The Eighteenth Annual Summer Series of Chamber Music Concerts

Artists 2010

Cyrus Beroukhim, violin & viola, praised as the “crème de la crème” on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today,” has received international recognition as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.  His recent performances of Bach and Vivaldi Concerti with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields were heralded as “flawless and sensitive” by the Zeitung im Espace Mittelland (Switzerland).  He has appeared at major venues worldwide including Novell Hall in Taipei, Theaterplatz and Paul Klee Zentrum in Bern, Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, Kravis center in Palm Beach, The Barns at Wolf Trap in Washington D.C., Qualcomm Hall in San Diego, Ravinia Festival in Chicago, and various halls throughout Japan, Germany, Luxembourg, and Israel. Currently based in New York City, Mr. Beroukhim is concertmaster and regular soloist with the New York Symphonic Ensemble, and is a member of the New York City Ballet.  As a founding member of the Zukofsky Quartet, he regularly explores the innovative music of great living composers.  In November 2008, the quartet presented the complete Milton Babbitt cycle at Columbia University’s “Composer’s Portraits” series and the University of Chicago’s “Contempo” series. He has recorded numerous records for Vanguard Classics, Naxos, Furious Artisans, Aeon, and New World Records, and has been broadcast live on NPR, WQXR 96.3 (New York), and K-Mozart (Los Angeles). Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from Iranian descent, Mr. Beroukhim began his violin studies at the age of two.  His early musical training was nurtured by Mimi Zweig and culminated in a successful debut with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at age 15.  He pursued his undergraduate degree at the Oberlin Conservatory under Roland and Almita Vamos, and went on to receive his Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School, where he studied with Cho-Liang Lin. In May 2007, he received his Doctorate of Music from The Juilliard School as a C.V. Starr Foundation Fellow.

Violinist Basia Danilow’s playing has been described as “ … star quality… Ms. Danilow is clearly an accomplished virtuoso whose playing has snap, crackle and pop.” (New York Concert Review) 
Ms. Danilow enjoys a diverse musical life encompassing chamber music, recording, orchestral and solo performances. She has appeared in recital at Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall and the Kosciuszko Foundation as well as in Yugoslavia and Russia. A winner of the Artists International Competition as a member of the Hollaender Ensemble, Ms. Danilow is currently a member of the Ariadne Trio and the Danilow- Keremedijiev violin and guitar duo, which presents concerts of classical, ethnic and Russian gypsy music. As a guest artist, she performs and records with the Perspectives Ensemble and the Harmonie Ensemble of New York. Ms. Danilow is very excited to join the Lark Quarte+ and is greatly looking forward to their upcoming season.
Ms Danilow is concertmaster of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, often appearing as soloist, and performs regularly in the U.S. and abroad with L’Opera Francais, The Orchestra of St. Lukes and The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. She has participated in numerous festivals such as, Caramoor, Lincoln Center Festival, Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, Windham, Music Festival of the Hamptons and the International Summer Institute at the Moscow Conservatory. Radio and television broadcasts include WQXR, NPR’s “Performance Today”, Vermont Public Radio and PBS. Ms. Danilow has recorded for the Sony, Atlantic and RCA Victor Red Seal labels.
 

Arturo Delmoni, violin & viola, is one of the most celebrated artists of his generation.  His remarkably distinctive playing embodies the romantic warmth that is the special province of the great virtuosi of the golden age of violin playing.  Yo-Yo Ma describes Delmoni as “an enormously gifted musician and an impeccable violinist.  His playing style is unique, and his gorgeous sound is reminiscent of that of great violinists from a bygone era.”  Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the NY Philharmonic, says, “Delmoni’s playing always goes right to the heart, and his charisma is irresistible.”  Delmoni’s stylish, elegant interpretations of classical masterpieces have earned him critical acclaim in the United States and abroad.  Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe wrote “It’s hard to imagine how the violin could be much better played than Delmoni did --- he plays with astonishing speed, lightness, fluency and sweetness of tone.”  Alan Heatherington of the American Record Guide wrote “The growing discography of Arturo Delmoni testifies to a musician who must possess an artistic soul of exceptional beauty.  Each new issue reveals additional aspects of a winsome musical personality and verifies an impression of great warmth and geniality.”  Delmoni made his debut at Carnegie Hall at age 14 playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Little Orchestra Society under Thomas Scherman.  Since then he has been a soloist with the St. Louis, Dallas, Spokane, Jupiter, El Paso, Glendale and Tucson Symphony Orchestras; the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; the California Chamber Symphony; the New York City Ballet Orchestra; the Rhode Island, Brooklyn, Boston, Omaha and Kansas City Philharmonics; and the Boston Pops.  He has appeared as a recitalist throughout the United States and in Europe, the Middle East, Japan and Hong Kong.  As a chamber musician, Delmoni has performed with illustrious colleagues such as Pinchas Zukerman, Elmar Oliveira, Emanuel Ax, Nathaniel Rosen, Jon Kimura Parker, Jeffrey Kahane and Dudley Moore.  Songs My Mother Taught Me, Delmoni’s recording of romantic miniatures, received extraordinary reviews from prominent critics.  Audiophiles and audio critics generally regard his recording of unaccompanied violin music of Ysaÿe, Kreisler and Bach as a reference for the sound of a solo violin.  Delmoni’s duo recital recording with cellist Nathaniel Rosen, entitled “Music for a Glass Bead Game” was nominated for an AFIM Indie Award, received a Golden Ear award, and was on Fanfare’s “Best of the Year” list.  Arturo Delmoni plays a JB Guadagnini, 1780, and a viola from the same period.
 
