Kathy Andrew, violin, viola, Senior Orchestra. B.A., University of New Mexico; M. Music, Peabody Conservatory. In addition to frequent performances with various area chamber and orchestral ensembles, Kathy is the Assistant Concertmaster of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster of Opera North, a member of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, and teaches at Keene State College.

Catie Bisson, saxophone. Currently studying to be a music educator at Keene State College under the instruction of Craig Sylvern. Performs in many ensembles from concert band and saxophone ensembles, to saxophone quintets and duets. Catie is the current Vice President of the largest chapter of MENC (Music Educators National Conference) in all of New Hampshire at Keene State. She has performed in the central districts band in Massachusetts as well as many other local events. Along with studying saxophone Catie has also studied piano at the Thayor Symphony School of Music in Massachusetts and recently performed in Disney World's Epcot during the candlelight processional with the choir.

Steve Cady, bass. Steve Cady lives and teaches in the Keene area and performs with professional groups throughout New England. As a double-bassist, Steve has performed with the Windham Orchestra, Raylynmore Opera, Keene Chamber Orchestra, and The Opera Theatre of Weston. He also works regularly in the Boston and Providence areas playing general business and jazz bass for private and public functions. Steve holds a BM and a BA from Keene State College, where he was a freshman talent-scholar, and KSC Instrumentalist of the Year in 2002. Mr. Cady has been a performer in several world premiers by New Hampshire composer Ted Mann, and has recently completed his own major compositions for jazz ensemble, dance accompaniment and solo bass. Steve has been Music Department Head at Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, VT since 2003, where he directs a Jazz Ensemble, teaches Music Theory, Music Appreciation, and Electronic Music. Steve is also adjunct instructor of double-bass at The Brattleboro Music Center, The Putney School in Putney, VT, and teaches private electric and double-bass students in the Keene area. Steve enjoys studying improvisation and electronic music as personal interests.

Kristen Carmichael-Bowers, voice, Music Adventure Program, Get Real Camps. M.A. in Music with a focus on vocal pedagogy from Smith College. Active in both opera and oratorio, Kristen has performed  with Vermont opera theaters. She has presented numerous programs of diverse repertoire that highlight her versatility as a recitalist, presenting works ranging from Renaissance lute songs to substantial song cycles by contemporary composers. Kristen is the founder and director of the BMC’s “Get Real!” vocal camps.

Susan Dedell, piano, Brattleboro Concert Choir. B.A., University of Michigan. Susan studied piano with Charles Fisher and was a staff accompanist in the voice department of the U of M before joining the BMC piano faculty in 1983. Susan is the Director of Music at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church and is also the Artistic Director of the Brattleboro Concert Choir. In addition to teaching at the BMC, Susan also teaches piano at The Putney School.

Dan Farina, trumpet. Dan studied trumpet at Shenandoah College Conservatory and free-lanced for show orchestras, small ensembles, and as a soloist in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania for 10 years. He currently performs with the New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra, the Keene Chamber Orchestra, and the Raylynmor Opera Company, and he is an active free-lance musician. Dan also teaches trumpet at Keene State College and at Two Rivers Music Studio.

Lisa Ferrigno, violin, Prima Orchestra, Music in the Schools Program Director, M.M, Florida State University, B.M., Eastman School of Music. A native New Englander who studied at the New England Conservatory Extension Division, Lisa is currently Concertmaster of the Brevard Symphony and Walt Disney World Orchestras in Florida. She has served as Concertmaster of the Orlando Philharmonic, Principal 2nd violinist of the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra, and was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic and Florida Symphony Orchestras. Lisa has performed as soloist with orchestra and in chamber recitals in the US, Europe, and South America.

Annie Frelich, Movin’ Into Music. B.A. in Early Childhood Education. Annie is currently one half of a musical duet called The Annies, who have been performing their show of original children’s music and running creative workshops throughout New England since 1996. Annie's approach to music education is natural, intuitive and fun with the goal that her young students will experience the pure joy and endless creative possibilities the world of music has to offer.

