Ian Aaberg, Guitar. BM, Berklee College of Music. Founder, guitarist and composer Lonoband. http://www.lonoband.com

Margaret Bachelder, Piano, Harpsichord. BA with honors, Vassar College; MM New England Conservatory. Recitals in Israel and throughout the US, both solo and chamber music. Faculty, NEC Prep & Extension Divisions, Boston Conservatory Special Programs.

Laura Backley, Voice. MM, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Studied with Metropolitan Opera Baritone, Mark Oswald. Creator of the CCM Musical Theater Certificate Program. District finalist for the Metropolitan Opera Competition.

Kristian Baverstam , Clarinet. BA, Boston College, MM, Boston Conservatory. Principal Boston Civic Symphony, Principal Clarinet, Boston Conservatory Orchestra, Solos with Bsoton College Symphony Orchestra. Member The Baverstam Chamber Players.

Judith Bedford, Bassoon, Wind Octet, Chamber Music. BM, MM(2); AD New England Conservatory. Performs with New Hampshire Symphony; Worcester Symphony; Handel & Haydn Society; Boston Baroque & others. Faculty UMass Lowell; Longy; Powers Music School. 

Michael Becker, Piano. MM in Collaborative Piano, New England Conservatory; BA and MM in Piano Performance, Towson University; additional private studies at the Eastman School of Music. Accompanies the Arlington-Belmont Chorale of the Philharmonic Society of Arlington, and performs regularly with “Urban Voices,” an educational outreach program of the Metropolitan Opera Guild of New York. Also on staff at the Boston Conservatory.

Paulette Bowes, Clarinet. BM, University of Michigan, University of Maryland, MM, New England Conservatory. Frequent guest at the Bay Chamber Concert Series in Rockport, Maine. Performed with groups such as the Vermeer Quartet, Portland String Quartet and Boston Composers String Quartet. Co-Founder and performer, ClariNewtones Quartet. Director All Newton Music School. Click here for Paulette Bowes' solo audio sample or click here for ClariNewtones audio sample.

Adele Carter , Cello. DMA, University of Maryland, Artist’s Diploma Studies and MM with Honors, University of Southern California, BM, Cleveland Institute of Music. Performed with Alexandria Symphony and Richmond Symphony Orchestras. Former faculty Frederick Community College.

Anne Marie Chubet, Violin. BM, New England Conservatory. Member of Handel & Haydn Society, Springfield Symphony, Boston College Faculty Piano Trio, Cantata Singers. 2002 Massachusetts Symphony Spain Tour. Concerts in Palermo, Italy with Terzo Practica. Faculty: Boston College. Click here for audio sample.

James Chubet, Piano. BM, Boston Conservatory of Music, 2MM (Piano and Musicology), NEC. Performs with Boston College Faculty Piano Trio, Lavazza Chamber Ensemble, Principal keyboard for Britt Festival Orchestra (Jacksonville, OR), summers 1985-present. Faculty Boston College, Chamber Music Center at Wellesley College. Click here for audio sample.

Rita Corey, Piano. BS, University of Rochester.  Organist/Choir Director at Christ Lutheran Church, Natick: direct Senior Choir, Senior Bell Choir, Youth Choir, Youth Bell Choir, Junior Choir and 2 handchime choirs.  Member of NEPTA, MMTA, Sharon Performing Artists Association.  Faculty: Dana Hall Music School. 

Kenneth DoRosario, Music Therapy. MT-BC, Board-Certified Music Therapist. MA in Expressive Arts Therapy with a specialization in Music Therapy. LMHC, Massachusetts Licenced Mental Health Counselor. Performs as frontman for Boston-based funk/rock band, Dr.Awkward throughout New England.

Carrie Dowell, Violin. BM, Butler University, MM Kent State University, Performance Diploma Longy School of Music. Freelancer with several orchestras, musicals and chamber music ensembles. Member of Missouri Symphony and Bear Valley Music Festival Symphony.

Kendall Eddy, Bass (acoustic/electric), Guitar. BM, James Madison University, MM, NEC. Studied with Samuel Cross, Cecil Mc Bee, Bob Brookmeyer and Don Palma. Additional studies with Chuck Israels, Paul Ellison and Joe Carver. Performed with John Clayton, Bob Brookmeyer, Kenny Wheeler, and Steve Lacy, among many others, and has performed throughout the United States and in Canada, Japan and Norway. Member of Boston based groups such as the Quartet of Happiness, Newpoli (Italian flok music) and the Ayn inserto Jazz Orchestra.  

Barbara Englesberg, Violin, Viola. BA, U of California, Santa Barbara; MM, Peabody Conservatory; DMA, Boston University. Assistant concertmaster ProArte Chamber Orchestra;Handel & Haydn Society; member Leonora String Quartet. Performs frequently with New England area groups. Faculty Northeastern University. 