Roy Lewis, violin, was a member of the Manhattan String Quartet for 17 years. The quartet was featured in weekly radio broadcasts from Music Mountain and performed internationally, logging three major tours of the former Soviet Union. They were the first American group to record the complete Shostakovich string quartet cycle and performed those works in Paris and New York City. He joined the Manhattan Quartet after a year with the Kronos Quartet and later served on the faculty of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. At present he enjoys the itinerant New York free-lance lifestyle performing in various orchestras and Broadway shows. He also has established Lewis Arts, an outlet for his photography and graphic arts. 

Adela Peña, violin, a native New Yorker, enjoys touring the U.S., Europe and Asia with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, for which she has served as concertmaster, and recorded several CD's on the Deutsche Grammophon label. As a founding member of the Eroica Trio, she can be heard on seven CD's released by the EMI label, and has received two Grammy nominations. She has appeared as soloist in the Beethoven Triple Concerto with notable orchestras worldwide, including the Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh symphonies, as well as the Hong Kong and Budapest philharmonic and Prague Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist and recitalist, she has played with the English Chamber Orchestra, performed at Carnegie Hall, the Sorbonne in Paris, and toured England, Italy and South America. She earned her Bachelor's and Masrer's degrees from the Juilliard School as a student of Margaret Pardee. She was also greatly influenced by her first teacher Rochelle Walton, and her coaches Felix Galimir and Harry Shub. Ms. Pena has participated in various summer festivals, including Ravinia, Caramoor, Bridgehampton, Monadnock and Central Vermont. Since starting the violin at the age of four, she has received tremendous support and inspiration from family, friends and colleagues, for which she continues to be very grateful.
 
Michael Roth, violin, is a native of Scarsdale, NY and received his early musical training with Frances Magnes at the Hoff-Barthelson Music School. He attended Oberlin College and Conservatory, continuing his studies with Marilyn McDonald. At Oberlin, he won the Kaufman Prize for violin and First Prize in the Ohio String Teacher’s Association Competition. He completed his Master of Music degree at the University of Massachusetts where he worked with the distinguished American violinist and pedagogue Charles Treger and was a recipient of the Julian Olevsky Award. Mr. Roth is currently associate concertmaster of the New York City Ballet Orchestra and has appeared in chamber music and as a soloist with the company, most recently in the debut of “Slice Too Sharp”, a ballet of Biber and Vivaldi violin concerti, and “After the Rain”, violin music of Arvo Pärt. In addition he is Principal 2nd violin of the Westchester Philharmonic, a member of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, and Principal 2nd violin of the American Composers Orchestra and the New York Pops. He has been concertmaster of the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra for many years and has often appeared as soloist there, as well as at the Caramoor and Bard Music Festivals. He has played and toured internationally with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the New York Chamber Soloists. As a chamber musician, Mr. Roth has collaborated with artists such as Eugene Drucker, Menahem Pressler, Steven Doane, Hamao Fujiwara and members of the Brentano, Manhattan and Ying Quartets, and recently presented a recital of contemporary Cuban solo violin and chamber music in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall under the auspices of the American Composers Orchestra. With Orpheus, the Eos Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi, The New York Pops and the American Composers Orchestra and others, Mr. Roth has recorded for the Sony, Angel, Telarc, Decca, BMG, Point Music, ESSA.Y. and Arbors Music labels
 
