{"id":22,"date":"2022-09-22T16:45:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T16:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vermontmusicandarts.org\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2024-02-05T21:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T21:41:25","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vermontmusicandarts.org\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22\" class=\"elementor elementor-22\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fb64b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fb64b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-size-default\">Faculty<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c550803 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c550803\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a3f2ef\" data-id=\"1a3f2ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-892fdef elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"892fdef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7659d309 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"7659d309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMusic Director - Violin &amp; Viola\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Barbara Jaffe<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Barbara Jaffe, violinist, received a Master of Music degree in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, where she was a student of Donald Weilerstein. She graduated magna cum laude from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Music degree and was the recipient of the PCPA Book Prize for excellence in the Liberal Arts. Former teachers include Edgar Ortenberg, Charles Castleman, David Cerone, and Yumi Ninomiya-Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Jaffe is a founding member of Elysian Camerata,a chamber music ensemble which has been presenting concerts in Philadelphia and its environs since 2005 and is a member of the Monteverde Quartet which formed in Vermont in 2016. Her chamber music career began in 1982 in Great Falls, Montana with the Cascade String Quartet, the resident quartet affiliated with the Great Falls Symphony, and followed with a position in the Bradley University String Quartet in Peoria, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>In the greater Philadelphia area, Ms. Jaffe has performed with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, the Pennsylvania Ballet and Opera Delaware Orchestras, Philly Pops, Relache, the Fairmount String Quartet and Chamber Ensemble, and the Arioso Quartet. She is currently the concertmaster of Orchestra Concordia. In the Lehigh Valley she has performed with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, the Gabriel Chamber Ensemble and the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Jaffe has performed in Switzerland as a member of the New Bridge Ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Jaffe has taught violin students at Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges and maintains a teaching studio in her home as well. In the summer she is the music director, faculty member, performer and chamber music coach at the Vermont Music and Arts Center in Lyndonville, Vermont.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e781499 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e781499\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"strings\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-495520f8\" data-id=\"495520f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629f5c32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"629f5c32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Strings<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-352b266e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"352b266e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-39775556\" data-id=\"39775556\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fec6b2b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fec6b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DanaW.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-271\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DanaW.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 341w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DanaW-264x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ce51838 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"7ce51838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tViolin\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Dana Allaband - On Sabbatical<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>A native of Minersville, Pennsylvania, Dana Allaband studied under Simon Maurer, Sylvia Ahramjian, James Stern and Arnold Steinhardt and has received degrees from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and University of Maryland. Dana has concertized in Venezuela, Romania, Cameroon, Carnegie Hall and various universities across the country. She is principal second violinist of Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, has served as concertmaster with Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, Kennett Symphony and Anthracite Philharmonic and performs as an orchestral musician with Reading Symphony and Baltimore Symphony.<\/p>\n<p>As an active chamber musician, Dana is second violinist of Elysian Camerata, violinist with the Monteverde String Quartet, violinist of Mill Race Collective and regularly appears as a guest artist with the Gabriel Chamber Ensemble. Expressing her interest in various genres of music, Dana has performed rock music with Rachel Barton Pine and tango music with Trifilio Tango. She regularly appears as first violinist with Philadelphia singer\/songwriter Andrew Lipke and the Azrael String Quartet and is also the violinist with One Alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Allaband is the recipient of the 2016 LLMEA Private Teacher Award. She coaches chamber music each summer at the Bear Crossing Chamber Music String Camp and Vermont Music and Arts at Lyndon State College, VT. Dana is currently an adjunct professor at Albright College and maintains a private violin and viola studio located in the heart of London Grove, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0262d3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0262d3d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f17add\" data-id=\"2f17add\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10bc667 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10bc667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/andrea_torain.200x270.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1&fit=200%2C270\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-272\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ede71da elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"ede71da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tViolin\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Andreia Torain<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Andreia teaches all levels of violin, plus beginner viola, to both children and adults at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, where she also serves as chamber music coach and teaches Suzuki group classes. When not teaching or coordinating the Suzuki violin program for the school\u2019s six branches, she can be found freelancing with chamber ensembles (Fairmount. e.g.) and orchestras (Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Delaware Symphony, Riverside Symphonia, and the Delaware Valley Philharmonic among others). Andreia has a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance from Ithaca College and a Master of Music in String Pedagogy from Temple University.