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ANDREW BEALS – saxophone, flute, clarinet: Andrew beals received his Bachelor of Arts in Music at Livingston College, Rutgers, University in 1984; His Masters of Arts in Music from NYU School of Education. His teachers include Paul Jeffery, John Stubbelfield, Frank Foster, George Garzone (saxophone) and Jim McNeely (composition). In 1986, he joined Jazz Organist, “Brother” Jack McDuff and the “Heatin’ System” in 1986. Beals became the latest in a long line of jazz Saxophone greats, including: Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Red Holloway, Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano, Harold Vick, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, to work with Jack McDuff. Andrew was also the contributing arranger and featured soloist on Jack McDuff’s last six Concord CD releases. In 1991 he was a semi-finalist at the International Thelonius Monk Saxophone Competition. He has appeared as a leader of his own band and as a featured soloist with Jack McDuff, and others, at many renowned jazz clubs and festivals. He was awarded the NYU Concert Jazz Ensemble Scholarship. He teaches privately specializing in jazz improvisation. He is a saxophone, flute and clarinet teacher at the Greenwich Music School. He is an Adjunct Professor of Jazz Saxophone and Jazz Improvisation at Western Connecticut State University. He has played with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, the Melvin Sparks Blues Band, legendary jazz drummer Mickey Roker and with the Neal Smith Quartet and Sextet featuring Cyrus Chestnut. RYAN BERG - bass violin & electric bass: Born and raised near Minneapolis, MN, Ryan has been playing music since the age of 5 years old. During high school, he studied with jazz great, Anthony Cox, and with James Clute, the former principle bassist of the Minnesota Orchestra. He moved to New York in 1999 to attend Purchase College. He studied with Todd Coolman, Pete Malinverni, John Faddis and Hal Galper. He graduated from Purchase in 2002 winning the prestigious Anthony Newman award. He performs throughout the Northeast with musicians such as Ralph Lalama, Andrew Beals, Tony Jefferson, John Riley, James Weidman, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Vijay Ier, Jon Faddis, Jon Maione, Matt Shulman, Glenda Davenport, Jason Wildman, Peter Malinverni, Joe Lovano, Slide Hampton, John Scofield, David Berkman, and as a leader with many of his own groups He has taught many private lessons and worked as a jazz counselor at the Purchase Summer Jazz Workshop and has taught lessons, classes, and ensembles for the Day Jams music camp. SHANNON BOYCE – voice, piano: Soprano, has a Master of Voice from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Voice from Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama. In the summer 2003, Mrs. Boyce was an apprentice with the Des Moines Metro Opera. OperaNews online March 2002 said “Boyce (Alida Slade) gave trilling voice and impressively mature acting to her role.” As the 2002 winner of the Manhattan School of Music Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition, she performed Haydn’s Scene di Berenice with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony conducted by Julius Rudel. Others credits include Guilietta in the The Tales of Hoffman, Mrs. Mullins in Carousel, Ado Annie in Oklahoma, and the W-itch in Into the Woods at the Brevard Music Center; soloist in the Mozart Requiem with the Riverside Symphonia, and performances with Dicapo Opera as part of their young artist program. JOHN A. CARLSON – trumpet, trombone: Soloist, composer and clinician, John received his Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from Lawrence University, Wisconsin and has achieved national recognition through tours and recordings Elther/Orchestra, and the Ken Shophorst Ensemble, and continues to play with the Charlie Kohlhase Quintet, the Machito Orchestra, the Dave Berkman Quartet, and Rob Reddy’s Sleeping Dogs. John has been on over ten national tours as well as in Canada (including the Western, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto Jazz Festivals) Europe including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Portugal and Pori Jazz Festival) and Japan in the Kyoto Jazz Festival. He has been a featured soloist on over thirty albums and CD’s. He has performed and/or recorded with Tito Puente, Chocolate Armeteros, Cab Calloway Joanne Brackeen, Roswell Rudd, to name a few. CHRISTINE CHU - cellist: Originally from Berkeley, CA, Christine received a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Arts (American Cultures) from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Music from Manhattan School of Music. She has just finished her Artist Diploma at SUNY, Purchase. Christine’s mentors include Julia Lichten, Peter Wiley, David Geber, and