Danielle Farina, viola, enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, teacher, and recording artist in both the classical and pop genres.  As a soloist, Ms. Farina recently recorded Jon Bauman's Viola Concerto with the Moravian Philharmonic, Andy Teirstein's Viola Concerto with the Kiev Philharmonic and premiered Peter Schickele's Viola Concerto with the Pasadena Symphony.  She was a member of the Lark Quartet, touring extensively in North America, Europe, and Scandinavia performing at some of the most prestigious venues and festivals including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Schleswig Holstein Festival, and the International Istanbul Music Festival.  While with the Lark, Ms. Farina recorded Aaron Kernis' string quartets, music of Amy Beach, and music of Giovanni Sollima. Currently  a member of the Elements Quartet, she has participated in the Tibor Varga Festival in Budapest, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, been in residence at Utah Valley State College, and premiered "Snaphots", a project commissioning dozens of composers from Regina Carter to Angelo Badalamenti, to John Corigliano and many more.  She performs with a number of ensembles in the New York area, among them, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Lukes, Concertante and Music From Copland House with whom she recorded music of John Musto.  As an orchestral musician, Ms. Farina has served as principal violist of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and is currently the assistant principal violist of The Eastern Festival Orchestra.  An active teacher, she is now on the faculty of the Juilliard School's Pre-College Division and The Eastern Music Festival.  In addition to recording classical music, Ms. Farina also records for feature film soundtracks and well as pop albums.  A graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music, Ms. Farina has studied with Karen Tuttle, Joseph dePasqaule, Stephen Werczynski, and Byrnina Socolofsky.
 
Greg "Cosmo D" Heffernan, cellist, is a versatile artist whose musical passions have led him to work in improvisation, jazz and electronic music. Since graduating New York University in 2005, Greg now works in the city as a freelancer and band leader. At NYU, his classical training continued under cellist Marion Feldman, though it was the teachings of Erik Friedlander that left a most impressionable impact on Greg's musical approach. In 2003 and 2004, Greg was part of the Banff Centre's Jazz Program, under the artistic direction of Dave Douglas. These summers spent in the Canadian Rockies deeply influenced Greg's performance style and creative output. In 2006 and 2007, Greg toured with the legendary saxophonist Lee Konitz. Greg has been a featured member in Konitz's Nonet, directed by award-winning saxophonist and arranger Ohad Talmor. Since forming in 2005, the Nonet has toured England, France, Italy, Croatia, Spain, Germany, Slovenia, Macedonia, and beyond. In addition to working with the Nonet, Greg collaborated with Vijay Iyer in 2007 for the off-broadway show "Betrothed." The show integrated Greg's live cello and laptop performance with Vijay's original compositions. Grammy-winner Matt Darriau of the Klezmatics has featured Greg in his world-touring Paradox Trio.  In the Spring of 2008, Greg was commissioned by the Carrie Ahern Dance Company to create a cello/laptop full-length work. This piece, called "The Unity of Skin," premiered in the Spring of 2008 in Baltimore and New York's Danspace Theater. To further his own creative explorations, Greg recorded his own album with his band, Sauce, in March of 2007 and released it in the fall of that year. One of his compositions for Sauce made its Carnegie Hall debut in early 2008.  In the summer of 2008 Sauce will be recording its next album up in Toronto, to be released later in the year.  Under the alias Cosmo D, Greg has made his own solo electronic-based music as well. Other musicians Greg has also played with include Fred Hersch, (the late, great) Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, Jack DeJohnnette, Bill Frisell, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Ralph Alessi, Kenny Wolleson, Doc Severinson, Burt Bacharach, vocalists Kurt Elling and Kate McGarry, singer Lucia Pulido, saxophonist/clarinetist Anat Cohen, violinist Jenny Scheinman and many others
 
Peter Sanders, cello, is a native New Yorker and a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music.  Mr. Sanders is a member of the New York City Ballet Orchestra (for which he has served as Acting Principal), principal cello for the New Philharmonic of New Jersey and performs with the Riverside Symphony, the Stamford Symphony and has performed and recorded as a guest artist with the Perspectives Ensemble.  He has toured Southeast Asia twice with the New York Symphonic Ensemble and as concerto soloist with the group performed in concerts in Taipei and Singapore.  He is Artistic Director of the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, which had its inaugural season in 1993.  Mr. Sanders was a winner of the 1998 Artists International award as a member of the Hollaender Ensemble and is currently a member of the Ariadne Trio.  He has participated in many summer festivals including the Colorado Music Festival, Skaneateles Festival, Crested Butte Chamber Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival (faculty position), CVCMF, Lancaster Festival, Ohio (where he was principal cello from 1992-98), Windham Chamber Music Festival, the Sherman Chamber Ensemble, the Park City & SLC Autumn Classics Music Festival and this past September with the Moab Music Festival. As a studio musician Mr. Sanders has recorded for a variety of popular artists including Pat Metheny, Jewel, Kathie Lee Gifford and Andy Bey.  He can be heard on the Delos, Muse, Bridge, RCA Victor-Red Seal, New World, On the Lamb labels and the recently released CD of chamber music by John David Earnest on the Koch label. 
 