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a0c0a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a0c0a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8c7959\" data-id=\"e8c7959\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53687c7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53687c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Liz-photo-by-Alejandro-Druan-400.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2535\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Liz-photo-by-Alejandro-Druan-400.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 499w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Liz-photo-by-Alejandro-Druan-400-206x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 206w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Liz-photo-by-Alejandro-Druan-400.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6b0d81 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"b6b0d81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tViolin\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Elizabeth (Liz) Wright<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Violinist Elizabeth Wright is a performer and teacher based in New York City. She has performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, United Nations, Carnegie Hall, and in Germany, Switzerland, China, and around the US.<\/p>\n<p>Liz is violinist and co-founder of the Luminae Trio, which formed in 2020 and seeks to illuminate lesser-known music of the past and present. The trio is a recipient of Chamber Music America\u2019s 2023 Ensemble Forward Grant, a 2021 City Artist Corps Grant, and is a national Semi-Finalist for the 2023 American Prize in Chamber Music.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the formation of the Luminae Trio, Liz was Grand Prize winner of the 2015 Ruth Widder String Quartet Competition, three-time winner of the Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition, and recipient of Manhattan School of Music\u2019s 2015 Kraeuter Musical Foundation Award for excellence in chamber music.<\/p>\n<p>Liz performs additionally with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, and Hartford Symphony, and teaches a committed studio of private students. She spends summers on faculty at the Vermont Music &amp; Arts Center.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Bethlehem, PA, Liz earned a Bachelor of Music from University of Michigan, where she studied with Aaron Berofsky and Andrew Jennings; and a Master of Music from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Laurie Smukler. She received additional training at the Weimar Bach Academy, Colorado College Summer Music Festival, and National Repertory Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>When she is not playing or teaching, Liz loves to read, do yoga, and surround herself with as much art and beauty as possible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa9f756 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa9f756\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-51bdc54\" data-id=\"51bdc54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-142b91d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"142b91d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Weez-cropped.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-278\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Weez-cropped.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Weez-cropped-199x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91992ba elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"91992ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tViola\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Louise Jaffe<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Louise Jaffe, violist, received a Master of Music Degree in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Ms. Jaffe earned a Bachelor of Music from the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (PCPA). At Eastman, Louise studied viola with Heidi Castleman, and chamber music with members of the Cleveland Quartet. At PCPA. she studied violin with Charles Castleman, and viola wilh Patynka Kopec. Other notable musicians with whom Louise has worked include Donald Weilerstein, Mitchell Stern, Edgar Ortenberg, and Abram Loft.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Jaffe began her performing career as violist with the Shelbourne and Cascade Quartets, string quartets based in Great Falls, Montana. Since then she has performed in numerous chamber recitals in the United States and abroad, including concerts in Zurich, Bern, Boltigen, and Castasegna, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Louise is a founding member of Elysian Camerata, an active chamber group consisting of two violins, two violas, cello, and piano. She also performs with Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, New Bridge Ensemble (Swititzerland), Chadds Ford Strings, Wilmington String Ensemble, Fairmount Chamber Ensemble, and ViVaCe Strings. Other ensembles with whom she has performed include Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Delaware Symphony, Allentown Symphony, and Pennsylvania Opera Theater.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Jaffe's other love is teaching violin and viola. She maintains an active teaching studio, working with children of all ages and adults.<\/p>\n<p>In the summertime, Louise is the faculty violist at Vermont Music and Arts Center in Lyndonville, Vermont. Besides performing with other faculty, she coaches and performs with non-professional adults who are passionate about chamber music.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c02adc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c02adc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1813346\" data-id=\"1813346\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3439b0e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3439b0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gael-290.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1&fit=290%2C245\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2384\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fce296 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"9fce296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCello\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Gael Abbasi, Coach Emerita<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gael Abbasi 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 in the Philadelphia area. She also plays the viola.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f379105 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f379105\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e52da60\" data-id=\"e52da60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-408950a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"408950a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Gerall521.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-280\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Gerall521.