Kate Finn, Guitar/Bass/Keyboard. BM, Degree in Film Music, Berklee College of Music; Independent studies in Electronic Music at Harvard University. Advanced Certificate in Computer Studies with CompuServe. Performing Groups include "Five Easy Pieces"; "Vertigo Girls"; "Swingin' Suedines". ANMS Music Lab Coordinator. Visit Kate Finn's personal website at http://www.katefinnmusic.com .
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Linda Friend, Musical Beginnings. BA in Physical Therapy, University of Toronto. Director of Kindermusik Extreme Imagination and Manager of Child Development programs for BCN Productions. Member of The Parents Advisory Council for the Easton school system.

David Gaita, Drama/Theater. BS & M.ED, Wheelock College, Newton Public School teacher, implemented creative extracurricular programs; drama teacher ANMS Summer Creative Arts Program. Member Boston Men's Gay Chorus.

Michael Giordano, Guitar. BM, Berklee College of Music. Performances throughout the northeast in Jazz, Blues and Funk genres. ANMS Stavis Recording Studio Engineer. Website: www.mikegiordano.net. Click here for audio sample.

Ellen Given, Flute. BM in Flute, Philadelphia Musical Academy. Studied with John Wummer and Murray Panitz. Flute and piccolo with the Atlantic Symphony, CBC Radio Orchestra and National Broadway Tour of “Pirates of Penzance. Flutists and founder of Trio Desjardins. Directs ANMS Flute Ensembles. Former instructor/coach of chamber music at Brandeis University..

Judy Grant, Flute. MM in flute performance from Boston University where she trained with BSO flutist Leone Buyse. Faculty: Boston College Music Department, Brookline Music School, UMASS/Boston Performing Arts Department. Past President, Greater Boston Flute Association. An experienced teacher, her flute students have been accepted to all the major music schools in the country, including Eastman and Juilliard.

Francis J. Grimes, Viola, Violin. BM Indiana U at Bloomington; additional studies at Boston University; U of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Performs with Boston Pops, Boston Ballet, RI Philharmonic, Colonial Theatre, Copley Chamber Players. Faculty Community Music School of Boston, Milton Academy. 

Adam Grossman, Violin. BA, Boston University, MFA Brandeis, Ph.D. candidate, Brandeis. Music Director, The Master Singers, Faculty: NEC Preparatory; Newton North High School.

Edward Harney, Trumpet. BM, New England Conservatory. Performs with Boston Brass Ensemble, "Classic Brass Quintet", Newton Symphony and a freelance player. Faculty Concord Academy, Middlesex School, conductor Newton North High School Brass Ensemble.

Jane Harrison, Oboe, English Horn, Oboe d'amore. BM, Ohio Wesleyan, graduate study at Cleveland Institute of Music, MM, Manhattan School of Music. Performs with Arcadian Winds, Emmanuel Music, Boston Academy of Music, Alea III and others. Faculty Boston College, Northeastern University, GYBSO. 

Lyudmila Hazan, Piano. BM, MM with honors Gnessin Institute of Musical Pedagogy, Moscow, Russia. Faculty Longy, European Piano School.  

Diane Heffner, Clarinet, Saxophone. BM and MM with honors from New England Conservatory where she studied clarinet with Joseph Allard. An active freelance clarinetist and teacher on both modern and historical instruments. Performs with Boston Baroque, Handel & Haydn Society, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (San Francisco). Founding member of Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, and appears regularly with Alea III, Emmanuel Music, Vermont Symphony.With her jazz/blues/rock trio, “Absolute Groove,” she plays her tenor sax & clarinet at parties, weddings and festivals. Applied faculty at Tufts University, Cambridge School of Weston.

Michael Ibrahim, Clarinet. BA, University of Kentucky, MS, Boston University, GD, Boston University. Performed with groups such as the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra and UK Wind Ensemble & Symphony Orchestra. Adjudicator for KMEA All District and All State concert bands. Active Composer and Arranger. Co-Founder and performer, ClariNewtones Quartet. Faculty: Emerson College. Director of Development, All Newton Music School. Click here for ClariNewtones audio sample.

Atsuko Jozaki, Piano, BA, Elizabeth University, Japan; MM, Stanford University; DMA, Boston University. Faculty Brookline Music School, Choir director Glendale United Methodist, Organist, First United Parish of Everett. 

Philip Kaplan , Guitar, BM, Guitar , Composition, New England Conservatory. Reed College, Portland, OR, BA, International School, Geneva, Switzerland. Composer for documentaries. Producer, arranger and musician for local studios, local and international artists.