New York bassist, Roger Wagner enjoys a diverse career which now spans over 30 years.  As soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral bassist, Mr. Wagner has appeared on many of the world’s great concert stages. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, he played the violin before switching to the double bass at the age of 13.  He later went on to study at the Juilliard School with famed teachers Homer Mensch and David Walter. Early professional experiences include Filarmonica de las Americas based in Mexico City and two tours with Camerata Helvetia of St. Gallen Switzerland.  As solo bassist with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Mr. Wagner has toured extensively throughout Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.  As a freelance musician in New York and the Tri-state area, he has appeared with numerous ensembles including The Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola, The Oratorio Society of New York Orchestra, Musica Sacra, Sequitur, Ensemble Sospeso, Argento Chamber Ensemble, Philarmonia Virtuosi, Jupiter Symphony, Stamford Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Westchester Philharmonic, and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. Opera companies he’s worked with include Gotham Chamber Opera, the Berkshire Opera, and the Lake George Opera. He has been invited to participate in music festivals such as Moab Music Festival, Weekend of Chamber Music, Manchester Music Festival, and the Indian River Festival on Prince Edward Island.  Mr. Wagner has played on several major motion picture soundtracks as well as many classical recordings on both sides of the Atlantic.  His double bass was built by Henry Lockey Hill of London in the year 1787.
 

Cameron Grant, piano, joined the New York City Ballet in 1984, became a Solo Pianist there 2 years later, and was appointed pianist of the NYCB orchestra in 1998. He has performed all the major “piano ballets” of the company such as the Goldberg Variations and Dances at a Gathering of Jerome Robbins, Davidsbundlertanze of George Balanchine, and Waltz Project of Peter Martins as well as virtually all the piano concerti of the repertory including those of Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Hindemith, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Mr. Grant has been the soloist in premieres of ballets by Richard Tanner, Robert La Fosse and Christopher Wheeldon, and toured as a featured performer with the company on trips to Paris, Edinburgh, Athens, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Italy, Russia and Denmark. In 2004, he appeared in the Emmy Award-winning “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast of New York City Ballet, as well as being invited (along with 3 other members of NYCB), to perform at the Kennedy Center Honors before the President.  Mr. Grant has performed extensively outside the ballet as well. He was pianist of the Leonardo Trio for 15 years, recording a CD and appearing across the United States and in Europe. As a member of the Grant-Winn duo-piano team, he was a prizewinner at the Munich Competition and performed 200 concerts in the US, Canada, and Germany. As a soloist, he toured Japan and the Middle East, and made his New York debut at Town Hall. He has recorded for Orion (with Joel Krosnick), CRI, CBS, XLNT, Koch International and 4-Tay. He has also recorded 5 CD’s with violinist Zina Schiff. 
 

Paul Woodiel, fiddle, A busy New York-based purveyor of a broad range of violin and fiddle styles, Paul Woodiel was described by Leonard Bernstein as "a first-class performer – one who combines spirituality with intellect". His versatile scope has made him an in demand performer with myriad musical specialties, including the fiddle traditions of America and the British Isles, ragtime repertoire, and the violin music of Charles Ives. As a recitalist, Paul has presented concerts at the 92nd St. Y, the Miller Theater at Columbia University, and the New York Festival of Song at Carnegie Hall, and has appeared as soloist at music festivals from Bard College in New York to the red rocks of Moab, Utah.  An unabashed theater musician, Paul is a veteran of dozens of Broadway productions, and currently performs there as concertmaster of Oprah Winfrey’s production of “The Color Purple”. A three-time New England Fiddle Contest champion, he is a widely respected exponent of traditional fiddle styles. In this traditional vein, he performs across the US and abroad with the Scottish dance band Local Hero. Other collaborations include tours, performances and recordings with Steve Reich and Musicians, piano wizards Dick Hyman and Neely Bruce, Marin Alsop's Concordia, Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, the American Composers Orchestra, and the Grammy Awards Orchestra.  As a recording musician, his fiddling is heard on a wide variety of contexts, ranging from Woody Allen films to ads for sugary “Irish” breakfast cereals. Also among his eccentric interests are the Viper, a seven-string electronic instrument created by Mark Wood, and his Stroh Violin, an anachronistic hybrid of the violin and gramophone, made in 1910.
 