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 453w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Gerall521-227x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 227w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Gerall521.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45b717c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"45b717c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCello\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Gerall Hieser<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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 Gabriel Ensemble and the Madison String Quartet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b23d913 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b23d913\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1243df6\" data-id=\"1243df6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74c1bba elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74c1bba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Linda-pic-1-280.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2498\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Linda-pic-1-280.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Linda-pic-1-280-240x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa69279 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"aa69279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCello\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Linda Metzler<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cellist Linda Metzler has lived and played in the Philadelphia metropolitan area for over thirty years and in that performance career has appeared in many musical guises: \u00a0as soloist, chamber musician, devoted continuo player (a particular favorite!) and orchestral player. \u00a0She has performed across the Delaware Valley in varying venues from the Academy of Music to the Arden Theatre to smaller church spaces and outdoor theater.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of her career have been the 2009 production of Bach's St. John Passion with the St. John Players, Verkl\u00e4rte Nacht with the Elysian Camerata, and Ash Lawn Highland Opera Festival's production of My Fair Lady.\u00a0 Metzler was a founding member of Philadelphia based piano trio, Philalea, and has also played with the Fairmount String Quartet and Elysian Camerata A graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory and Temple University, she credits her studies with Kenneth Lurie, Allen Whear, William Averitt, Lambert Orkis, Luis Biava, and Jeffrey Solow as having been exceptionally formative and inspiring.<\/p>\n<p>Also a private cello teacher of thirty-five years, Linda currently teaches out of her home studio in Conshohocken, where she lives with her husband and son and loves to read and garden.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-784530ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"784530ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"winds\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33356c17\" data-id=\"33356c17\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7021b9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"7021b9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Winds<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-24c8d1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24c8d1d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-67d7d895\" data-id=\"67d7d895\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fa169f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68fa169f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lefever2020small.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1&fit=150%2C224\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-281\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10faf0f9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"10faf0f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Flute, Early Music\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Colette Le Fever<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Colette Le Fever has performed regularly in the orchestras of the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ballet, Delaware Symphony, Princeton Opera and Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. She played Broadway shows appearing in Philadelphia, including; Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, and Beauty and the Beast.<\/p>\n<p>A Summa Cum Laude graduate of the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts, Colette studied with Murray Panitz, Loren Lind, Kazuo Tokito and Robert Bloom. She has performed for Marcel Moyse, Alain Marion, Michel Dubost and William Bennett. While studying in France with Guy Cottin, she was awarded the Premier Prix, Medaille d\u2019Or from the Conservatoire National de Region de Nantes.<\/p>\n<p>Colette enjoys teaching music and has coached chamber music for ensembles at Swarthmore, Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges. She also shares her love of music as a second-grade classroom teacher at Penn Valley Elementary School in Lower Merion School District.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2294804c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2294804c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5edfd23\" data-id=\"5edfd23\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ffc0fe elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18ffc0fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/FerrisParis-2_small.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1&fit=100%2C115\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-283\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e1682c9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"6e1682c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOboe\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Peter Ferris<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter Ferris was born in Buffalo N.Y. Early oboe studies with John Mack of the Cleveland Orchestra. Bachelor of Music Performance from Bowling Green State Univ. (Ohio) 1972. Oboe studies with Cleon Chase and Martin Woltman. Graduate studies at Temple University. Oboe studies with Louis Rosenblatt of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Freelance oboist in Philadelphia 1973-81. California Music Festival 1978 studies with Stephen Adelstein. In 1981 wins audition for Co-Principal Oboe Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela. Joins Orquesta Municipal de Caracas in 1983 as Assistant Principal Oboe and English Horn. In 1989 is named Principal oboe to the present. In 2015 is invited by the Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico to participate in a 9 week tour of the U.S. as principal oboe.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4c4ec6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4c4ec6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c9e016\" data-id=\"7c9e016\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3af3372 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3af3372\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"379\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/P1050944-379-1.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2769\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/P1050944-379-1.