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Michael Andrews In August 2005 he played at the Villa-Lobos Museum in Rio de Janeiro with violinist Thomas Moore, part of SBCE's Music in Motion: Miami to Rio. In June 2006 he created a successful annual chamber music festival, South Beach Up North, in his hometown. In September 2007 he and Mr. Moore toured Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Buenos Aires with their second Music in Motion project. Past travels have included Paris, Lourdes and Budapest. Mr. Andrews implemented and taught a chamber music program at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy for Girls, South Miami and at Fisher Island Day School. He continues to teach cello privately. Thomas Moore Mr. Moore was as member of the Pro Arte Quartet and Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the University of Wisconsin. While in Wisconsin he was concertmaster of the Wisconsin Chamber Symphony. In 1979 he joined the Florida Philharmonic as concertmaster and was appointed to the University of Miami as Professor of Violin and Chamber Music. Currently he is Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the New World School of the Arts, Miami. In 2008 Mr. Moore founded the Classical Virtuoso of Miami, a summer music festival for string players. Charles Castelman, Professor of Violin at Eastman School of Music, says, "Thomas Moore is one of the best four or five violin teachers in the United States today." Luis Fernandez Anthony Seepersad In addition to playing the violin, Anthony is also a noted pianist and singer. Right now he is hard at work on his first album fusing together alternative and electronic musical styles. Rafael Ramirez Engagements have included appearances as a soloist with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Táchira State, Venezuela, Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Táchira, Camerata San Cristobal, Collegium Musicum-FIU, Miami Bach Society Orchestra, Hampden-Sydney Music Festival, Bowdoin Music Festival and Pine Mountain Festival. Currently, he is pursuing a Doctorate in Music Performance at the University of Miami. Mr. Ramirez is also a member of the Miami Symphony, Palm Beach Pops and Symphony of the Americas. Ciro Foderé
Sarah Schreffler Dee Martz David Severtson Molly Roseman Her formal training includes a B.M. in Piano Performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory; a M.M. in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music; and a D.M. in Piano Performance from Florida State University. She has studied piano with James Streem, Jeffrey Kahane, and Richard Cass. Additional studies include collaborative piano with Jean Barr at the Eastman School of Music. Matthew Michelic Cindy Blandino She held the position of Principal Bass in both the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, (Dominican Republic) and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Caracas (Venezuela), where she met South Beach Chamber Ensemble founder and cellist, Michael Andrews. Upon her return to the U.S., she continued as principal bass with the Palm Beach Opera, Palm Beach Symphony, and the Florida Symphonic Pops of Boca Raton. She also performed with the Miami City Ballet, Gold Coast Opera and South Florida Symphony Orchestra. Cindy currently plays with the Phoenix Opera and freelances in symphonic and chamber music ensembles throughout Arizona. past guest artists Melissa Palichat Melissa has played in master classes with Charles Castleman and Andres Cardenas as well as the Guaneri Quartet, Emerson Quartet, Tokyo Quartet, and Eroica Trio. She plays with Miami Symphony as well as other groups in the Miami Area. Also studying piano for 14 years, she enjoys teaching violin and piano. Melissa loves to explore other kinds of music, including contemporary and improvisatory styles. Jonathan T. Kane At the age of 17, he won the Wendell Irish Viola Competition, and later that year he went to the Harid Conservatory where he studied with Victoria Chiang and received a Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance. He received his Master of Music in Viola Performance from the University of Miami, where he was the Teaching Assistant to Pamela McConnell. As a soloist, orchestral, and chamber musician, Mr. Kane has toured the United States, Mexico, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Cayman Islands, and most of Europe. He has played in the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angles, Bellas Artes and Nezhualcoyotl in Mexico City, and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Richard Fleischman As viola soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician, Mr. Fleischman performed throughout the United States, Mexico, South America, Asia and Europe on radio, television and recording. He was a long-time member of the San Francisco Symphony, has been principal violist of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra since 1990, performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and, during 2005-2006, was frequent guest principal viola with the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Since 1996, Richard Fleischman has