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Faculty – Woodwinds

Cheryl Hill with clarinet
CHERYL HILL
Clarinet

M.M., State University of New York (Stony Brook); B.M., New England Conservatory of Music.

Taught in Concord (Mass.) public schools, Rye Country Day School in New York and Moravian College in Pennsylvania. Past member of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra New England and the Quartet of Montage. Participated in Marlboro Music Festival. Member of National Chamber Orchestra and the Baltimore Opera Orchestra.

DAVID LONKEVICH
Flute

B.M., Manhattan School of Music. Studied with Julius Baker, Jeanne Baxtresser, Michael Parloff, and Ransom Wilson. Teaches at George Washington University.

Performed with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; principal flute, National Theater Orchestra, Wolf Trap Opera. Performs regularly with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. Recitals at Austrian Embassy, French Embassy as part of the “Embassy Series,” and Anderson House Museum.

VIRGINIA NANZETTA
Flute

M.M., University of Illinois; B.M., Converse College School of Music.

Studied with Charles DeLaney, Samuel Baron, Maurice Sharpe, workshops With Robert Dick, Carol Wincenc, Trevor Wye. Taught at University of Illinois, Stockton State College, St. Mary’s College, Tidewater Music Festival, Illini Summer Youth Music. Member, Kapelle Woodwind Trio, Nanzetta Trio, Granby Trio. Nominated, first round Grammy Awards for two recordings with American Camerata for New Music. Collaborated with composers Haskell Small, Alec Wilder, John Stephens, Russell Woollen.

Marty Nau
MARTY NAU
Saxophone

Professional musician.

Former lead alto sax, Navy Commodores. Member, Capitol Quartet. Performed with Tommy Dorsey and Dorsey Brothers orchestras, “Blues Alley Big Band,” Bill Potts Big Band, Guy Lombardo, National Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Baltimore Symphony with musicians Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Daniels, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Charles, Nancy Wilson, Maureen McGovern. Lead alto, Great American Music Ensemble. Selmer jazz clinician.

Emily Tsai with oboe
EMILY TSAI
Oboe

M.M. oboe performance , University of Maryland; B.M.,oboe performance; Performer’s Certificate, Eastman School of Music at University of Rochester, B.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Rochester.

Principal oboe, Moritzburg Festival (Mortizburg, Germany, Soloist with the Washington Asian Philharmonic Orchestra and with oboist Mark Hill and the Alba Festival Orchestra in Alba, Italy. Performed in orchestras including Amadeus, National Philharmonic, Arlington Orchestra, Alexandria. Member of WindSync wind quintet – Gold Medalist in the National Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and winner of the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh International Competition.

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