After being inspired by a peer playing “Jingle Bells” at a holiday recital, 5-year old Allison immediately demanded a violin from her percussionist father and could frequently be found following her older brother around their childhood home in Indiana playing “Hot Cross Buns” for him.

Allison earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Violin Performance with a minor in Psychology from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana where she studied with Professor Larry Shapiro and served as Concertmaster for the Butler Symphony Orchestra. …

Michael Dwinell is a St. Louis-based oboist whose multifaceted career spans classical, contemporary, chamber, orchestral, theatrical, film, and commercial music. He has performed with the Chelsea Symphony, Long Island Chamber Orchestra, Protestra, Fort Greene Orchestra, Adelphi Orchestra, and other ensembles in the New York area, as well as with New Amsterdam Opera and New Jersey State Opera. As the founding oboist of Nu Quintet, he performed and taught on behalf of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with the …

Tyler Hefferon is a New York City percussionist who regularly performs with a variety of ensembles including the Chelsea Symphony, Protestra, Brooklyn String Orchestra, New Amsterdam Symphony, Regina Opera, and City Lyric Opera. He studied percussion at The Boston Conservatory and Temple University. His teachers include Chris Deviney, John Grimes, Keith Aleo, Bill Wozniak, Phil O'Banion, Nancy Zeltsman, Alan Abel, Joe Tompkins, and David Rosenblatt. When he isn't playing percussion, Tyler is an avid nonprofit accountant and operations consultant, serving …

Educator and performer Stephen Lyons is excited to perform as a soloist with the Chelsea Symphony, presenting a new work of his friend and colleague MIchael J. Miller. Based in Connecticut, he serves the city of Waterbury, CT as a band director at West Side Middle School and the city of Norwalk, CT as the music supervisor for the perennially impressive Norwalk High School Marching Band. His passion for playing small brass instruments of all shapes was sparked by his …

Chilean conductor Nicolás Gómez Amín has performed in renowned venues across Chile, the United States, Austria, and Greece. From 2022 to 2024, he served as the Music Director of the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. He is also a regular Guest Conductor with the Berks Sinfonietta.

In Chile, Nicolás was the Assistant Conductor at the 2024 Portillo International Music Festival and guest-conducted the Orquesta de Cámara del Teatro Municipal de Santiago on a tour of the Arica y Parinacota region.

Nicolás …

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 Associate Teaching Professor of 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, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and the Martha Graham Dance Company, and concerts with the Brown University Orchestra at Carnegie Hall …