taught at the New World School of the Arts where he is Associate Professor of Music. Dustin Budish Huifang Helen Chen She is an Associate Conductor of the Florida Youth Orchestra and is on the faculty of the University of Miami and the Young Musicians’ Camp held each summer at the University of Miami. As a soloist, Ms. Chen has appeared with the Miami Bach Society, Renaissance Chamber Orchestra, Florida Youth Orchestra, University of Miami Symphony (2003 Concerto Competition Winner), Music America Symphony, Rochester Symphony, Macomb Symphony, Oakland-Pontiac Symphony, Warren Symphony, Amber Symphony, and Taipei Symphony Orchestra (1999 Young Concert Artist of the Year) among others. Laura Wilcox Laura is the music director of the ArtSouth Ensemble, Homestead, Florida, a member of Florida International University’s new music ensemble Nodus, and principal violist for the Florida Grand Opera and Miami City Ballet Orchestras. Her CDs are available on the SNE record label. Michael Linville As a soloist, Mr. Linville has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, the New World Symphony, the Breckenridge Chamber Orchestra, and the National Repertory Orchestra. In addition, he has played with the Honolulu Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, and was a featured keyboardist with the Florida Philharmonic. His playing can be heard on a number of recordings, including New World Jazz (BMG), A Night in the Tropics – the Music of Gottschalk (Naxos), and White Mares of the Moon – Chamber Music of Dan Welcher (CRI), which Mr. Linville also produced. Tao Lin As a soloist, he has performed with Winnipeg Symphony, Miami Chamber Orchestra, Knoxville Civic Orchestra, University of Miami Symphony, Harid Philharmonia, and Lynn University Chamber Orchestra. A devoted chamber musician, Mr. Lin performs regularly with the renowned Jacques Thibaud Trio, as well as Miami, Bergonzi, Alcan, and Rosalyra String Quartets. He has also collaborated with distinguished soloists such as Ida Haendel, Charles Castleman, Roberta Peters, Eugenia Zukerman, Philip Quint and Claudio Bohorquez. Mr. Lin has worked with a series of distinguished teachers including Joseph Kalichstein, John Perry, Leon Fleisher, Rita Sloan, Stephen Hough, Ivan Davis, and Roberta Rust. He has recorded for the Piano Lovers record label, and features works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Balakirev.
Licia Lucas Those knowledgeable concerning piano technique often compare her with the legendary Brazilian Ms. Lucas was acclaimed when she performed at Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow as soloist with the Moscow State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Then she played at the legendary “Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic,” receivng a long ovation from the public assembled to hear her interpret Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with the St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra on June 17, 2004. Ms. Lucas has recorded Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Beethoven and Chopin piano concertos with the orchestra. Renata Hornik home | concert schedule | tickets | mission | sponsor/volunteer
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After growing up in Wausau, Wisconsin, cellist and SBCE director Michael Andrews attended the University of Wisconsin and University of Illinois, where he studied with Gabriel Magyar of the Hungarian String Quartet. Following graduation he moved to Boston to study with George Neikrug. For five years Mr. Andrews played with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Caracas, Venezuela, taught at the orchestra's conservatory and toured Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Returning to the US he taught and performed at the Wausau Conservatory of Music. In Florida he has played in the Naples Philharmonic, Southwest Florida Philharmonic and the Symphony of the Americas.
Active as a soloist, concertmaster and chamber musician, Thomas Moore, violinist, has performed worldwide in tours and concerts throughout Europe, the former Soviet Union, South Africa, Canada, the United States and South America. After Doctoral studies at the Eastman School of Music he performed with National Educational Television, Voice of America, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio, SABC-TV and European Television.
Luis Fernandez was a winner of the 2002 New World School of the Arts Concerto Competition, performing the Prokofiev Violin Concerto #1. He was the first violinist of the Nuevo Mundo String Quartet, performing in the 5th Osaka International Music Competition in Japan and in the Del Sol and Cochabamba Music Festivals in Bolivia. In addition, he has performed as soloist and concertmaster with orchestras in Florida, Tennessee and Caracas, Venezuela. He has participated in the Hot Springs Music Festival, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, Mimir Chamber Music Festival and Aspen Music Festival in the US, Reina Sofia Music Festival in Spain, and several music festivals in Venezuela. Mr. Fernandez is currently enrolled in Doctoral studies at the University of Miami.