Maeve Lien, Saxophone, Clarinet. BS, University of Mary, MM, New England Conservatory. Jazz and Classical performer: Boston Philharmonic, NEC Orchestras & Ensembles, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Faculty: The Fenn School, Bridgewater State College. Alumnus, Rome Festival Orchestra.

Jonathan Lovenstein, Piano, Recorder, Composer. BM, Ohio University, MM, NEC. Three recordings on Titanic Records. Website download: www.angelfire.com/music2/early. Click here for audio sample.

Barbara Lysakowski, Piano, Accompanist. MA with honors, Academy of Music, Gdansk, Poland. MM with honors in Piano Performance, NEC. Former Faculty: South Shore Conservatory, Franklin School for the Performing Arts. Solo and chamber music recitals in Poland and New England.

Sally Martin, Violin. BM Violin Performance, Indiana University, Faculty New School of Music, performs with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Claflin Hill Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra of Boston.

Kevin McGinty, Piano. BM, New England Conservatory, MM, The Juilliard School. Numerous performances as solo recitalist and collaborative pianist. Appearances with Central Massachusetts Symphony, Brookline Symphony, Hillsdale Orchestra and Boston Pops. Former Facutly: MIT Music and Theater Arts, New School of Music and Milton Academy. 

Rita Southworth Moerschel, Piano. BA, U of Minnesota; studies in NYC, grad work at NEC. Performances as soloist and collaborative pianist; Senior lecturer at Curry College. Music Chair of the Crescendo Club of Boston. Click here for audio sample.

John Mulroy, Piano. BS, College of Saint Rose, MM, in Jazz studies and performance, NEC. Performs with John Mulroy Trio. Faculty Berklee College of Music.

John Muratore, Guitar. MM, Performance, NEC. Also studies at Aspen Music School, Academie Festival des Arcs with Oscar Ghiglia. First Prize in Alpha Delta Kappa Strings Competition. Solo recitals plus duo with Peter Clemente. Frequent performer with Vermont based coral group "Counterpoint", "Crossings" ensembles. Senior Lecturer Dartmouth College, Teaching Associate Boston University. ANMS Guitar Department Coordinator. Click here for audio sample.

Michele Parker, Violin, Viola. BM, Philadephia Musical Academy, Certificate in violin, Mozarteum, MA in Musicology, Catholic University, Music History studies at University of Pennsylvania, Performances with Boston Lyric Opera, Copley Chamber Players, Masterworks Chorale, Boston area ensembles. Summer performances Peter britt Festival Orchestra, Jacksonville, OR (1984-presnt) Faculty Milton Academy; former faculty NEC, Boston College. Performs Appalachian & Bluegrass fiddle in a Brookline-based group for educational concerts. Stsing Coordinator, ANMS. 

Kim Petot, Piano. BM and BME, Wittenberg University. Specializes in early childhood music. Director of ANMS Summer Creative Arts Program. 

Ross Petot, Piano. BA, Wittenberg University, MM, Bowling Green State University. Performs with The Wolverines, The Blue Horizon Jazz Band, Back Bay Ramblers (jazz ensembles). Click here for audio sample.

Jan Pfeiffer, Cello. GD, NEC, MM with honors, University of Southern California, BM and BME with honors, University of Missouri at Kansas City. Performs with Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Ballet, RI Philharmonic, Boston College Faculty Piano Trio. Faculty: Boston College. Director of Wellesley Chamber Music Department and of the Lavazza Chamber Ensemble and Wellesley Chamber Music Center. Website: Website: www.LavazzaChamberEnsemble.org. Click here for audio sample.

Franck Powdermaker , Violin. Attended ANMS and went on to become a Juilliard graduate. Former member of Toronto and Pittsburgh Symphonies. Prizewinner of several International competitions. Member of the Metropolis Quartet. Faculty of Harvard University. ANMS Scholarship String.

Jennifer Proulx, Voice.BFA, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. MM in Vocal Performance, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Additional studies at Scuola Italia and La Musica Lirica in Urbania, Italy. May be heard with Sinfonia da Camera on Albany Records release of George Enescu's Oedipe.

Lindsey Robb, Piano. BA, Lawrence Conservatory of Music. Masterclasses with Jean Kraft, Maria Clodes Jaquaribe. Continuing students with Jonathan Bass. Treasurer, NEPTA. Faculty at Rivers Music School. 

Ann Rosandich, Oboe, English Horn. BM and MM, Boston University Performances with Emmanuel Music, Boston Classical Orchestra, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, New Hampshire Symphony,WGBH-FM Radio. Former Solo English Horn NM Symphony Orchestra, former member Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra. Reed making with Stuart Dunkel. Former reed maker for Oboe Cane & Reeds. Click here for audio sample.

