Violin Violinist Heidi Braun-Hill enjoys a musical career as an orchestral musician, chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. She is the violin soloist and concertmaster of the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music as well as concertmaster of Odyssey Opera of Boston and the Marsh Chapel Collegium at Boston University. She performs regularly with many groups including Boston Lyric Opera, the Boston Pops, the Boston …
Piano Yoshiko performs as recitalist, soloist, and chamber musician throughout Japan and the New England area. Her performances have been reported as “carefully colored and musically refined … with a sensitive ear, relating sound to musical expression… Her remarkably unique interpretations were the charm of her performance…” Since her debut concert, in Tokyo, she has appeared in Boston’s Jordan Hall, …
Accompanist Accompanist Vytas J. Baksys is a frequent keyboardist with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops orchestras, and has worked with other area ensembles such as the Concord Chamber Music Society, Boston Musica Viva, Boston Secession, and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. Since 1989 he has been the faculty pianist with the Fellowship Conducting Program at Tanglewood. Of Lithuanian descent, …
Cello, Chamber Music Acclaimed for her “perfect technical mastery [and] strong emotion,” cellist Velléda Miragias enjoys a diverse career as a chamber and orchestral musician, educator, and entrepreneur. She holds degrees from the Conservatoire National de Boulogne, Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris rue de Madrid, Indiana University, and Boston University; is the recipient of France’s coveted Ministry of Culture Award; and …
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Cello Susanne Friedrich, cello, was born in Vienna, Austria, and received her cello training at the Vienna Conservatory and the Innsbruck Conservatory. She freelances throughout New England as a baroque and modern cellist and also teaches cello and chamber music at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School and Dana Hall School of Music. s.friedrich@rivers.org
Conductor, Youth Sinfonia Susan Memoli is the Director of Fine Arts for the Wayland Public Schools and the Wayland High School Orchestra Director. From 2001-2008, she directed the third through eighth grade string instrument program and orchestras in Wayland, including the award winning WMS Honors Chamber Orchestra. Mrs. Memoli has also served the MMEA Eastern District in the capacities of …
Piano Mr. Sussman is frequently heard as a soloist, accompanist, chamber musician and orchestral member throughout the Boston area. He earned a Master’s of Music in performance from Boston University studying with Anthony D’Bonaventura and a Bachelors degree from Indiana University where his principal teachers were Enrica Cavallo Gulli and Jorge Bolet. Mr Sussman is the director of Opera Presto, …
Piano Soomi Lee began studying piano at age five with her mother; by age nine she had appeared as soloist with the Korean Broadcasting Symphony. Shortly after giving a solo recital in Town Hall at age twelve, she became the youngest artist ever invited to perform at the Auckland Festival in New Zealand, where she gave two solo recitals. Immediately …
Jazz Bass Sean Farias teaches jazz bass and jazz ensembles at RSC. He earned a Bachelor’s of Music from UMass-Dartmouth and a Master’s Degree from Longy School of Music. s.farias@rivers.org