A native South Floridian, Anthony Seepersad graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Music. While in school he served as concertmaster at the Cannon Music Camp and at the Eastern Music Festival. Since graduation he has recorded with several artists such as Cristian Castro, Ricardo Montaner and Barbra Streisand. He has also performed on stage with such artists as Barry Gibb, Josh Groban, and Pavorotti. He can currently be found playing with the Naples Philharmonic and the Las Olas Studio Orchestra.
Beginning his viola studies at an early age in Venezuela, Rafael Ramirez became involved in classical music with “el Movimiento” Simon Bolivar in 1992. His honors include 2nd place at the State Mandolin Festival, Capacho, Venezuela, a full scholarship with the Slava Bogu String Quartet, Bogotá, Colombia, and First Prize winner of the chamber music competition at Florida International University (2006 and 2007). Mr. Ramirez has participated in master classes with Zvi Zeitlin, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Marc Johnson, Roberto Diaz, Lewis Kaplan, Toby Appel, Erick Shumsky, and the Vermeer, Shanghai, Ying, Bergonzi and Miami String Quartets.
Ciro Foderé, a former pianist with the New World Symphony, regularly performs chamber music and orchestral works in Miami. He has also performed with the NWS in Rome and Perugia, Italy, and at Carnegie Hall in New York. Mr. Foderé has been a soloist three times with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Ignat Solzhenitsyn and David Stahl, performing Gershwin and Saint-Saens concertos.
Sarah Schreffler is currently concertmaster of Musica Nova, an ensemble in Phoenix, Arizona, committed to performing and recording diverse and overlooked repertoire. She has performed as a soloist with the Musica Nova Baroque Orchestra, and is an active recitalist and chamber musician. In addition to performance activities, she currently maintains a large private studio, and has also been a teaching assistant at Arizona State University and at the Brevard Music Center. In Fall 2009, she will begin Doctoral studies as a Graduate Fellow at Arizona State University. Ms. Schreffler holds performance degrees from ASU and the Cleveland Institute of Music, where her principal teachers were Katherine McLin and David Updegraff.
Violist Dee Martz joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point in 1979 where she also served as Director of the American Suzuki Institute, the oldest and largest Suzuki summer school in North America, from 1986-2009. Prior to moving to Wisconsin, Mrs. Martz's studies as a merit scholarship student with David Dawson at Indiana University led to membership in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, la Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional del Peru, the Indiana String Quartet, the J.S. Bach Chamber Orchestra and her current position as principal violist in the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. An active performer and clinician Dee's professional travels have taken her to more than 25 states, Canada, South America and Australia. 
Dr. David Severtson, pianist, maintains an active performing career as a solo and collaborative artist. He has performed on faculty and guest artist recitals at the Lawrence Conservatory of Music, Luther College, St. Olaf College, Bemidji State University, and he has appeared on concert series throughout the country. Dr. Severtson holds graduate degrees from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music and the University of Minnesota. His research interests include the interdisciplinary study of 19th and 20th century French and German music and culture, including a published scholarly article on the literary influences on Robert Schumann’s piano music in the Music Research Forum.
Molly Roseman serves as Assistant Professor of Piano at UW-Stevens Point. She is an active solo and collaborative pianist throughout Wisconsin and has been a featured performer with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, and on Wisconsin Public Radio’s "Live at the Elvehjem" series. She has performed in many venues throughout the United States including the National Flute Association Conventions, the U.S. Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium, Atlanta Pro-Mozart Society, and the Tallahassee Bach Parley. She is also an active music clinician and adjudicator in Wisconsin and throughout the Midwest. 
Matthew Michelic enjoys a diverse musical career as a teacher and performing violist. He has studied viola performance with William Primrose and Bernard Zaslav, string pedagogy with Mimi Zwieg, and has received coaching from members of the Amadeus, Cleveland, Fine Arts, Guarneri and Juilliard Quartets. Mr. Michelic has toured widely and recorded as a member of the DaVinci and Delos Quartets. Currently he is a professor at Lawrence University's Conservatory of Music, where he teaches viola, chamber music and classes in music history and orchestral literature. He has recently toured in China and Vietnam with the Lawrence Chamber Players, and performs frequently on broadcasts of Wisconsin Public Radio.
