Anna Carol Dudley (soprano) has performed with the Kronos Quartet, Earplay, SF Contemporary Music Players and the Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players. She has premiered many works, a number written for her. She has been a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony and with the Bay Area Women's Philharmonic. She has also sung with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, at the Berkeley Festival, and toured nationwide with the group "Tapestry." She was director of the San Francisco Early Music Society's Baroque Music and Dance Workshop, the Junior Bach Festival Association, and has directed Baroque operas at the San Francisco Conservatory. She has recorded for CRI and 1750 Arch Records. She was on the music faculty of San Francisco State University for 18 years. She is now on the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley.

Brooke Aird (violin) works as a freelance musician in many orchestras and ensembles in the Bay Area. He studied violin at the Manhattan School of Music and got his first professional work playing in Off-Broadway shows in New York. Brooke is an experienced soloist, having played numerous recitals and chamber works. As a soloist, he has performed concertos by Tschaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Bruch, and Prokofiev.

Catherine Allen (cello) received a Bachelor of Arts from UC Berkeley, where she studied with Margaret Rowell. She then went to London, where she studied with William Pleeth and Simon Kuhn. Currently she performs with the Rose Quartet, the Monterey Symphony as Principal Cello, and the Sacramento Philharmonic as Assistant Principal. She is an active freelance musician and teacher in the Bay Area.

Deborah Schmidt (flute) graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelors of Arts in music. She studied with Janet Maestre and Lloyd Gowen and was a CETA Symphonconcerto competition winner. As an Alfred Hertz Memoria travelling fellow, she continued her studies with Thomas Nyfenger. She has participated in master classes with Julius Baker and Keith Underwood. She performs and teaches in the Bay Area. Current ensembles include the Phiharmonic Wind Quintet and the Pro Art Symhony Orchestra.

Miles Graber (piano) received his musical training at the Juilliard School. He is on the faculties of the Crowden School and the San Domenico Conservatory, and he is a staff accompanist and chamber music coach in the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Mr. Graber currently performs with violinists Christina Mok and Mariya Borozina, flutists Gary Woodward and Amy Likar, and clarinettist Tom Rose. He is a member of the chamber groups Trio Concertino, MusicAEterna, and the Sor Ensemble. Miles and Arkadi Serper comprise the two-piano team Scorpio Duo. He has accompanied master classes by such artists as Midori, Joseph Silverstein, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Pamela Frank, Alexander Barantchik, James Galway, and Lynn Harrell.

Richard Mathias (clarinet) studied composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Ivan Tcherepnin, Robert Moran, and John Adams; electronic music with Alden Jenks; and clarinet with Philip Fath and Donald O'Brien. His studies continued in numerous Bay Area night clubs where he worked with Rhythm and Blues groups, salsa bands, and jazz ensembles. Compositions include works for chamber groups and big bands. Dick is active as a freelance woodwind performer, playing saxophone, clarinet and flute. Recent work includes performances with the Oakland and Napa Symphonies, the San Francisco production of Phantom of the Opera and the national touring company of Music of the Night. He has taught at Holy Names College and currently teaches at The Nueva School in Hillsborough.

Herb Bielawa (piano) studied piano with Soulima Stravinsky at the University of Illinois, composition with lngolf Dahl and Halsey Stevens at USC and Darius Milhaud at Aspen. He taught at Bethany College and San Francisco State, founding its Electronic Music Studio. He has written for ensembles, piano, harpsichord, organ, voice, choir, electronics, band and orchestra. Spectrum for Band and Tape (1966) was composed during his Contemporary Music Project residency in Houston. Now he composes full-time with recent commissions from Meet the Composer, Minneapolis Convention Center, the San Francisco School of the Arts, the American Guild of Organists and Earplay of San Francisco. He is a member of the Ilona Clavier Duo and founding director of Sounds New. Visit his website.

	Anna Carol Dudley (soprano) has performed with the Kronos Quartet, Earplay, SF Contemporary Music Players and the Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players. She has premiered many works, a number written for her. She has been a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony and with the Bay Area Women's Philharmonic. She has also sung with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, at the Berkeley Festival, and toured nationwide with the group "Tapestry." She was director of the San Francisco Early Music Society's Baroque Music and Dance Workshop, the Junior Bach Festival Association, and has directed Baroque operas at the San Francisco Conservatory. She has recorded for CRI and 1750 Arch Records. She was on the music faculty of San Francisco State University for 18 years. She is now on the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley.
Brooke Aird (violin) works as a freelance musician in many orchestras and ensembles in the Bay Area. He studied violin at the Manhattan School of Music and got his first professional work playing in Off-Broadway shows in New York. Brooke is an experienced soloist, having played numerous recitals and chamber works. As a soloist, he has performed concertos by Tschaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Bruch, and Prokofiev.
	Catherine Allen (cello) received a Bachelor of Arts from UC Berkeley, where she studied with Margaret Rowell. She then went to London, where she studied with William Pleeth and Simon Kuhn. Currently she performs with the Rose Quartet, the Monterey Symphony as Principal Cello, and the Sacramento Philharmonic as Assistant Principal. She is an active freelance musician and teacher in the Bay Area.
Deborah Schmidt (flute) graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelors of Arts in music. She studied with Janet Maestre and Lloyd Gowen and was a CETA Symphonconcerto competition winner. As an Alfred Hertz Memoria travelling fellow, she continued her studies with Thomas Nyfenger. She has participated in master classes with Julius Baker and Keith Underwood. She performs and teaches in the Bay Area. Current ensembles include the Phiharmonic Wind Quintet and the Pro Art Symhony Orchestra.
	Miles Graber (piano) received his musical training at the Juilliard School. He is on the faculties of the Crowden School and the San Domenico Conservatory, and he is a staff accompanist and chamber music coach in the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Mr. Graber currently performs with violinists Christina Mok and Mariya Borozina, flutists Gary Woodward and Amy Likar, and clarinettist Tom Rose. He is a member of the chamber groups Trio Concertino, MusicAEterna, and the Sor Ensemble. Miles and Arkadi Serper comprise the two-piano team Scorpio Duo. He has accompanied master classes by such artists as Midori, Joseph Silverstein, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Pamela Frank, Alexander Barantchik, James Galway, and Lynn Harrell.
Richard Mathias (clarinet) studied composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Ivan Tcherepnin, Robert Moran, and John Adams; electronic music with Alden Jenks; and clarinet with Philip Fath and Donald O'Brien. His studies continued in numerous Bay Area night clubs where he worked with Rhythm and Blues groups, salsa bands, and jazz ensembles. Compositions include works for chamber groups and big bands. Dick is active as a freelance woodwind performer, playing saxophone, clarinet and flute. Recent work includes performances with the Oakland and Napa Symphonies, the San Francisco production of Phantom of the Opera and the national touring company of Music of the Night. He has taught at Holy Names College and currently teaches at The Nueva School in Hillsborough.
	Herb Bielawa (piano) studied piano with Soulima Stravinsky at the University of Illinois, composition with lngolf Dahl and Halsey Stevens at USC and Darius Milhaud at Aspen. He taught at Bethany College and San Francisco State, founding its Electronic Music Studio. He has written for ensembles, piano, harpsichord, organ, voice, choir, electronics, band and orchestra. Spectrum for Band and Tape (1966) was composed during his Contemporary Music Project residency in Houston. Now he composes full-time with recent commissions from Meet the Composer, Minneapolis Convention Center, the San Francisco School of the Arts, the American Guild of Organists and Earplay of San Francisco. He is a member of the Ilona Clavier Duo and founding director of Sounds New. Visit his website.

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