Bruce Griffin, piano. Bruce studied with Walter Hautzig and Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory. He made his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 1985. A frequent performer in the area, Bruce has been guest soloist with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Tacoma Symphony, and the Windham Orchestra.

Robert Havens, voice. M. Mus. in both voice performance and opera from the New England Conservatory where he studied with Helen Hodam. Robert has performed leading roles in New York, Boston and Vermont.  In addition to opera, Robert enjoys performing a wide range of song literature and musical theater.  

Jean Jeffries, French horn. Jean Jeffries teaches horn and coaches chamber music at Amherst and Mt. Holyoke colleges. She plays frequently at four of the Five Colleges and appears regularly with Opera North, Keene Chamber Orchestra, Commonwealth Opera, Quattro Cor and the Variable Winds Quintet. She plays natural horn in early music performances with Arcadia Players, Foundling (Providence, RI), Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society and La Donna Musicale. Jean lives in Amherst, MA with her husband, two sons and two cats.

Michelle Liechti, violin, viola, Junior Orchestra. B.A., Mills College. A student of David Abel and Kato Havas, Michelle has performed with the New England Bach Festival Orchestra, Arcadia Players, and other area chamber groups. She is a member of the Camp Allegro staff (see camp listings), and also teaches at Northfield Mount Hermon School.

Luba Lischynsky, piano. B.Mus., M.Mus.Ed., New England Conservatory; Certification, Kodaly Musical Training Institute. A member of the faculty since 1983, Luba is a frequent accompanist in the area. She has performed in numerous recitals as a soloist, and has appeared with the Windham Orchestra. Luba is also on the faculty of the Chesterfield School in New Hampshire.

Joseph MacCaffrey, clarinet, received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in Clarinet Performance from Boston University where he was a student of Gino Cioffi, principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. MacCaffrey was an Instrumental and General Music teacher in the Northampton, MA school system for 34 years retiring in 2006. He was principal clarinetist with the Commonwealth Opera Orchestra as well as the American Legion Band of Northampton and the Holyoke City Band. He is currently principal clarinetist with the Westfield Legion Band and the Pioneer Valley Band.

Robin Tinkler Matathias, flute, Flute Ensemble Camp. B.A., U.C. Santa Cruz; M.A., City College of New York. Robin was a student of Frances Blaisdell and Deirdre Manning. She has performed on both the East and West coasts as a soloist and in orchestral, opera, chamber, and jazz ensembles. Before moving to Vermont, in 1992, she taught graduate courses at the City College of New York and in the New York City public schools. She also teaches flute at Keene State College and directs the flute ensemble.

Margery McCrum, voice, Healthy Singing. A.B., Brown University; M.D., UVM College of Medicine; M.Mus. in Voice Performance and Pedagogy, Westminster Choir College, Princeton. Margery has pursued vocal study with Laura Brooks Rice, Nan Nall, Dalton Baldwin, Glenn Parker and Jane Bryden. She is also on the staff of the Brattleboro Retreat.

Raquel Moreno, Suzuki piano. Master’s degree in Music Teacher Education, Autonoma University, Madrid, Spain. Raquel graduated from The Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid on piano in 1991; solfege, theory, transposition and accompaniment in 1998; and pedagogy in 2001. She is certified to teach Suzuki piano by the European Suzuki Association from the British Suzuki Institute, where she studied with Caroline Gowers. Raquel is also certified by the American Suzuki Association and is a licensed Kindermusik teacher.

