Musicians

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Musical Director Richard Auldon Clark
   Richard Auldon Clark, Director of Instrumental Activities at Butler University's Jordan College of Fine Arts and conductor of the Butler Symphony Orchestra, is one of the youngest conductors ever to appear on the stage of Carnegie Hall. A fervent proponent of American music, Mr. Clark has conducted more than 200 world premiere performances and has 40 CD recordings in his rapidly expanding discography. Recent guest conducting appearances include: the Long Island Philharmonic, Broadway's "Annie Get Your Gun," Long-Island Opera, Mercyhurst Opera Company, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, the Xalapa Symphony, "Broadway on Broadway", and the Utah Symphony Orchestra.

   In addition to his conducting, Mr. Clark is an active recitalist and chamber musician. Originally from Apalachin, NY, Mr. Clark studied violin and viola in New York City with Raphael Bronstein, Ariana Bronne and Lillian Fuchs. Mr. Clark was previously on the faculty of Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts and the Manhattan School of Music, where he received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees.

   Mr. Clark founded the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra in 1987, and as its artistic director and conductor has committed to premiering and recording the music of young composers, as well as that of more established artists whose works have been overlooked or forgotten.

Cellist Tara Chambers
  Tara Chambers, cellist, has toured throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Korea with New York City Opera National Co., Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Miss Saigon, Phantom of the Opera, Mettawee River Theater Company, and the rock group Ke. Additional performances include Jupiter Symphony, New York Grand Opera and the Broadway shows Miss Saigon, Scarlet Pimpernel, Phantom of the Opera, Caroline or Change, Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and The Sinatra Show at Radio City Music Hall. She is a graduate of Ithaca College School of Music and Manhattan School of Music.

Pianist Howard Cass
  Howard Cass received his doctorate from the Juilliard School. From 1988 through 1994, he was on the faculty of Juilliard, where he taught electronic music, and directed the electronic music concerts. Piano performances include Saint Saens' Fifth Piano Concertowith the Mexico City Philharmonic, two Hovhaness Concerto and fifteen CD recordings with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, and concertos with the Garland Symphony, Cheyenne Symphony,and Liederkranz Orchestra at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.His compositions "Breakfast of Champions" and "Mother Night" are currently being recorded by the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Richard Auldon Clark, with narration by author Kurt Vonnegut.

These musicians, and others, will be among this summer's presenters in the Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival.

  French born violinist, Olivier Fluchaire has toured throughout Europe, Asia and the United States as soloist with orchestra, chamber musician and recitalist. At the age of four, he began his studies in France at the Grenoble conservatory. Upon graduating from the Conservatory, Mr. Fluchaire moved to London to continue his studies at the renowned Yehudi Menuhin School where he had the honor to perform the Bach Double Violin Concerto alongside Lord Yehudi Menuhin at the Montpellier Opera House (France). Now living in New York, Mr. Fluchaire has performed in New York's most eminent concert halls including Merkin and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Fluchaire is currently on the violin/viola faculty at the City University of New York/Staten Island. He is also on the music faculty at the Brooklyn Conservatory and the 92nd Street Y. He received his Master of Music and completed a four years Bachelor of Music curriculum in three years as a scholarship student at the Manhattan School of Music (New York). He is currently a Doctoral candidate at the Graduate Center (CUNY) as a recipient of a New York Times Fellowship. Read about him at www.soundclock.org.

  Karen Rostron studied violin with Raphael Bronstein and Ariana Bronne. As concertmaster and principal violinist of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra (MCO) for eight years, she has participated in over 100 premiere performances in New York City, and twenty-two CD recordings. She also appears regularly in New York City as soloist and chamber musician, and tours extensively throughout the United States and internationally. Recent performances include recitals in Weill and Merkin Halls, the Donnell Library, and several solos with the MCO. Ms. Rostron is on the faculty of the Preparatory Division of the Manhattan School of Music, where she received both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees. Visit www.manhattanchamberorchestra.org.

  Ken Filiano: Noted for his accomplishments in jazz, spontaneous improvisation, classical, and inter-disciplinary performance with dance and the spoken word, Ken Filiano fuses the rich traditions of the double bass with his own seemingly limitless, often astonishing, inventiveness.
Ken's solo bass CD, Subvenire (NineWinds), received unanimous critical praise, and a first place mention in Cadence Magazine's poll of top releases of 2003. For this and numerous other recordings, critics have called Ken a "creative virtuoso," a "master of technique" . . . "a paradigm of that type of artist. . . who can play anything in any context and make it work, simply because he puts the music first and leaves peripheral considerations behind."
For more on Ken, visit:
http://www.ninewinds.com/Artists/filiano.html
http://members.aol.com/ninewinds/BIOS/filiano.html
http://www.onefinalnote.com/reviews/f/filiano-ken/subvenire.asp

 Daniel Lippel, Guitarist: Praised for his "precision and expressivity" (Chicago Tribune), guitarist Daniel Lippel performs actively as a recitalist, chamber musician, as well as in non-classical settings. Lippel's recent Bach CD was featured as one of the best new releases from North America in May 2006 Gramophone. More information on Lippel's performances and recordings can be found at www.danlippel.com.

