A New York City native, Juliana began playing the violin at the age of 3 at the School for Strings in Manhattan where she is currently a member of the Board of Trustees. As an undergraduate at Brown University, Juliana was the concertmaster of the orchestra and frequent soloist. She also served as co-concert master of the Sorbonne University Orchestra in Paris while studying abroad. Juliana has performed with orchestras and ensembles throughout the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, and Brazil. …

Sara Mayo is an active freelancer in New York, and is originally from the Pacific Northwest. She is the tenor trombonist of Calliope Brass, the Principal Trombone of the Yakima Symphony, and has been a featured soloist with both the Yakima Symphony and the Tacoma Community College Symphonic Band. She has also performed with a variety of orchestral ensembles such as the Chelsea Symphony, Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, Spokane Symphony, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Tacoma Symphony, and the Northwest …

Korean violinist, Haerim Elizabeth Lee captivates audiences by “leaving them breathless with impeccable phrasing and relevant musicality.” (El Norte, Mexico). In 2015, Elizabeth performed as the concertmaster with Yo-Yo Ma at the Kennedy Center Honors concert in Washington, D.C. to recognize Maestro Seiji Ozawa, which was attended by former President Barack Obama. As a performing artist and scholar, Lee has established herself as a visionary and was the first recipient of the Tarisio Young Artist Grant as the Artistic Director …

Gina Dyches has performed as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician in the U.S. and Asia. She obtained her Master of Music in violin performance at Rice University where she studied with internationally renowned educator Kathleen Winkler. She has participated in masterclasses for Martin Beaver, Andrew Jennings, and Daniel Phillips and she remains an active orchestral musician, playing with some of the country’s most exciting new groups including Kaleidoscope in Los Angeles, Nu Deco Ensemble in Miami and The Chelsea …

Clarinetist Alicia Bennett is active as a performer and teacher in the New York City area. She is on faculty at the 92Y, Bloomingdale School of Music, and Turtle Bay Music School; additionally, Alicia is a teaching artist for the 92Y's Discover Music program. Alicia specializes in playing chamber and orchestral music, and loves playing opera and new music whenever she has the chance. In March of 2018, Alicia was a featured soloist with The Chelsea Symphony playing Aaron Copland's …

Active as a conductor, violinist, violist, pianist, and educator, Nell Flanders brings her dynamic musicality to performances in a wide variety of genres, from orchestral classics to contemporary music, tango, blues, and period instrument baroque. Ms. Flanders is currently the Director of Orchestral Activities at Idaho State University, where she leads the Idaho State-Civic Symphony and the ISU University Chamber Orchestra. From 2018-2021 she held the position of Georg and Joyce Albers-Schonberg Assistant Conductor with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducting …

Mark Seto leads a wide-ranging musical life as a conductor, scholar, teacher, and violinist. He is Artistic Director and Conductor of The Chelsea Symphony in New York City, and Senior Lecturer in Music at Brown University, where he directs the Brown University Orchestra and teaches courses in music history, theory, and conducting. Recent highlights include performances with violinist Itzhak Perlman, violinist Randall Goosby, and clarinetist Anthony McGill, and the inauguration of The Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University.

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