Jeremiah McLane, accordion, the music of composer, accordionist, and pianist Jeremiah McLane is a unique blend of Franco-American, Celtic, jazz, and roots influenced music that is at once exuberant and introspective, tender and passionate. He places familiar sounds in unusual settings, and combines a gift of improvisation with a keen appreciation for the power of melody. Early on I was influenced by the music of Memphis Slim, Roosevelt Sykes, and other blues artists. As a teenager I was introduced to the music of Miles Davis, Les McCann, Bill Evans, Bud Powell, John Coltrane, and other jazz greats. I went to Oberlin Conservatory where I studied classical and jazz piano, then transferred to the Cornish Institute in Seattle and studied with Gary Peacock. I also studied Indonesian Gamelan, West African drumming, and the music of minimalist composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass. In 1980 I started studying Celtic music and began playing the accordion. My major influences at that time were the Bothy Band and Dedanann. I started playing in Celtic bands and studied with Chicago accordionist Jimmy Keane and Cape Breton pianist Doug McPhee. In the early 1990s I helped start two bands with strong traditional New England roots: The Clayfoot Strutters and Nightingale, both of which are active today. Nightingale has recorded three CDs and tours regularly throughout the US. In 2003 I formed Le Bon Vent, a sextet specializing in Breton and French music. In 2001 I attended the New England Conservatory of Music and got a Master’s of Music in Contemporary Improvisation. In 2005 I started the Floating Bridge Music School, where I teach traditional and contemporary music. I am a faculty member at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh, NY, and also teach at various summer music camps including Ashokan Fiddle & Dance, Augusta Heritage Arts Center and Centrum’s American Festival of Fiddle Tunes.  Since 1990, I have recorded 9 CD's, my second solo recording, Smile When You’re Ready, was nominated by National Public Radio in their “favorite picks” of 1996. I have composed music for theatre and film, including Sam Shepard’s “A Lie Of The Mind”, and been awarded the Ontario Center For The Performing Arts “Meet The Composer” Award, and the Vermont Council On The Arts “Creation Of New Work” grant.
 
Raised on a diet of Broadway show tunes, operatic arias and British invasion melodies, native Vermonter Pete Sutherland discovered both traditional music and songwriting in college and like Huck Finn, "lit out for the territories". Pete has toured nationally and internationally, but currently bases himself in his home state, where he teaches fiddle, banjo and other musical pursuits both privately and at Middlebury College. With half a dozen of his own recordings behind him, he has appeared on dozens more, he has produced CDs for over fifty artists, and had original pieces covered by an equal number.  A warm-voiced singer and accomplished multi-instrumentalist known equally for his potent originals and his intense recreations of age-old ballads and fiery fiddle tunes, Pete's music "covers the map", and shines with...."....a pure spirit which infuses every bit of his music ,and cannot fail to move all who hear him." 

Sue Ellen Colgan-Borror, Director of Education and Outreach,  has taught strings in the Bedford Central School District since 1991. Having spent many years teaching at the elementary and intermediate levels, she currently serves as the Director of Orchestras at the Fox Lane High School in Bedford, NY. She received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education from SUNY Potsdam, the Crane School of Music and her Masters of Science in Music Education at Western Connecticut State University. Ms. Colgan-Borror frequently guest conducts state and regional festival orchestras and has served as orchestra chairperson for the Westchester County School Music Association. She is a certified New York State School Music Association All-State string adjudicator. She holds active memberships to the Westchester County School Music Association, the New York State School Music Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the American String Teachers Association and the American Federation of Musicians.  In addition to her career with the Bedford Schools, Ms. Colgan-Borror maintains an active private violin studio and is in her 33rd year as a violinist with the New York City Ballet Orchestra.  Sue Ellen was on leave from the Bedford Central Schools during the 2008-2009 school year to pursue teaching at the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam where she was a visiting instructor in music education and violin.
Karen Sutherland has a crisp old fashioned Yankee drive on piano when accompanying dance tunes.  No stranger to town hall pianos of all shapes and sizes her favorites are still the waltzes.  A native Vermonter, she has also been involved with singing and music making as performer and educator since way before the advent of laptops and cell phones.
 


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