Erling Blondal Bengtsson. She has played with the New World Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, Aspen Festival Orchestra, and is currently a member of the Haddonfield Symphony. Christine is active as a chamber and orchestral musician in the tri-state area. In addition to performing, she maintains a private cello and piano teaching studio. Her teaching experience includes Early Childhood Outreach Program, Breckenridge Summer Music Day Camp, Harms Elementary School, University of Michigan Children’s Center, Michigan Youth Orchestra Sectionals, private lessons (cello and piano); and music therapy with Alzheimer’s patients. Festivals include Tanglewood Music Festival, 2004; National Orchestral Institute, 2003; National Repertory Orchestra, 2002; Winter Institute for String Quartets, 1998; Aspen Music Festival, 1993, 1994, 1997. GLENDA J. DAVENPORT - voice: Glenda is a graduate of the State University of New York, Purchase College, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Her employment career includes 19 years with IBM in human resources in staff and management. She was the Associate Director of Development at the American Red Cross. Glenda is also a professional jazz singer performing regularly throughout the tri-state area. She was a winner at The World Famous Apollo Theater’s Amateur Night, in April, 1993 and the opening act for comedian Bill Cosby at the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, April, 1994. She performed at the Saratoga Jazz Festival with the Carmen Leggio Quartet, in July 1995. She is the executive producer of her debut CD, “Sophisticated Lady.” Glenda is also the Director of Administration at the Briarcliff Music School. JASON DEVLIN - drums: Jason received his Bachelor of Music from Manhattan School of Music. He has been a drum instructor for over ten years. He plays regularly with many jazz blues and rock musicians in both Westchester and New York City. He has performed with members of the Gene Krupa, Maynard Ferguson and Buddy Rich bands. Jason’s effectiveness as a teacher is reflected in his many successful “All County Band” students. He is currently working with saxophone greats Carmen Leggio and Jerry Dodgion. His debut album “It Was a Very Good Year”, with guitarist John Basile has recently been released.
ALAN EICHER – piano composer: Alan
attended Berklee College of Music on Scholarship studying jazz
composition and piano performance. His education includes private
studies with Charles Banacos in jazz theory and improvisation, private
classical studies with Bach specialist, Dr. Peter Gach, and studies at
San Diego State University,CA. He has performed and/or recorded with the
Charles McPherson Quartet, the Lou Donaldson Quartet, Dr. Lyn Christie
Trio, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, comedian Steve Allen, The Drifters,
Jim Cammack, Matt Schulman, Kim Plainfield, Buddy Wiliams, Emedin
Rivera, Bill Bickford, Lou Volpe, Wayne Johnson, Hank Easton, and
Brandon Fields. Recordings include Gerard Diacari’s “Cool Bop Phonics,”
Lou Volpe’s “Can You Hear That,” Hank Easton’s “San Diego Sunset,” and
Alan’s current original project “Pyramids.” RAY FITZGERALD – trombone, baritone horn: Ray Fitzgerald studied at the Hartt School of Music from 1977 -1981with John Swallow, Jackie McLean and Paul Jeffries. He has toured with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Buddy Morrow, the Artie Shaw Orchestra with Dick Johnson, and the Xavier Cugat/Sonny Costanza Orchestra. He performed during the world tour of “A Chorus Line” including the Europe and Scandinavian tours. He has worked on the following Broadway shows: “Crazy 4 U”, “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum”, “A Class Act”, “Titanic”, “Nine”, “A Christmas Carol” at Madison Square Garden, “Kiss Me Kate”. He also plays with the Noroton Brass Quintet and the Brass Apple Ensemble. Ray is currently subbing on “42nd Street”, “Thoroughly Modern Millie”, “Assassins” and “Gypsy”. KEITH GANZ – guitar: Keith graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (wining the music department’s Best Soloist Award. He has been performing and teaching guitar professionally ever since. He is a regular performer at New York’s most esteemed jazz venues including The Blue Note, Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, and Cornelia St. Café. Keith’s guitar playing, compositions and arrangements are featured on recent recordings by such diverse artists as Kate McGarry, Sean Smith, The Leif Arntzen Band and Vanessa Trouble, as well as on his own solo acoustic guitar CD, “Music for People”. Keith teaches all styles of guitar in a very personal manner, inviting each student to experience his or her own innate musicality, and providing information and techniques which specifically nurture and cultivate that musicality. Keith grew up in North Carolina and likes to play tennis.