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 379w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/P1050944-379-1-234x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d1726f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"3d1726f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClarinet\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Richard Shapiro<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Richard Shapiro is an internationally active chamber and orchestral musician and has performed with numerous groups including the New York Chamber Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, Queens Symphony, and the Opera Orchestra of New York.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Shapiro has toured the United States and Europe with the New York City Opera Orchestra, Opera Northeast, Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, and in Japan and Hong Kong with members of the New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera Orchestras. Mr. Shapiro has served as principal clarinetist of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Merida, Venezuela, New York Choral Society, Little Orchestra of New York, Adirondack Festival of American Music, Lake George Opera Company and Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>As a chamber musician, Mr. Shapiro was a founding member of the award winning Manhattan Woodwind Quintet and served on the faculty of the Apple Hill Festival. In addition, Mr. Shapiro has regularly been heard in the pit orchestras of numerous Broadway musicals including Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, Annie Get Your Gun and the Lion King. Mr. Shapiro received his BM and MM from the Manhattan School of Music and is an active teacher, serving on the faculty of the Kent Place and Pingry Schools in New Jersey.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-33af76c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33af76c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a1112a\" data-id=\"0a1112a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b492c51 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b492c51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Susan-Bassoon-Photo1.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2402\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Susan-Bassoon-Photo1.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 287w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Susan-Bassoon-Photo1-275x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cd591c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"5cd591c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBassoon\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Susan Shaw <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Susan Shaw is the Principal Bassoonist with the Allentown Symphony, the Pennsylvania Sinfonia and the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players. She has also held long term positions with the Lake George Opera and the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Shaw\u2019s active freelance career within the metropolitan area includes performances with the Little Orchestra Society, the Opera Ensemble of New York, the Queens Symphony and the Broadway shows \u201cCarousel,\u201d \u201cKing and I,\u201d and \u201cMiss Saigon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Shaw has held long term teaching positions of bassoon, chamber music and concert band to students of all ages in New York and Pennsylvania with: Lehigh University, the New York Youth Symphony, the Usdan Center for the Performing Arts, the Westchester Conservatory of Music and the White Plains City School District.<\/p>\n<p>She has been a chamber music coach at the Vermont Music and Arts Center since 2014.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7283e2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7283e2c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-eeb9b41\" data-id=\"eeb9b41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67e52df elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67e52df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/b-w-photo-of-lee-ann-newland-268x300-1.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1&fit=268%2C300\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-292\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec5862c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"ec5862c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHorn\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Lee Ann Newland <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ms. Newland, French Horn, is an active freelance horn player in the New York\/New Jersey Metropolitan Area. Classically trained, Ms. Newland served as third horn of the Delaware Symphony for seven seasons, and has performed with the American Ballet Theater Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Westchester Philharmonic, Queens Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Greenwich (CT) Symphony as well as numerous freelance orchestral and choral concerts in the Tri-state area. Commercially Ms. Newland has been a member of the Broadway pit orchestras for Ragtime, Les Miserables, Beauty and The Beast, Aida, Tarzan, My Fair Lady, and over sixty productions as a member of the Papermill Playhouse Orchestra. She serves as the Solo Eb Tenor Horn of the Gramercy Brass of New York, and hornist in the Gramercy Brass Quintet. She also performs regularly with Solid Brass and the Frank Basile 12tet, better known as the \u201cLittle Big Band\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As an educator, Ms. Newland currently serves as a member of the Instrumental Music faculty of the Teaneck Public Schools, where she directs the concert and marching bands at Teaneck High School. She is also a faculty member of Fairleigh Dickenson University Metropolitan Campus where she directs the pep band. Her summers include participating as a faculty member of the Vermont Music and Arts Center, where she is a member of the faculty woodwind quintet, and coaches chamber music groups for both winds and strings. Ms. Newland attended Boston University, and holds a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from Manhattan School of Music. As the recipient of a Rutgers University Graduate Fellowship at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Ms. Newland earned a Master of Music Performance degree. She has been a student of Scott Brubaker, Joe Anderer and Howard T. Howard-Metropolitan Opera, L. William Kuyper-New York Philharmonic, David Ohanian- Empire and Canadian Brass and Frank Donaruma- American Ballet Theater Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Newland can be heard on the Gramercy Brass of New York recordings- American Anthems, Christmas Time is Here and Brubeck in Brass, playing both the Eb Tenor horn and French horn. Additionally, she has been a background musician for several rock band albums and can be heard on the jazz album Steppin\u2019 Up with the Frank Basile 12tet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b51f462 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b51f462\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"piano\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-698b541\" data-id=\"698b541\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f26814 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"7f26814\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Piano<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d06c858 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d06c858\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-78bc33a\" data-id=\"78bc33a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e6a0a4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e6a0a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/liz_aker__medium.