Carol Wincenc, flute, a first prize winner of the Walter W. Naumburg Solo Flute Competition.  Ms. Wincenc has appeared with the St. Louis, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Houston and Seattle symphonies, among others, and the Mostly Mozart, Santa Fe, Spoleto, Caramoor and Marlboro music festivals.  She has appeared in all the major New York concert halls, including Lincoln Center's "Great Performers" Series for four consecutive seasons. Equally in demand abroad, Ms. Wincenc has given acclaimed performances with the London Symphony, the English and Stuttgart Chamber Orchestras and at numerous international music festivals. In great demand as a chamber musician, Ms. Wincenc has collaborated with the Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo and Cleveland String Quartets and performed with such distinguished colleagues as Emanual Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman and Bella Davidovich. As a champion of contemporary works, she has premiered and recorded Rouse's flute concerto with the Detroit Symphony and Henryk Gorecki's concerto cantata with the Chicago Symphony among many other works. Ms. Wincenc has recorded on the Musical Heritage, Decca, Nonesuch and Deutsche Grammophon labels. She is presently professor of flute at The Juilliard School of Music in New York City.   She has premiered works by many of today’s composers, including Lukas Foss.  His Renaissance Concerto for Flute and Orchestra was written for her.
 

Elizabeth Farnum, soprano  is a specialist in contemporary music and an active performer in many diverse musical styles.  Her performances have taken her throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. She has premiered pieces by prominent composers in many venues, including Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Barge Music, London's Institute for Contemporary Art and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, collaborating with such composers as Charles Wuorinen, John Harbison, Ricky Ian Gordon, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Anthony Newman and Toby Twining. She has been a guest soloist with many of New York's modern music ensembles, including the New York New Music Ensemble, Speculum Musicae, Sequitur, the Cygnus Ensemble, Parnassus and the S.E.M. Ensemble. She appeared in a featured role in the U.S. premiere of Pascal Dusapin's To Be Sung, presented by L'opera Francais, and recently completed a tour of Europe and an engagement at the American Academy in Rome. In the oratorio and concert fields, she has appeared as soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Riverside Symphony, The La Jolla Symphony, the Jupiter Symphony, the Bronx Arts Ensemble and Musica Sacra. She has also performed and toured with the acclaimed early music groups Pomerium and the Waverly Consort.  Ms. Farnum, whose background is in musical theater, made her Broadway debut in Riverdance, has starred in several Off-Broadway and regional productions, and has performed with the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera. She is featured on recordings of Deutsche Grammophon/Allegro, Koch International, Bis, New World, Albany, Centaur, North/South and Pro Organa; three of her recordings were nominated for Grammy awards. Upcoming recordings include works by Harold Meltzer and Andrew Violette.