MARK
N. GRANT- piano: Mark is a pianist, organist, composer, and writer. He
has
LEE
GREENE - saxophone, flute, clarinet: SUNY Music major, JANET GRICE – bassoonist: performs jazz, classical and Brazilian music. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music (BM Bassoon Performance) and New York University (MM Jazz Composition), Janet was a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Brazil and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. She will soon complete doctoral studies in bassoon performance at Rutgers University, where she teaches Fundamentals of Musicianship. Janet toured and recorded with Karl Berger and Butch Morris, and also worked with Leroy Jenkins, Julius Hemphill, Nana Vasconcelos, and Don Cherry. Her three CDs feature original and Brazilian jazz, and she has performed this music in South America, Europe, and the USA. Her groups have performed for the NARAS Foundation, Music Performance Trust Funds, the 92nd St. Y, and numerous libraries and arts centers with grants from Meet the Composer, Arts International and Arts Alive. Janet plays in the Chappaqua Orchestra and with several woodwind quintets. She performed the music of Xenakis with the STX Ensemble in Portugal and France, and played with Anthony Davis, Paulo Moura, the Mingus Orchestra, the Villa-Lobos Society, Festival of Microtonal Music, Musician’s Accord, and the Crosstown Ensemble; she has recorded for Music Minus One, National Public Radio, film and TV. She is a bassoon teacher at the Hackley School and a teaching artist for the Lincoln Center Institute, and has led workshops for Carnegie Hall, The NYC Board of Education, Arts Horizons, the Artist-Teacher Institute of NJ, Westchester Arts Council and NJPAC.
TONY JEFFERSON - drums: Tony attended the Berklee College of Music
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MARK JOSEFSBERG – vibraphone/Alexander technique: Mark has STEVE LAMATTINA – guitar, beginning piano: Steve began playing guitar in 1963. He studied basic guitar skills with Bob Schilingo from 1968 – 1972. In 1973 he began studies with guitar legend Barry Galbraith and participated in Barry’s guitar workshop from 1975 to 1980. He has performed in many jazz venues throughout the tri-state area. He is a sought after accompanist for trumpet players Don Hahn and Bob Arthurs and for saxophonists Carmen Leggio and Ted Brown. Steve is on the faculty of the Music Conservatory of Westchester and he is also the Associate Director at the Briarcliff Music School. KATE McGARRY – voice: One of 10 children, Kate grew up in Hyannis, Massachusetts as part of a musical family. She attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she studied with Dr. Horace Boyer and renowned avant-garde saxophonist Archie Shepp. She received her BA in African American Music and Jazz. After graduating she toured with the Boston vocal ensemble, “One O’Clock Jump”. As a soloist, McGarry appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival with Clark Terry and the Hank Jones All Star Quartet. Kate relocated to Los Angeles where she performed in jazz rooms such as Catalina’s and the Jazz Bakery. Her first recording was well received by critics and audiences alike. After studying for over two years at the Siddha Meditation Ashram leading music courses, she moved to New York City in 1999. Her second CD, “Show Me” was released by Palmetto Records in July, 2003 and went to #15 on the Jazz Week charts. Her newest recording, “Mercy Streets” will be released in March, 2005. Her group includes husband Keith Ganz on acoustic guitars, Steve Cardenas – electric guitars, Sean Smith – bass, Kenny Wollesen on percussion and Fred Hersch on piano performing a collection of stellar tracks that feature the intimate soundscapes of her arrangements. KIM MEADE – flute: Kim received her Masters in Music Education from the Crane School of Music and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from the State University of New York at Fredonia. Specializing in woodwinds, Kim also is a certified New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Adjudicator and served a two-year term as All County Band Coordinator on the Executive Board of the Westchester County School Association. Over the past six years, Kim has taught instrumental music, jazz ensemble and chamber music at A.M.D. Middle School in Ossining. She also maintains a small private flute studio for students of all levels and has coached student-based flute ensembles. Many of her students have participated in the New York Philharmonic Musical Encounters Program (featuring James Galway), Julliard Pre-College auditions, New York State Band Directors’ MS Honor Band (with guest conductor/composer Michael Sweeney), Interlochen