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July 25-August 1,
2010
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	Gerall Hieser, Co-Director, cello. Graduate of Temple University and the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Member of chamber ensembles in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, including the Madison String Quartet in which our new staff member Evelyn Estava is a violinist.
	June Gunter Infantino, Co-Director, woodwinds & early music. Graduate of Oberlin. Studied at the Baroque Performance Institute. Formerly flutist with the New Jersey State Opera Orchestra. Records and performs with classical guitarist Danny Infantino. More information and excerpts from CD are at dannyinfantino.com.
	Elizabeth Acker, piano, holds a BFA from York University and is a performer, accompanist, teacher and coach. In Toronto her engagements span classical and contemporary orchestral and chamber music, musical theatre, contemporary music and jazz.
	Gael Abbasi, cello. Studied at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Teachers include Orlando Cole and Janos Starker. Studied chamber music with the Borodin Trio. Founding member of Strings for Schools, Inc., String Variations, the Independence Duo and the Trio International. Performs in chamber groups throughout the Philadelphia area. She also plays the viola.
	Nicole Aldrich, voice, piano. MM in conducting, Northwestern University. Doctoral fellow in conducting at the University of Maryland. Prior to coming to UMD, she was a member of the faculty at the University of Delaware, where she directed two choirs and taught conducting. She appears regularly in song recital and as soloist with area choirs and orchestras. Her passion for singing, teaching and conducting has led to a developing specialty in voice building in the choral rehearsal. On leave 2010; Jennifer Thomas filling in (see below).
	Carl Anderson, clarinet. Graduate of Louisiana State University. Studied with Domenic DeCaprio, Paul Dirksmeyer, George Waln and Robert Marcellus. Prof. Emeritus at Jacksonville (AL) State University. Principal of Gadsden Symphony Orchestra, Cheaha Chamber Players and the Chamber Players of the South.
	Evelyn Estava, violin. Began her studies in Venezuela and the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar. Soloist with orchestras from Venezuela to Mexico and New Jersey. Studied chamber music with Josef Gingold, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton and Arnold Steinhardt. As a winner of Artists International Special Presentation Award, she made her New York debut recital in 2005, at Weill Recital Hall. Currently concertmaster of the Plainfield Symphony and member of the Madison String Quartet (with Gerall Hieser).
	Daniel Gladstone, violin and viola. Studied at Mannes College and with William Kroll, Kim Kashkashian and Eriko Sato. Coaches chamber ensembles and teaches in New York City and on Eastern Long Island. In the bucolic hinterlands, he has served as music critic (for the East Hampton Star), impresario (founding the NorthForkestra), recitalist, orchestral musician and member of a professional string quartet.
	Barbara Jaffe, violin & viola. Obtained Masters from the Eastman School of Music under Donald Weilerstein. Formerly with the Shelbourne Quartet in Great Falls, MT and Bradley University Quartet in Peoria, IL. Currently with the Opera Delaware Orchestra, the Elysian Camerata, Arioso and Fairmount String Quartets. Teaches at her home studio and at Haverford/Bryn Mawr Colleges. .
	Louise Jaffe, viola. Received a Bachelor's Degree in Viola from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts and a Master's Degree in Viola Performance from the Eastman School of Music where she studied viola with Heidi Castleman, and chamber music with members of the Cleveland String Quartet. She has performed in numerous chamber recitals in the US and Switzerland, and is a member of several chamber groups and orchestras in Pennsylvania. She maintains an active teaching studio.
	Megan Murphy Kenny, violin. After graduating from Notre Dame with a BA in violin performance and anthropology, she earned a Master's degree in violin performance from the Yale School of Music. She currently teaches privately and at the University of North Carolina Pembroke, Red Lodge Music Festival, Red Lodge, MT, and the Snyder Music Academy, Fayetteville, NC. Her orchestral, chamber music and solo experience ranges from MT to IN, ME, MA, CT, NY and NC. We welcome her to VT!
	Louisa Marks, cello. BFA and BMEd, Carnegie-Mellon U. Further study with Luigi Silva and George Neikrug. Member of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and Opera Delaware; DSO Principal 'cellist 1971-97. Delaware Trio cellist 1972-85. Former principal cellist of the Austin Symphony, and former member of the Florida and Louisville Orchestras. Private teacher, Newark, DE. Member of VMAC staff since 1981.
	Jennifer Thomas, piano and vioce. Educated at Oberlin and New England Conservatories, Jen has considerable experience as a soloist in opera, oratorio and recitals. In addition to teaching voice she teaches piano, accompanies the choir at Sandhill Community College and directs several choirs, including handbells and bi-yearly music dramas, at Our Saviour Lutheran Church (Southern Pines, NC). More...
	Craig Vandewater, bassoon. Studied with Arthur Weisberg. Holds degrees from both Stony Brook and Yale. Has been a member of the Nassau Symphony, the El Paso Symphony and the Lancaster Festival Orchestra. Has taught at The Ross School of East Hampton and the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp of Twin Lakes, Michigan. Currently performing with Summertrios and the North Shore Pro Musica. More at http://CraigsReeds.com.
	Went to school at East Carolina University where he studied painting and printmaking and received a degree in fine arts. Has taught art in the public schools and Lyndon State College and has presented many art classes and workshops to audiences of all ages. To see some of his work - masks - click here.
	Rosemary Waltzer, horn. Has been soloist, principal horn and member of orchestras and chamber groups throughout the US including the American Wind Symphony, Florida Symphony and concert in Weill Recital Hall in New York where affiliations include the Einstein, Hawthorne, and Riverside Symphonies, Broadway Bach Ensemble, Manor House Woodwind Quintet, Butterfield Brass and others. Was on the staff of Merrimack Valley Music and Art Center. Composes and teaches horn, piano and violin in New City, New York .