Thomas Nasiatka, saxophone. Thomas is currently an Instrumental Music Teacher at Brattleboro Area Middle School and Brattleboro Union High School in Brattleboro, Vermont. His teaching responsibilities include instructing the school’s 7th and 8th grade concert and jazz ensembles, 7th and 8th grade group instrumental lessons, general music, and 9th-12th grade saxophone and clarinet lessons. Thomas is also an active freelance saxophonist in the western Massachusetts area. Thomas holds a Master’s Degree in Music Education with an emphasis in Applied Saxophone and Bachelor’s Degrees in Music Education and Saxophone Performance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. During his time at UMASS, Thomas studied saxophone with esteemed Professor Lynn Klock, performed in several of the University’s top ensembles, and was the 2003 recipient of the Theodore Presser Award. As saxophonist with the University’s top quartet, he performed at the 2003 World Saxophone Congress in Minneapolis, MN. Thomas also served as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in the Saxophone Studio, and taught private saxophone lessons to area music students. Thomas holds memberships in the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) and the Vermont Music Educators Association (VMEA).

Vladimir Odinokikh, piano. B.Mus., M.Mus., Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Gnesin Institute, Moscow. A soloist and collaborative musician at the Moscow Philharmonic and Rosconcert, Vladimir has performed throughout Europe and North and South America. He taught at Ippolitov-Ivanov College of Music, in Moscow, and was a Professor at the Conservatorio de las Rosas in Mexico.

Alex Ogle, flute, Flute Ensemble Camp.  Alex Ogle, Senior Lecturer in Music and Director of the Performance Laboratory in Chamber Music at Dartmouth College, has performed at the Marlboro and New England Bach Festivals and played principal flute for, among others, the D'Oyly Carte Opera, the Grand Teton Music Festival, and the original American production of Jesus Christ Superstar.  At conventions of the National Flute Association he has performed several times and moderated a panel on the teaching of Arnold Jacobs.  Mr. Ogle also teaches flute at the Putney School and for many years taught flute at Amherst and Mount Holyoke Colleges.  He attended Harvard College and the Juilliard School of Music and studied with Douglas Royal, James Pappoutsakis, Julius Baker, Harold Bennett, Marcel Moyse, and Keith Underwood. He has recorded for MusicMasters and Opus One.

Moby Pearson, violin, Chamber Music. Moby Pearson grew up in the Boston area where he studied with Lucy Parker and George Zazofsky.  He received his degree from Oberlin Conservatory as a student of Robert Soetens and Steven Staryk.  Mr Pearson’s active chamber music career has included extensive periods as principal violinist with the Apple Hill Chamber Players and the Atlanta Chamber Players, with concerts at Carnegie Recital Hall, Merkin Hall,  Alice Tully Hall, and the Phillips Collection (Wash. DC),  as well as tours to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.  He has performed with many Boston area orchestras and ensembles including Cantata Singers,  Emmanuel Music,  Boston Muscia Viva,  Boston Lyric Opera, and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra.  Mr Pearson has been a soloist with the Concord Chorale and the Nashua Chamber Orchestra, as well as giving many solo recitals including Jordan Hall, the Gardner Museum, and WGBH radio.  In addition, Mr. Pearson has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in Carnegie Hall and major concert halls throughout Europe. Recordings include the Deustche Grammaphon, Centaur, and Koch labels. Currently he is a member of the Sarasa Ensemble. His violin is by Bartolomeo Tassini, 1752.

Sabine Rhyne, cello, Cello Ensemble Camp.  B.A. summa cum laude, Smith College. Having studied with cellists Alan Smith and Sharon Robinson in North Carolina, Sabine is a chamber music free-lancer and a frequent performer in a variety of larger ensembles, including the orchestra of the American Repertory Theater, in Cambridge, Mass.; the Monadnock Chorale, in Peterborough, N.H.; and the Windham Orchestra. She is currently Director of Educational Programs at the BMC.

Steve Ritchie, trombone. M.Mus., Northwestern University. Steve studied trombone with Frank Crisifulli and Vincent Cichowitz, both of the Chicago Symphony. He has played trombone with the Windham Orchestra and is instrumental music director at St. Michael's School in Brattleboro.

Judith Serkin, cello. A graduate of the Curtis Institute, Judith was a founding member of the Brattleboro Music School. She has been a member of the Iceland Symphony, the Guilford and the Hebrew Arts (now known as the Mendelssohn) String Quartets, and a participant at the Marlboro Music and Yellow Barn Schools and Festivals. Judith has served on the music faculty of American University in Washington, D.C.