Arts Camp, Westchester Summer Music Center, Westchester Youth Jazz Ensemble, Westchester Jazz Workshop Improvisation Sessions and WCSMA All-County Music events. Kim aims to offer student-focused programs that enrich and strengthen, and lends her willingness and experience to create, enhance and support those efforts. While love of music has fueled her career path, love of education drives her ambition to be involved at a grass roots level in expanding each student’s experience. REGINA MOLINELLI - piano and voice: Regina is a graduate of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC and Manhattanville, in Purchase. She taught Chorus and Music in the Bronx, Bedford and Ossining during which she prepared vocal and piano students for NYSSMA solo, ensemble and Major Organizations festivals. Mrs. Molinelli studied voice with Maureen Codelka and has performed solo and in chorus with the Manhattanville Chorus and Women’s Glee Club, the Papal Choir, St. Augustine’s choir and the Catholic University of America Chorus including performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington. She was the accompanist for the Children’s Opera Company of Ossining for five years and has studied piano with Camille Budarz, Marilyn Neeley, and the late Marie Kinyon. Currently, Regina is a cantor at St. Theresa Church in Briarcliff Manor and a full-time Mom. She also studies piano with Briarcliff Music faculty member, Mark Grant. PETER PIACQUADIO - trumpet, composer, arranger and orchestrator: Peter teaches instrumental music (band and jazz) at the Claremont School, and fourth and fifth grade in Ossining. He has a MS and BA from Manhattan School of Music in Trumpet Performance and Music Education and a MFA from SUNY Purchase in Composition. Other teaching experience includes The Hackley School, Nyack High School, Solomon Schechter School, Concordia College, Greenburgh District 6 and Yonkers Schools. His professional experience includes performances with Mel Torme, Sammy Davis, Jr., Pearl Bailey, Joel Gray, Liberace, Vic Damone, Frankie Valli, Jay and the Americans, Doc Severinson and The Tonight Show Band, Liza Minelli, and the 1996 visit of Pope John. He was a featured soloist with Channel 13’s American Playhouse and is the featured soloist on six re-released Music Minus One CD’s. He orchestrated and performed on the Clio Award winning commercials for The Metropolitan Opera featuring Bob Hope and Luciano Pavoratti. He has also arranged or orchestrated music for The Big Apple Minute, Chrysler Corporation, David Susskind, McGraw-Hill, Johnson & Johnson, Fiat, and American Airlines. His commissioned works as composer include Concerto for Trumpet and Jazz Ensemble performed internationally by trumpeter Laurie Frink and Pavana and Rondo for French Hornist Julie Landsman (Solo French Horn, Woodwind Quartet and String Quartet). Peter’s Broadway experience as a trumpeter includes “Apple Tree”, “Dancin’”, “Can Can”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Joseph and His Amazing Technicolored Dream Coat”, “They’re Playing Our Song”, “El Bravo”, and “Doonesbury”. He is a member of WCSMA, NYSSMA, MENC, The International Trumpet Guild and the BMI Jazz composers Workshop. He is co-founder of the WCSMA High School Jazz Festival along with trumpeter Rob Freeberg. Peter performs regularly with his own Brass Quartet and Jazz Sextet. PETER REIT – French horn: Peter is currently in his eighteenth year with the Broadway hit “The Phantom of the Opera.” He plays principal horn with the Westchester Philharmonic and Greenwich Symphony Orchestras and associate principal with the Stamford Symphony Orchestra. He is a guitarist in many top level ensembles including the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Ensemble, Orchestra of St. Lukes, American Symphony Orchestra and the New York City Opera Orchestra. He performs recitals in the New England area with his wife, harpist Alyssa Reit. They also work together performing special shows in schools through the Westchester Philharmonic outreach program. He is active in the recording field and can be heard on radio and television commercials, as well as on numerous CDs. In addition to Briarcliff Music, Peter is currently on the staff at the Hart School of Music. GERARD REUTER – oboist/conductor: A recipient of the prestigious Pro Musicis International Award, oboist Gerard Reuter has enjoyed a distinguished solo career touring the United States, Europe, India and Africa. Much sought after as a guest at summer music festivals, including Caramoor, Marlboro, La Jolla, Round Top and the Chamber Music Festival of the Library of Congress in the United States, and the Flanders Festival, the Dartington Festival and