Soprano Keesun Kwon, a McF'ami Artist, received her doctoral and masters of music degree from the Catholic University of America. She received her bachelor of music degree from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Additionally, she studied at the Columbia University. She was invited to perform at the Italian embassy and the Korean Embassy for the Christmas Concert. Ms.
Warren Edward Wolf Jr., is a professional musician who tours the world with many different artist such as Aaron Dieht, Christian McBride and the SF JAZZ Collective. I'm also an adjunct professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. I hold a bachelor's degree from the Berklee College of Music, where I studied with master mallet player Dave Samuels. I'm also a graduated of the Baltimore School for the Arts, where I studied with Battimore Symphony Orchestra percussionist John Locke.
Trombonist Patrick Crossland was born in Jackson, Mississippi. Growing up in southern Louisiana, he began playing trombone at age 10. His musical study continued at the University of Southern Mississippi, the Manhattan School of Music, the Royal College of Music (London), the University of Minnesota, and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik - Trossingen (Germany). He has worked with several prominent composers and conductors including Pierre Boulez, Vinko Globokar, and Lorin Maazel.
Elissa Edwards, soprano, specializes in music primarily of the 17th and l8th centuries, and her performances bring to light underperformed yet stunning works from these periods.
She began her training at Houston Grand Opera and obtained her performance degrees from University of York, England (MA) and Boston University (BA), where she studied under Martin Pearlman of Boston Baroque and Peter Seymour of Yorkshire Baroque Soloists.
Organist Diane Luchese freelances as an organist/choir master in the Baltimore region. As a concert artist she has performed recitals throughout the east coast, with early music [medieval to Bach] and contemporary works as her primary focus. Her 2015 recording released on the Raven CD label, Light and Dark and In Between, was conceived to serve as a time capsule capturing a sample of the present world of the pipe organ, featuring representative contemporary music played on four different styles of pipe organs in Baltimore City. This CD has garnered positive reception.
Jacqueline Pollauf, American harpist, is known for her sensitive performances, dedication to teaching, and beautifully-crafted compositions. Past performances include a premiere for voice and harp at Carnegie Hall and appearances at the Eleventh World Harp Congress and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Her most recent recording, Beau Soir, with cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski, was lauded as “utter perfection” (The Harp Column).
Robert Dilutis is currently the Professor of Clarinet at the University of Maryland, School of Music College Park and in his 1st season as Principal Clarinetist of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Dilutis previously served as Professor of Clarinet at the Louisiana State University School of Music from 2009-2012. He has also held positions with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra San Antonio Symphony Orchestra and the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Dilutis has served on the faculties of St. Mary's University in Texas and Nazareth College in New York.
Hailed by the Gramophone Magazine as "brilliant and intrepid", violinist Airi Yoshioka has concertized throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Canada as a recitalist, soloist and chamber musician. Deeply committed to chamber music, she is the founding member of the Damocles Trio and Modigliani Quartet and has performed and recorded with the members of the Emerson, Brentano and Arditti Quartets. Damocles Trio's debut disc of complete Piano Trios and Piano Quartet of Joquín Turina has won a four-star rating from the BBC Music Magazine, Le Monde de la Musique and Diapason.
Born in Qingdao, China in 1981, Yameng Wang fell in love with the classical guitar at a young age and began studying with the leading guitar professor in China, Professor Chen Zhi, when she was 10 years old.
DEBORAH STERNBERG, described by critics as a “spine-tingling soprano” (Ben Demers, DC Theatre Scene), is praised for her flexibility, stage presence, and radiance of tone. Recent performances include art songs of Lili and Nadia Boulanger with Cantate Chamber Singers and Washington Master Chorale, respectively; duet recital Orpheus with a new chamber ensemble; featured soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra’s Play! A Video Game Symphony at Wolf Trap; and recitals for the Friday Morning Music Club and the Penn Alps music series.