 John McMurtery performs as a soloist, orchestra member and chamber musician throughout the United States and Europe. In 2000, he soloed with The New Vienna Chamber Ensemble. He is currently a member of UpTown Flutes, which was recently awarded a Carnegie Hall debut recital by Artists International.
As Assistant Director of the Society for Chromatic Art, Mr. McMurtery is dedicated to commissioning and performing works by contemporary composers.
As part of Lincoln Center’s 2001 Focus! Festival Mr. McMurtery premiered Nicola Sani’s I binari del tempo (1998). He was a visiting guest artist and lecturer at the Pittsburgh State University Festival of New Music in 2001.
Mr. McMurtery is principal flutist of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and the Dicapo Opera Company. He is currently a Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School, under the guidance of Julius Baker.

  Jay Hassler began his clarinet career while growing up in Anchorage, Alaska. By the time he graduated from high school, he had performed with the Anchorage Symphony and the Anchorage Opera. Studying clarinet with Ricardo Morales, Mr. Hassler received his Masters degree in Orchestral Performance from the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Hassler performs with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra both as principal clarinetist and as chamber musician. An active freelance musician, Mr. Hassler has performed with the New Jersey Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Symphony, and the Stamford Symphony. He recently completed a thirty-city tour of Brazil with the Manhattan Orchesis quartet. Mr. Hassler is currently a member of the orchestra for the current Broadway show The Producers.

  Christine Fish Moulton, flute, is full time instructor of flute at Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA. In addition to the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra she performs regularly with the Allentown Symphony and the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra; has performed with the Boston Symphony (Tanglewood), the Philadelphia Pops, the Rhode Island Philharmonic and has participated in the Spoleto Festivals both in the USA and Italy.
She has been featured in both live and recorded performances on Boston¹s WGBH Radio. Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe has called her a ³classy and resourceful musician, and quite a player.
Ms. Moulton has served on the teaching faculties at the Manhattan School of Music and Northampton Community College and regularly presents master classes in schools in PA, NY and NJ. She is currently completing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Rutgers University.

  E. Zoe Hassman, cello, is principal cellist for New York city’s Dicapo Opera Theatre, Bronx Concert Singers, and the Metropolitan Repertory Ballet Company. She is solo cellist for the All Season Chamber Players and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, as well as playing on Broadway. She has played for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Opera Orchestra, and the Westchester Chamber Orchestra. She recorded for the Philip Glass movie soundtracks “Taking Lives” (Angelina Jolie) and “Secret Window” (Johnny Depp).

David Moulton, cello
  David Moulton, cellist, received his bachelor's and master's degrees in performance from the University of Michigan. He has performed as Principal Cellist in the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and the Aspen Chamber Symphony, and has performed at the Colorado, Aspen, and Spoleto Music Festivals. Mr Moulton is a member of the Opera Company of Philadalphia Orchestra and is principal cellist of the Allentown Symphony. He also performs regularly with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, as well as the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. Mr Moulton is cellist with the chamber music group Satori, and is an Artist-Lecturer at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA. He is also currently on the teaching faculties of Kutztown University and Muhlenberg College.

Joel Rudin, Violist
  Joel Rudin, a former member of the Laurentian String Quartet, toured the United States, Canada, Asia and Algeria, and can be heard on recordings for the Musical Heritage Society, Soundspells Productions, Newport Classics, Albany Records and Pierian Records. An active chamber musician, Mr. Rudin is currently a member of the Schiller String Quartet and Synergy String Quartet, and is a frequent guest artist with the All Seasons Chamber Players. He is also a member of the New York Five, a mixed contemporary music ensemble. Mr. Rudin has played with the New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, American Symphony, and numerous other orchestras, as well as on Broadway. He is Principal Viola of the Delaware Valley Philharmonic.
 

Erin Stewart, vocalist
  Erin Stewart was recently seen covering the role of Christine Dae in the Broadway national tour of The Phantom of the Opera, where she performed for audiences all across America and Canada. In December Erin made her debut
with The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina as Guinevere in Camelot. This past August, Erin made her debut with Opera Cleveland as Anne in A Little Night Music. Opera News stated "Erin Stewart's Anne Egerman was beautifully youthful and poised.
Other Credits include a Broadway debut with Phantom of the Opera, the star soloist with Univeral Studio's, Osaka, Japan, A Wonder Christmas, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro with Metro Lyric Opera under the baton of Anton
Coppola, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Maria in West Side Story, and the title role in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. She has performed many new works around New York City in such venues as Merkin Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Gould Hall, the Liederkranz, and El Museo del Barrio. Erin received her Masters in Voice Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.

Max Zheleznyak, violin II, has studied violin with Richard Auldon Clark for nine years. He has a Bachelors in Music from Rutgers University, a Masters in Music from Butler University, and is a regular member of the Manhattan
Chamber Orchestra. Originally from Odessa, Ukraine, Max is now a U. S. citizen.

Lawrence Zoernig, has appeared at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and in Hawaii, Spain, France, Holland and Brazil. He has been winner of the Artists International and Joseph Fischoff Competitions and was a featured performer at the World Expo in Seville, Spain. Lawrence has also been cellist with the goliard Concerts, Mosaic Ensemble, Scandia Symphony, Con Brio Ensemble and Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, and has performed around the world on Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth II, Vistafjord, Caronia, Royal Viking Sun and Sagafjord. He holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music.