the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove in Europe. He has also appeared as soloist with orchestras throughout the United States, including the Jupiter Symphony and Philharmonia Virtuosi in New York, the National Chamber Orchestra in Washington, DC, the Soviet Émigré Orchestra and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, of which he was a founding member. As a chamber musician, he is a member of the Dorian Wind Quintet and was a founding member of the ensemble, An die Musik. He has performed as a guest with the Colorado String Quartet, Composers String Quartet, DaVinci Quartet, Aspen Wind Quintet, American Chamber Players, New York Philomusica and I Fiamminghi in Belgium. Mr. Reuter studied oboe at the Julliard School with Lois Wann and at the Royal College of Music in London and, conducting with Jens Nygaard and John Nelson. He is on the faculties of New York University and Sarah Lawrence College. STEVE ROANE – bass violin, electric bass: Steve is a composer and performer. He has written more than 100 songs, released nine albums with his own music with various jazz ensembles, woodwind and string quartets, several with Briarcliff music faculty Steve LaMattina and John Sergenian. He has also written works for modern dance. He has toured the United States, Europe and Japan; performed at Carnegie Hall, and Town Hall. He has recorded or performed with Diane Schur, Richard Shindell, Sir Roland Hanna and Eddie Bert. He has lectured at the Berklee School and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is also on the faculty of the Music Conservatory of Westchester, and the Cider Mill Music Conservatory in Connecticut. In a New York Times review of Roane’s CD, Wind in the Wood, John Wilson stated that “…Roane creates pastel moods as a polished, virtuosic soloist, making excellent use of the melodic and harmonic potentials of the bass.” LYNDA GRACE ROGAL – piano: Lynda received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Music from Trenton State College. She is an experienced piano instructor, specializing in the instruction of young children using Suzuki methodology, encompassing private and group lessons. Ms. Rogal has also studied music pedagogy and fine arts at both Worcester College in England, and has a Master of Education from Kean College in New Jersey. Ms. Rogal has worked extensively in the music programs of several pre-schools and elementary schools, serving as both an instructor and musical director. Linda is currently on the faculty at the Crestwood Music Center in Eastchester.
STEFYNIE
ROSENFELD - Stefynie has been a devoted piano/theory teacher for
over 15 years, offering both private and group instruction. She has
extensive performance experience playing jazz, classical, pop and rock.
She has worked as music director/musician in adult and children’s
musical theatre. As a composer, Stefynie has written music for film,
jingles, and dance. As a songwriter/lyricist, she has released 2 CD’s,
both receiving radio airplay in the US, Canada and on the web. MEGHAN RYAN – violin, viola: Megan is currently the Orchestra Director at the Anne M. Dorner Middle School in Ossining, NY. She received her B.M. in Viola Performance from the College of Fine Arts at Boston University where she studied with Steven Ansell and Michelle LaCourse. Continuing her studies with Michelle LaCourse, Ms. Ryan received an M.M. degree from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Outside of teaching in the public schools, Ms. Ryan also maintains a private studio of violin and viola students. Her orchestral experience has involved many community orchestras including the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra. As a chamber musician Ms. Ryan has participated in concerts as well as summer festivals such as Musicorda in South Hadley, MA. In addition to the viola Ms. Ryan also studies jazz bass with Stephen Roane. Megan is currently the Orchestra Director at the Anne M. Dorner Middle School in Ossining, NY. She received her B.M. in Viola Performance from the College of Fine Arts at Boston University where she studied with Steven Ansell and Michelle LaCourse. Continuing her studies with Michelle LaCourse, Ms. Ryan received an M.M. degree from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Outside of teaching in the public schools, Ms. Ryan also maintains a private studio of violin and viola students. Her orchestral experience has involved many community orchestras including the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra. As a chamber musician Ms. Ryan has participated in concerts as well as summer festivals such as Musicorda in South Hadley, MA. In addition to the viola Ms. Ryan also studies jazz bass with Stephen Roane.