Chonghyo Shin, piano. B.Mus. and M. Mus., New England Conservatory; private studies with Nadia Reisenberg and Stell Andersen. A former teacher at the Preparatory Division of the New England Conservatory and at Keene State College, Chonghyo now teaches at Amherst College. She has been a soloist with the Boston Pops, the Pioneer Valley Symphony, the New England Conservatory Orchestra, and the Windham Orchestra.

Bill Shontz, saxophone, recorder, Intro to Improv. M.Mus., in flute, clarinet, saxophone, and recorder, Ohio State University. Bill has performed and recorded widely as a member of RosenShontz, the nationally acclaimed duo. He has also taught at the University of Illinois, Ohio State University, Muskingum College, and Bluffton College and performs classical and jazz for children, families and adults.

Peggy Spencer, violin, viola, Camp Andantino. Peggy Spencer was concertmaster of the New England Bach Festival Orchestra under the direction of Blanche Honegger Moyse for two decades, charming Marlboro audiences with the violin solos in all of Bach’s great choral works.  She is also a consummate chamber musician (a former member of the Bella Rosa Quartet and the New England Camerata) and has toured with various period instrument ensembles throughout the country.  She has taught at Putney School, Brattleboro Music Center, Bennington Chamber Music Conference, and Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music.  She owns a farm in Guilford, Vermont.

Dave Sporny, trombone, euphonium, tuba. holds a bachelors and masters degree from the University of Illinois, and is a performer, educator, conductor, and arranger. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he is a trombone professor, conducts the Chapel Jazz Ensemble, Trombone Choir, and performs with the Faculty Brass Quintet. Dave has been a frequent recitalist, clinician, and freelance trombonist in New England. He founded the Jazz Studies program at both the Interlochen Arts Academy and National Music Camp, and has performed with many jazz greats, including the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Orchestras, the Tonight Show Band, Dave Brabeck, J. J. Johnson, Marian McPartland, and vocalists Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson and Frank Sinatra, Jr. As a member of the Silk Road Ensemble, he more recently performed with YoYoMa.

David Tasgal, violin and cello, clarinet, String Play Group. M.M., M.S., University of Massachusetts at Amherst. David has taught violin and cello for more than 30 years, as well as clarinet.  He teaches string classes in the BMC's Music and Arts in the Schools program and at Marlboro
Elementary School, and is a director of the BMC’s String Play Group, a prep class for ensemble playing for young string players. A composer of educational string orchestra music, he is the author of The Family String Method.  David performs on various instruments in a wide range of venues, rock and klezmer bands, chamber and orchestral ensembles.

Lynn Trowbridge, French horn, Fundamentals of Music Theory. B.F.A. degrees in French Horn Performance and Music Education, Carnegie Mellon University; M. Mus. and Ph.D. in Musicology, University of Illinois. Lynn studied horn with Forrest Standley, Dale Clevenger, and Thomas Holden. He has taught music theory, history, and brass instruments at Alma College, Duke University, and The American University, and has held positions in the Georgetown, Arlington, Prince Georges, and Pan American Symphonies in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area and in the Saganaw Symphony in Saganaw, Michigan.

Richard Ullman, guitar, solfege. B.A., Harvard College; M.F.A. in Early Music, Sarah Lawrence College; graduate of the Kodaly Pedagogical Institute, Hungary; studied with Peter Pears at the Britten-Pears School, England. Richard, who won a national guitar competition in Washington, D.C., specializes in accompanying singers. He also teaches guitar and solfege at Castleton State College.

Junko Watanabe, voice. M.Mus. in Opera Performance, from both Longy School of Music and Osaka College of Music. Junko has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Lyric Opera, Key West Symphony Orchestra, Masterworks Chorale, Chorus Pro Musica, BMC Concert Choir, Windham Orchestra, and Marlboro Music Festival. She also teaches voice at Amherst College and Rivers School Conservatory in MA.