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1&fit=240%2C298\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-299\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35f6e18 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"35f6e18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPiano\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Elizabeth Acker<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elizabeth Acker 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 - which she has been known to treat us to at the end of Fun Night.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-111042f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"111042f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-75f8e2a\" data-id=\"75f8e2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d464af6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d464af6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/screen-shot-2015-08-03-at-9-01-13-am-e1438607068273.png?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-306\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/screen-shot-2015-08-03-at-9-01-13-am-e1438607068273.png?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 289w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/screen-shot-2015-08-03-at-9-01-13-am-e1438607068273-281x300.png?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fe0b31 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"2fe0b31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPiano\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">David Iskowitz<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>David Iskowitz is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory. He directs a school for music and art, the Westerhoff School, in Metuchen, New Jersey, and also teaches piano and chamber music, and accompanies for the music department at Drew University in Madison, NJ. Performances throughout the New York metropolitan area, often in collaboration with instrumentalists and singers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff442b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff442b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"voice\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b86d0b\" data-id=\"2b86d0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7312154 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"7312154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Voice &amp; Large Ensembles<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7296ee5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7296ee5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e14941\" data-id=\"0e14941\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-196bbcc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"196bbcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1076\" height=\"1620\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aldrichformalpicture-scaled.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-310\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aldrichformalpicture-scaled.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 1076w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aldrichformalpicture-199x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aldrichformalpicture-680x1024.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aldrichformalpicture-768x1156.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aldrichformalpicture-1020x1536.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 1020w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aldrichformalpicture-1360x2048.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 1360w, https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aldrichformalpicture-scaled.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-465618a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"465618a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVoice and Large Ensemble\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Nicole Aldrich<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nicole Aldrich is Director of Chapel Music at Princeton University, where she directs the 70-voice Princeton University Chapel Choir and oversees a full calendar of concerts and other special musical events. Before coming to Princeton, she served as Director of Choral Activities at Washington University in St. Louis for 10 years and held teaching positions at the University of Delaware and University of Maryland. She has prepared choruses for Helmuth Rilling and Paul Goodwin, has conducted honor choirs in six states, and is a frequent guest clinician and lecturer, with special focus on the application of solo voice studio techniques to the ensemble rehearsal.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Aldrich earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Maryland, holds a master's degree in conducting from Northwestern University, and studied piano and voice at Virginia Wesleyan College. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and the American Choral Directors Association.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3e5263 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3e5263\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"art\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58d4a48\" data-id=\"58d4a48\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c74d5c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"c74d5c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Art<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e55ac6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e55ac6f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-45bdeec\" data-id=\"45bdeec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2585870 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2585870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/ete9utwknw8.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/download.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1&fit=197%2C256\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-314\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-825387c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"825387c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tArt\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Bill Tulp <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bill 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. At VMAC he has led us in making masks, glass mosaics, and block printing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Vermont Music &amp; Arts Association Faculty 2024 Strings Winds Piano Voice Art Music Director &#8211; Violin &amp; Viola Barbara Jaffe Barbara Jaffe, violinist, received a Master of Music degree in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, where she was a student of Donald Weilerstein. 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