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J. Lawrie Bloom, clarinet, joined the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra in 1980, having already been a member of the
Phoenix, Lyric Opera, Vancouver and Cincinnati orchestras. He is an
Assistant Professor in clarinet at the Northwestern
University School of Music. Artistic Co-Director of the Eastern
Shore Chamber Music Festival, Lawrie has played in numerous chamber
groups, performing in this country, Europe, Japan, Canada and
Australia. He has performed at the Ambler, Grand Teton, Spoleto and
Mostly Mozart festivals, and collaborated with members of the Chester,
Chicago Symphony and Mendelssohn String Quartets.
Barbara
Haffner, cello is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music,
Assistant Principal Cellist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and
Principal Cellist with Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra and Chicago's Music of the Baroque. A former
member of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Ms Haffner has had solo
repertoire written for her by several composers including Pulitzer
Prize winner, Richard Wernick. She has been a featured soloist with the
Dallas, Philadelphia, Music of the
Baroque and Symphony II orchestra.
Robert Hanford is
currently concertmaster of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Previously, Mr.
Hanford was the Associate Principal Second Violinist of the Minnesota
Orchestra. He has also been a member of the Milwaukee Symphony
Orchestra and Chicago's Grant Park Symphony. He has appeared as soloist
on many occasions with both the Minnesota Orchestra and the Milwaukee
Symphony. Mr. Hanford attended Northwestern University where his
principal teacher was Dr. Myron Kartman. He graduated with first prize
from the Orpheus Conservatory in Athens, Greece. During the summers, he
serves as concertmaster and instructor at the Birch Creek Music
Festival in Wisconsin and also performs with the Richmond Chamber
Players in Virginia. Mr. Hanford lives in Evanston with his wife, also
a violinist, and their two sons.
Robert
Morgan, oboe is Solo English Horn and Assistant Principal Oboe of
the Lyric Operra of Chicago Orchestra and Principal Oboist with Music of the Baroque and Chicago
Philharmonic Orchestra. He coaches woodwind chamber music at Northwestern
University and maintains a private studio. He is a frequent soloist with numerous area
orchestras and musical organizations and has performed at the White
House with Music of the Baroque and with members of the Guarnieri
Quartet in Maryland. He is a graduate of Indiana University and also
studied with Ray Still, Marc Lifschey and John Mack.
Sandra
Morgan, flute is a graduate of Northwestern
University and has been a member of the orchestra of Music of the Baroque since 1973,
Ars Viva since its inception, and was formerly a member of the Oklahoma
City Symphony. She has soloed on several occasions with Music of
the Baroque and several other Chicago area musicial organizations, is
an active freelance musician in the Chicago area and maintains a
private flute studio. She coordinates Artistic and Educational
activities for the Rembrandt Chamber Players.
David Schrader,
harpsichord and piano, received his Doctorate in Music from Indiana
University, is organist at Church of the Ascension in Chicago and
performs frequently with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Music of the Baroque. He is equally
at home on the organ and harpsichord and has recorded several compact
discs on both instruments. Dr. Schrader has been featured soloist with
the Milwaukee, San Francisco, Dallas and Chicago Symphony Orchestras.
He is on the faculty of Roosevelt University.
Collins
Trier, double bass, has been a member of the Chicago Lyric Opera
Orchestra since 1980 and frequently performs with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra. He serves as Principal Bass of Concertanti di Chicago,
Symphony of the Shores, Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, and the
Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago. He plays the
hammered dulcimer and is active as a studio musician. He also was a
featured soloist with the Symphony of the Shores in a piece for
hammered dulcimer and violin which he composed.
Yuan-Qing Yu,
violin, who joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1995, currently
holds the position of assistant concertmaster.
Her exceptional talent and command of the instrument are evident in her
numerous achievements. She was the winner of the Chinese Nationwide
Violin Competition and the Menuhin International Violin Competition.
She was awarded the grand prize in the Holland Music Sessions World
Concert Tour Competition and received the third grand prize in the
fiftieth Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Competition, as
well as the special prize for her outstanding performance of the
contemporary work written especially for the competition.
