. Ms. Scolnik just released two CDs, the latest, entitled 'Salut d'Amour & Other Songs of Love,' with her daughter, pianist Sophie Scolnik-Brower. Of her CDs Fanfare Magazine has written, "Her tone is voluptuous in its low register and pellucid at the top . . . with naturally graceful and gracious phrasing, and articulation that is so deft that one is not aware of it." She lives in Andover, Massachusetts, with her husband and her son, a cellist. Since undergoing treatments for breast cancer in 2005, Ms. Scolnik has found ways to both organize and perform concerts which raise funds for cancer support and research, the most recent one, a full orchestral concert with the world-renown conductor, Sir Simon Rattle. top Stacey Shames, harp, is widely recognized as one of today's outstanding harpists. With performances as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral principal, she has appeared throughout the United States, Europe and the Far East. She is celebrated for her luxurious tone and a repertoire, which encompasses Scarlatti to Elliott Carter. At age fourteen, Ms. Shames made her debut at Carnegie Recital Hall, receiving critical acclaim. She took the First Prize in the American Harp Society Competition (1987), received honors at the International Concours de Geneve, and went on to earn a top prize in the 11th International Harp Contest in Israel (1992). In recent concerto performances, Ms. Shames appeared with the Riverside Symphony at Alice Tully Hall, The Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony, and the National Chamber Orchestra. She has been heard in recital at Jordan Hall, in Boston, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and in New York, at Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and Bargemusic. As principal harpist of the Saint Louis Symphony, Miss Shames performed, recorded and toured under the direction of Leonard Slatkin. She has also been principal of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, under the baton of Claudio Abbado, Mostly Mozart Orchestra, the New York Chamber Symphony, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, and the American Symphony Orchestra. She enjoys a busy schedule of performances, recordings and tours as the harpist with the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble. As a chamber musician, Ms. Shames has concertized extensively with Aureole, her trio of flute, viola and harp. The group has several recordings on the Koch International label, including three releases with Metropolitan Opera singer, Heidi Grant Murphy. Also current is an all Takemitsu disc, works by Richard Rodney Bennett and Nicholas Maw and newly recorded pieces by John Tavener, Harrison Birtwistle, Jan Bach, and Elliott Carter. Recently, Ms. Shames has been accompanist for Renee Fleming, Andrea Bocelli, Gil Shaham, and Joshua Bell in numerous recording and television appearances. Miss Shames is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she studied with Nancy Allen. She has served as a faculty member of the Aspen Music Festival and School, The Masters School, and the Hartt School of Music. She resides in New Jersey, with her husband, Tim Ries, a jazz saxophonist with whom she performs and records. top Peter Weitzner, double bass, a graduate of the Juilliard School, has performed with Solisti New York, the Jupiter Symphony, EOS Ensemble, SONYC, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Stamford Symphony, Musicians Accord, and the New Jersey Symphony. As soloist, he has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony and performed the New York premiere of Sheila Silver's Chant for bass and piano. Mr. Weitzner has been a frequent participant at international music festivals including Mostly Mozart, OK Mozart, Cape May, Festival of the Hamptons, Bratislava Music Festival, and the Bruckner Festival in Linz, Austria. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Weitzner is currently the curator and host of the BPL Chamber Players in residence at the Central branch (Grand Army Plaza) of the Brooklyn Public Library. He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Orion Quartet, Enso Quartet, Trio Solisti, New York Chamber Ensemble, Yale at Norfolk, Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, New York Philomusica, Garden City Chamber Music Society, Sherman Chamber Ensemble and the Berkshire Bach Society. He has also performed with the dance companies of Lar Lubovitch and David Parsons as well as Merce Cunningham's 80th birthday celebration at the Lincoln Center Festival in the New York premiere of Biped. He also participated in a performance at NJPAC (NJ Performing Arts Center) with the re-emerging Alice Coltrane shortly before her passing. For ten years Mr. Weitzner toured the world as a member of the Giora Feidman Trio. In the spring of 2009, he was invited to become a member of the Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium, an arts education advocacy group comprised of arts related non-profits, musicians and educators. His work can be heard on the Nonesuch, Albany, Pro Gloria Musicae, New World Records, Musical Heritage Society, Delos, Grenadilla, and Berkshire Bach Society record labels. He has also produced recordings of the Brandenburg Concerti with the Berkshire Bach Society and the critically acclaimed complete flute music of J.S. Bach with flutist Susan Rotholz and Kenneth Cooper, fortepiano, released by Bridge Records. top Mineko Yajima, violin, has performed in chamber music concerts throughout North America and Japan with the Yajima-Robin duo and the Hudson Trio. She is the principal second violin of the Mostly Mozart Festival, a member of the Orchestra of St.Luke's and the Little Orchestra Society. She is also concertmaster of the Princeton Chapel Camerata and the Berkshire Bach Society Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Yajima spent fifteen summers teaching with the late Joseph Fuchs at the Chamber Music Institute at Alfred University. Since 1966 she has been coaching and performing string ensembles at the Tenri Chamber Music Institute in Japan which gives her the opportunity to stay in touch with her native culture. Ms. Yajima graduated from the Juilliard school as a student of Joseph Fuchs. top Carmit Zori, violin At the recommendation of Isaac Stern and Alexander Schneider, violinist Carmit Zori came to the United States from her native Israel at the age of fifteen to study with Ivan Galamian, Jaime Laredo and Arnold Steinhardt at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Ms. Zori is the recipient of a Levintritt Foundation Award, a Pro Musicis International Award, and the top prize in the Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition. Carmit Zori has appeared as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, among many others. Her solo recitals includes concerts at Lincoln Center, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum in Boston and the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., Jerusalem center to the performing arts. Her engagements abroad have included performances throughout Latin America and Europe, as well as in Israel, Japan, Taiwan and Australia, where she premiered the Violin Concerto by Marc Neikrug. In addition to her appearances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Ms. Zori has been a guest at chamber music festivals and concert series around the world, including the Chamber Music at the "Y" series in New York City, Festival Casals in Puerto Rico, Bridgehampton Chamber Music festival, Chamber Music Northwest, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, BDDS chamber music festival Madison WI. Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. Ms. Zori was an artistic director and frequent performer at Bargemusic in New York, and is now the artistic director of the Brooklyn Chamber Music Society, which she founded in 2002. She has recorded on the Arabesque, Koch International, and Elektra-Nonesuch labels. Ms. Zori is violin professor faculty at SUNY Purchase and Rutgers state University of NJ. top

CLASSICAL CONCERT Saturday, May 11 at 8:00 PM Jewish Community Center, Sherman, CT CLASSICAL CONCERT Sunday, May 12 at 3:00pm Merryall Center for the Performing Arts, New Milford, CT COMMUNITY PICNIC AND CONCERT Saturday, June 29, 11 AM - 2 PM Town Green, Sherman, CT SUMMER SONGWRITING AND MUSICAL THEATER CAMP Late June - early July TBA Pawling Central School District, Pawling NY SUMMER SONGWRITING AND MUSICAL THEATER CAMP Late June - early July TBA Parks and Recreation Department, New Fairfield, CT CHILDREN'S CONCERT Friday, July 12 at 2:00 PM Kent Memorial Library, Kent, CT CLASSICAL CONCERT #1 Friday, July 12 at 8:00 PM St. Andrew's Church, Kent, CT CLASSICAL CONCERT #1 Saturday, July 13 at 8:00 PM Lake Mauweehoo Clubhouse, Sherman, CT CLASSICAL CONCERT #2 Friday, August 9 at 8:00 PM St. Andrew's Church, Kent, CT CLASSICAL CONCERT #2 Saturday, August 10 at 8:00 PM Lake Mauweehoo Clubhouse, Sherman, CT CLASSICAL CONCERT #3 Friday, August 30 at 8:00 PM St. Andrew's Church, Kent, CT CLASSICAL CONCERT #3 Saturday, August 31 at 8:00 PM Lake Mauweehoo Clubhouse, Sherman, CT BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE Saturday, August 31 at 2:00 PM Lake Mauweehoo Clubhouse, Sherman, CT BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE Sunday, September 1 at 1:00 PM Kent, CT LIVE AT THE LAKE! COFFEEHOUSE Friday, September 6 at 8 PM Lake Mauweehoo Clubhouse, Sherman, CT JAZZING UP THE CLASSICS: MATINEE CONCERT Saturday, November 30 at 4:00 PM Sherman Congregational Church, Sherman, CT JAZZING UP THE CLASSICS: MATINEE CONCERT Sunday, December 1 at 3:00 PM St. Andrew's Church, Kent, CT MESSIAH PERFORMANCE AND SING-IN Friday, December 6 at 7:30 PM St. Andrew's Church, Kent, CT