Bassist Cindy Blandino has a broad background in both chamber music and the symphonic repertoire. While a student at the Cleveland Institute of Music, she studied with David Perlman (Former Principal Bass, The Cleveland Orchestra) and was Principal Double Bass in the Canton Symphony (Canton, Ohio), Ohio Chamber Orchestra, New Cleveland Opera and Opus I Chamber Soloists. Ms. Blandino studied chamber music at the Blossom Music Festival and played in the Colorado Philharmonic (The National Repertory Orchestra). Cindy Chalfant
Born in Pittsburgh, Melissa began violin at the age of three and studied at Duquesne University’s City Music Center. Under the guidance and teachings of Pittsburgh Symphony members, she has won numerous awards and was recognized on WQED Radio Station for the Performing Arts. She was a first violin member of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony for three years and was the recipient of the Ruth Montgomery Fellowship for her leadership as the first violinist of the Ruth Montgomery Quartet. Under scholarship, she attended Carnegie Mellon University studying under Sydney Harth and Cyrus Forough and is continuing her education at the New World School of the Arts with Thomas Moore in Miami.
Jonathan T. Kane was the Acting Assistant Violist for six seasons with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa, in Veracruz, Mexico, formerly under the direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto and now Fernando Lozano. He was on the faculty at the Facultad de Música-Universidad Veracruzana, and the Instituto Superior de Música del Estado de Veracruza. He is currently on the faculty of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival. As an avid chamber musician, Mr. Kane has formed other string quartets such as the KLEF Quartet in Miami, Florida, and most recently the Tamayo String Quartet in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 
Violist Richard Fleischman has performed in twenty countries around the world and has been acknowledged for his "expert and sensitive performances" (Philadelphia Inquirer) and "commanding leadership" (San Francisco Chronicle). He was Winner of the 1988 Windsor Prize, presented by Leonard Bernstein, and the Edward Steuermann Prize, the highest honor bestowed by the Juilliard School. Born in New York City, Fleischman received degrees from the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music. 
A native of Reno, Nevada, Dustin began his musical training at the age of eight studying the piano, but soon realized his true passion was for the viola. He went on to study at the Cleveland Institute with Jeffrey Irvine and then at the New England Conservatory with Martha Katz. While in school, Dustin was a founding member of the Mephisto Quartet, which performed alongside members of the Cavani, Tokyo, Vermeer, and Cleveland Quartets, and received the Russell Award at the Colman Chamber Music Competition. Currently a member of the New World Symphony, Dustin has also been a member of the Portland Symphony, Boston Philharmonic, Sun Valley Summer Symphony, and has performed at Ravinia, Norfolk, and Verbier Festivals.
Huifang Chen, a native of Taiwan, earned her Bachelor of Music Degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and her Master of Music Degree from the University of Miami. She was a member of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra from 1994 until its demise in 2003.
Canadian-American violist Laura Wilcox has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the Americas and Europe. She is active in performing and commissioning works from composers from North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Her studies included SUNY-Purchase in New York and McGill University in Montreal. Her teachers were Charles Castleman, Emanuel Vardi, Robert Levin, Paul Rolland, John Graham and the Emerson, Juilliard, Cleveland, and Orford String Quartets.
Pianist, percussionist, harpist and conductor, Michael Linville is currently the Director of Admissions and Coaching Associate for the New World Symphony, the orchestral academy founded in 1987 by Michael Tilson Thomas. Mr. Linville is also artistic coordinator of the New World Percussion Consort, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary chamber music that features percussion.
Pianist Tao Lin’s appearances in Asia, North America and Europe have brought unanimous critical accolades and praise for his subtle, intimate pianism and brilliant technique. “He has excellent facility and keen musical intelligence, his Schumann, Brahms were broad and searching, his Beethoven was crisp, crystalline, and exhilarating.” The Miami Herald
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pianist Guiomar Novaes. She initiated her career by winning first place at the competition for soloists of the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra, interpreting Mozart’s “Coronation” Concerto under the direction of the conductor Eleazar de Carvalho. In Italy she received the Gold Medal at the International Viotti Competition in Vercelli, being the youngest among all the competitors (the prize being presented by the president of the jury, pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli). Since then, she has performed with great success, both as recitalist and soloist, with more than 40 symphony orchestras in Europe, the United States and Latin America.