Middle School

Maureen Chowning studied at the Boston and New England Conservatories of Music before moving to the San Francisco area. She has since appeared on the Public Broadcasting System's NOVA series and Smithsonian World with Max Mathews, demonstrating his Radio Baton and conductor program. She has also performed at concerts in the UK, Canada, Poland, and Japan and at the International Electronic Music Festival at Bourges, France, where in 1990 she gave the world premiere of Solemn Songs for Evening by Richard Boulanger and in 1997 she gave the premiere of Sea Songs by Dexter Morrill.

Sarah's recent performances include Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro with San Francisco Cabaret Opera, The Cherub in Telemann's Der gedultige Socrates with San Francisco Early Music Society and The Legend of the Werewolf at DLOC. She is an active performing member with Contra Costa Performing Arts Society and is a music director and teacher at Diablo Theatre Company in Pleasant Hill.

Rachel Condry is an Oakland based clarinetist, improviser, composer and educator.  Her musical interests span from pop to classical to free improvisation and acousmatic composition.  She often collaborates with other artist, poets and dancers.  In 2005, Rachel made her Carnegie Hall debut with The Matt Small Chamber Ensemble, a group that blends jazz and classical approaches with free improvisation.  She is also a founding member of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra and is the principal clarinetist of the Golden Gate Park Band, the oldest civic band in the nation.

"I am an OA2 Records artist, a national jazz label. For 10 years I have been the leader, composer, and arranger for Amy Stephens Group jazz quartet (www.amystephens.com). ASG has performed live at jazz festivals and concert series throughout the Midwest and Northwest. We've recorded 3 CD's of my original jazz songs, all with national reviews and airplay.

I also have 15 years experience as a music director, pianist and worship leader at churches in the Midwest, Seattle and San Francisco.

Please visit my website to learn more about me and hear and see my students.

www.gailedwardsflute.com

I am a very active professional freelance flutist. I have both a flute ensemble for middle and high school students called GEMS Flute Choir and another for adults called Bel Canto Flutes.

Bel Canto Flutes has been selected for the third time to perform at the National Flute Convention. At the 2010 convention, Bel Canto Flutes will be presenting world premieres of two pieces written for their director Gail Edwards.

Carla Moore moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from New York City in 1991 when she joined Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. She now serves as one of Philharmonia's concertmasters and soloists, performs and solos with American Bach Soloists, and travels to Portland, OR to serve as concertmaster for Portland Baroque Orchestra. Carla is co-director of Archetti, a new conductor-less Baroque string band she founded in the Bay area, and is a member of the chamber groups Music's Re-creation and Voices of Music.

I have been a student of music since age 3, and have focused on the violin since age 8. Using the violin as my passport, I have explored the wide world of music, paying dues in many genres which are native to the violin as well as those which are not. I enjoy playing written music as well as improvised, although since improvisational skills are more rare, I tend to do more of the latter professionally.

Sarah Stiles believes students are unique individuals, each with their own learning style and inherent potentiality. She has worked with ages 6-70. Her teaching approach provides structured lessons with fun, encouraging interaction, fosters development of fundamental skills, like reading, technique, and scales, and encourages expression and meaning through interpretation, imagination, and creativity.

Music@Menlo's Chamber Music Institute offers participants daily interaction with world-renowned performing artists, multiple performance opportunities, and an engaging series of classes and lectures, complementing the festival's beautiful location and nurturing environment. Students in the Institute's two programs work directly with the festival's esteemed faculty of artists and educators and engage in a wide array of activities.

Application and audition information can be found at www.musicatmenlo.org.

I have been teaching in public and private schools and in private studio for the past 20 years. I worked as the woodwind coach and guest conductor with the Peninsula Youth Orchestra from 2004-2010, am a guest conductor at the Cazadero Music Camp, and have worked at many other music programs and festivals as conductor and educator. I am the Music Director of the Oakland Municipal Band and direct the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble at Aragon High School in San Mateo.