Lynn Salmonsen, Piano. BM, Hartt School of Music, Master's Candidate Boston University, Artist's Diploma in Chamber Music, Longy School of Music. Founder/ performer Taber Concert Series. Accompanist of Handel & Hyden Youth Choruses, Buckingham, Browne & Nichols Concerts & European Tours. Director of Mount Ida College Choir and music director and organist of the East Congregational Church in Milton.

Laura Sanders, Voice. BM and BME Musicology and Music Education cum laude, Texas Christian University, MM Voice Performance and Pedagogy with distinction. Westminster Choir College, Post Grad study New York University. Performs with Philomela Trio and Quartet Mishkan Tefilah Synagogue. Member NATS. ANMS Voice Department Coordinator. Click here for audio sample.

Daniel Shaud, Horn. BA, BM Oberlin College and Conservatory, MM, NEC. Performs with Solar Winds Quintet. Faculty: Rivers Music School.

Richard Shaughnessy, Clarinet. BM, Ithaca College, MM Boston University. Performs with Handel & Haydn Society, Emmanuel Music, Boston Baroque, Nashua Symphony, Worcester Orchestra. Faculty NEC Preparatory Division. Concert Coordinator, Boston College. Co-Founder and performer, ClariNewtones Quartet. ANMS Wind Dept. Coordinator. Click here for the Richard's solo audio sample or click here for ClariNewtones audio sample.

Nilly Epstein Shilo, Piano.DMA, MM, Boston University, BA, Artist Diploma, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Winner of America-Israel Cultural Foundation Award. Pi Kappa Lambda, Boston University. Recitals in Israel and the US, both solo and chamber music. Her students are frequent winners of the MTNA and NEPTA piano competitions, as well as the MMTA Bay State Contest. Currently the President of the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association. FacultyThe Fessenden School.

Molly Shira, BA, University of Iowa, MA, University of Northern Iowa, Suzuki training at American Suzuki Institute, Stevens Point, WI, and Hart Suzuki Institute, CT.

Steve Silverstein, Drums, Percussion. BA, UMass-Amherst, MBA, Babson College. Studied at Berklee College. Performed in US and abroad with Max Roach, Archie Shepp and many others. Click here for audio sample.

Matthew Small, Trumpet. BA, Montana State University. MM, Jazz Performance, NEC. Performs with Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra. Click here for audio sample.

Patricia Smith, Piano. BM, St. Louis Institute of Music, MM Boston University. Studied at the Ecole Normale de Musique with Jules Gentile. Piano Department Coordinator, All Newton Music School.

Wendy Sobel, Guitar. Schools include Emerson College and Berklee College of Music. Over 30 years experience in guitar perfomance. Performs regularly as a guitarist/singer/songwriter throughout New England. Past groups include Girls' Night Out and Daring Angels.  Past teaching includes Berklee College of Music.

Gary Spellissey, Drums, Percussion. BME, U of Lowell, MM, Boston University. Versatile in many genres, extensive performingexperience. Faculty Powers Music School, Universtiy of Lowell. Click here for audio sample.

Maija Teigen-Hangartner, Violin. BM Performance, Boston University, Suzuki training at the Chicago Suzuki Institute with Michelle George and Ithaca Suzuki Institute with Lorraince Finkle. Performing with Plymouth Philharmonic and Claflin Hill. ANMS Suzuki Department Coordinator.

Fredrik Wanger, Piano. BM Oberlin Conservatory, MM Peabody Conservatory, Fullbright Grant Akademie fur Music, Austria. Performed and recorded with many BSO members. Click here for audio sample.

Jane Wanger, Piano. Studied with Olga Stroumillo, Attended Oberlin Conservatory and began her teaching career at that time going on to teach at Peabody Conservatory Preparatory School, Baltimore, MD. Taught piano in 3 languages and performed the majority of the repertoire for four-hand, one piano in the U. S., Austria & Israel with her husband Fred. Click here for audio sample.

Mana Washio, Flute. MM, Boston University School for the Arts, AD, Oberlin Conservatory, BM, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Performs with New England Philharmonic, Massachusetts Wind Orchestra, Flute & Marimba duo "Wind & Rhythm" and various chamber music groups. Faculty, Allegro Music School in Natick. Click here for audio sample.

Scott Woolweaver, Viola, Violin, Chamber Music. BM with distinction, U of Michigan School of Music, graduate work at Boston University and NEC. Performs with Ives Quartet CA, New England Piano Quartette ME, Alea III, Boston Baroque. Faculty U of Mass, Tufts, Rocky Ridge Music Center CO, Kneisel Hall, Interlockhen Camp. 

George Zilzer, Piano. BA cum laude, Harvard College. MA Bennington College, additional Graduate studies at Juilliard. Soloist in Europe and throughout the US, including frequent appearances with the Boston Pops and many local orchestras. Mr. Zilzer's live concerts and radio performances are recorded on thirteen CDs.