JOHN
SERGENIAN - saxophone, clarinet, flute, jazz improvisation; Director,
Briarcliff Music & Related Arts:
Boston
University: B.S., New York University: M.A., New School for Social
Research, Graduate Faculty (Department of Anthropology).
John began teaching saxophone at the age
of sixteen. He played with Jaki Byard’s big band for three years in the
late 1950’s while attending Boston University and with bassist Buell
Neidlinger, pianists Rudy Black, Mark Levine and Myron Schwartzman among
others. In the early 1960’s, John set aside his musical ambitions to do
further graduate work and to teach anthropology and history in public
schools. He continued playing and teaching music part-time until he
retired from the Byram Hills Schools in 1993. He then returned to his
saxophone and flute to perform and to teach music full time. He opened
Briarcliff Music & Related Arts and The Yoga Center in April of 2002.
SEAN
SMITH - bassist, composer & teacher: Sean Smith has been part of In
addition to leading his own quartet. Sean has been a member of the Jacky Terrasson
Sean is a prolific composer whose
works have been played and recorded by such artists Sean's first
recording, Sean Smith Quartet Live! (on Chiaroscuro), featured some of
his CAROLINE TAYLOR – drums: From 1996 – 1999, Caroline worked as a staff teacher with the Walthamstow Education Center in London, England, providing specialized services to the city’s public school system teaching children between the ages of 7 and 16 percussion and general music; reading music, playing various percussion instruments including the drum kit and tuned percussion, notating music, improvising and playing in ensemble situations. Caroline also has experience teaching partially sighted children and children with severe learning difficulties. She was a substitute teacher for Clifford Jarvis in Hackney College, Hackney, London. She released her debut CD, “For the Moment”- The Caroline Taylor Quintet to very favorable reviews in The London Times, The Observer, The Independent and The Evening Standard. All music composed and arranged by Caroline. She has performed as a drummer in various groups (Kit McClure’s big band, Heather Bennet Trio, etc., at the Jazz Standard, Small’s, and Cleopatra’s Needle. Caroline is the head teacher at the YMCA after school childcare program in Somers and is a private teacher, educating percussion students on kit, reading music, musicianship, rudiments and transcribing.
JEFF TILLMAN - GUITAR: Jeff has been
an expert performer of American music JOYCE TOTH - trumpet: Joyce has played for Broadway shows including “Cats”, “Les Miserables”, “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Gypsy”, and “Wonderful Town”, and with the big bands of Jimmy Dorsey, Ed Palermo, Kit McClure and Diva. She has also performed with The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, Frankie Valli and Robert Palmer. Ms. Toth has performed and recorded with Louis Ramirez, Retumba, Adventures in Jazz, and the Sweet Potata Blues Band, among others. She also performed on a recording with the Tom Pierson Orchestra, “tPo”, which was featured in a Smithsonian Institute collection of the greatest moments in jazz. Her television appearances include “The Joan Rivers Show” and “Guiding Light”; She has traveled all over the world on tours with Broadway shows and groups of every kind, including performances at jazz festivals of Ottawa, Pori and Perugia. Ms. Toth is also the music director and leader of “Brass Extravaganza” and “Pink Cadillac”, and has arranged music for the Drifters, the Coasters, and the Platters. A graduate of Yale University and Manhattan School of Music, she is currently performing as a free-lance artist in the New York City area. She is currently on the private teaching staff of Rye Country Day School, Riverdale Country Day School, and Briarcliff Music & Related Arts.
BORIS
TSEITLINE - violin, viola:
Boris graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory of Music, the
Novosibirsk MiGlinka State Conservatory and the Petrozavodsk branch of
the Leningrad N. Rimsky-Koraskov State Conservatory where he became
qualified as a concert performer, orchestra soloist, music instructor
and ensemble player. He was the winner of the prestigious Laureat String
Quartet All-Russia competition award in 1972. While in Russia, Mr.
Tseitline was Professor of Viola and Violin at the Leningrad Symphony
and was Concert Master and principal violist for the Musical Theatre
Conservatory in Leningrad, Russia. He performed with Michel Legrand on
his ABBA tour and appeared frequently on Russian cinema and television.
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