Yuan-Qing has played many highly acclaimed performances as featured
soloist with major orchestras, such as the Monte Carlo Philharmonic
Orchestra, the Radio France Philharmonic, and the London City
Orchestra. She has performed with such well-known musicians as Sir
Yehudi Menuhin, Marek Janowski, and James DePreist and has appeared at
Weill Hall in New York's Carnegie Hall, Ambassador Hall in Los Angeles,
Casals Hall in Tokyo, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Salle Pleyel
in Paris, and the Centre de Congre Auditorium in Monte Carlo. She has
played chamber music concerts with Pinchas Zukerman, Michael Tree, Gary
Hoffman, and Yo-Yo Ma. Yuan-Qing is an active musician in Chicago, both
in recitals and chamber music concerts. She is a member of the
Sebastian Quartet, which has performed on WFMT and on the Rising Stars
Series at Ravinia. She has performed on WFMT "Live from Studio One" and
the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series; in recital at the Norton
Concert Series; and in chamber music performances at North Park College
and on the Winter Chamber Music Series at Northwestern University.
Future engagements include appearances as soloist with the DuPage
Symphony and the Evanston Symphony.
An honors graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Yuan-Qing
came to the United States in 1990. She earned an artist certificate in
violin and a master of music degree from Southern Methodist University.
Alan Chow piano, has been acclaimed for his “elegant poetry and virtuosic fire.” He has won First Prize at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, the Palm Beach Invitational International Piano Competition and the UCLA International Piano Competition. He was also the winner of the Silver Medal and Audience Favorite Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and a prizewinner in the William Kapell International Piano Competition.
A Steinway artist, Chow has performed in recital and in concert with orchestra from coast to coast in over forty states. His recitals have brought him to the major music centers including New York (Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Weill Recital Hall), Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago (Symphony Center, Ravinia), Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Seattle, Atlanta, New Orleans and Miami. Concerto performances include appearances with the National Symphony, Utah Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Tulsa Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony and Omaha Symphony. Chow regularly tours Asia with performances in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore including performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Pan-Asia Symphony. An avid chamber musician, he has collaborated with the American, Pacifica, and Miami String Quartets and has been guest artist at the Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival, Juneau Jazz and Classics, San Juan Islands Chamber Music Festival, Kent Blossom Music Festival, Texas Music Festival and Music Mountain. In addition, he appears in joint recital engagements with the baritone Jubilant Sykes and in the Cheng-Chow Trio with pianists Alvin Chow and Angela Cheng.
Chow has studied with Nelita True at the University of Maryland where he graduated Co-Valedictorian with his twin brother Alvin, and received the Charles Manning Prize in the Creative and Performing Arts given to the outstanding graduate; with Sascha Gorodnitzki at the Juilliard School where he was awarded the Victor Herbert Prize in Piano; and with Menahem Pressler at Indiana University where he was the recipient of the Joseph Battista Memorial Scholarship. He also studied at the Mozarteum Sommerakademie with Carlo Zecchi.
Also in demand for his teaching, Chow has given master classes throughout North America and Asia. Formerly Artist-in-Residence at the University of Arkansas, Chow currently serves as chair of the piano program at Northwestern University.
Jeannie Yu piano, a native of Korea, is an award-winning pianist. Her honors include first prize in the Frinna Awerbuch Piano Competition in New York, and first prize in the Kingsville Piano Competition in Texas. She also earned the prestigious Gina Bachauer Memorial Scholarship Award, a full scholarship to The Juilliard School of Music for both the bachelor and master’s degree programs.
Yu has performed as a soloist with the Portland Symphony in Maine, the Marina del Rey-Westchester Symphony, the Flint Symphony in Michigan, the Des Moines Brandenburg Ensemble, the Des Moines Symphony, and most recently with the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra in China. She is in great demand as a chamber musician and soloist in the greater New York and Chicago areas, and has appeared with the Rembrandt Chamber Players and on Robert Sherman’s Young Artist Showcase on WQXR in New York and WOI radio in Des Moines, Iowa. Yu performs regularly with her husband cellist Stefan Kartman in the Florestan Duo.
She has taught at the Alfred Summer Chamber Institute in New York, the Drake University Community School of Music, the Mid-America Summer Chamber Music Institute at Ohio Wesleyan University, the Milwaukee Summer Chamber Music Festival, the Troy Public Library Chamber Music Institute in Michigan, and the Wisconsin Conservatory.
She has studied with Ruth V. Sitjar, Martin Canin, Susan Starr, Ilana Vered, and Ann Schein. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Institute of Music.
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