RICARDO COBO, guitar 
Colombia-born RICARDO COBO is recognized as one of the world's leading  virtuosi of the new classic guitar generation. He made his astonishing debut to American audiences as the first Hispanic ever to win consecutive medals at the Guitar Foundation of America’s Solo International Competition.  He gave his professional debut with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá at age seventeen on a nationwide telecast  for an audience of over nine million. Equally in demand as chamber musician, pedagogue and recording artist, Cobo's busy touring schedule has taken him from New York's Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall to Korea's Ho Ham Hall, Los Angeles' Ambassador Auditorium, Madrid's Teatro Real, and Zaragoza's Palacio Real, to Venezuela's Teresa Carreño, and his native Colombia's National Library, among hundreds of others. His diverse and innovative programming ranges from solo concerti with orchestra to historical chamber settings as well as Tango and Flamenco dance ensembles to Latin and world music concerts.  His performance of the historic American Premiere of Leo Brouwer's Concerto de Toronto under the composer's own baton with the San Antonio Symphony was called  "extrovert, lyrical and rhythmically alive...Cobo's performance was characterized by generosity of spirit, to say nothing of knockout virtuosity," added the San Antonio Express News. Cobo has been decorated by the Colombian government on numerous occasions, receiving Colombia's "Order of Cañasgordas" and the "Order of Belacazar" for outstanding merit in cultural affairs.  He chairs the Classical Guitar department at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, and is cofounder of the “Guitar Series at UNLV”, now on its eighth consecutive season.

MARY BONHAG, soprano    
Mary Bonhag made her Carnegie Hall solo debut in 2009 singing in David T. Little’s new chamber opera Dog Days and in 2007, she created the role of “Eve” for the Pine Mountain Music Festival premiere of The Diaries of Adam and Eve, a new chamber opera by Evan Premo.  Ms. Bonhag has performed as part of the Fontana Chamber Arts Festival of Kalamazoo, MI, the Maui Classical Music Festival, Strings in the Mountains, Cactus Pear Music Festival, the Lancaster Music Festival, and SongFest as a Stern Fellow. She has also been featured on the NPR show Performance Today. After studying at the University of Michigan, she earned her Master’s degree at Dawn Upshaw’s graduate vocal program at Bard College, winning concerto competitions at both institutions. She lives in the woods of Vermont, and teaches at Johnson State College.

KURT COBLE, violin
Violinist/Composer KURT COBLE grew up in rural Northwest Pennsylvania, in a tiny town called Weedville. Born with big ideas and a solid work ethic, he managed to create a new vocabulary of musical expression that is getting international attention. Professor Coble is the Artistic Director of the University of Bridgeport Robotic Laboratory, home of his unique invention, the P.A.M. Band, a collection of robotic musicians that feature several innovative uses of new technology to compose and perform his cutting-edge music, dedicated to the spirit of interdisciplinary art. Devoted to his profound respect for the traditional violin repertoire, Mr. Cobleperforms in recital frequently with Boston Symphony pianist, Vytas Baksys. He has performed his own works in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Newark Symphony Hall, and in concert tours from Miami to Tokyo. He has received commissions from Meet the Composers, New York Council on the Arts, Dodge Foundation, and the NEA. He is Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and Miami Symphonic Ensemble.

LUIS GRINHAUZ,violin
Luis Grinhauz was born in Entre Rios, Argentina. After receiving his diplomas and the gold medal from the Conservatory of Buenos Aires, and with the support of scholarships from the Fulbright Foundation and the American States Organization, he resumed his studies at Indiana University with Josef Gingold, where he obtained the Performer's Diploma in 1969. The next year, Mr. Grinhauz won the first prize at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. Since 1970, Mr. Grinhauz has lived in Montreal, where he is assistant concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He has performed widely as soloist and chamber music player in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Israel, Switzerland, and Germany and as a guest concertmaster in Spain. He is a founding member of Musica Camerata Montréal and of the Trio de Montréal. He has recorded several CDs with both groups and he is a frequent performer on both the CBC and Radio-Canada broadcasting networks.

KAREN KEVRA, flute
Karen Kevra has won attention as one of the country's outstanding flutists through her distinctive warm and extroverted performances as a soloist and chamber musician, and has been hailed as "having a musical focus and depth seen in few flutists anywhere." Kevra's commitment to expanding the modern flute repertoire includes the premier recording of works by Louis Moyse (Works for flute and Piano of Louis Moyse-CRI CD888) which earned a 2003 Grammy nomination and accolades from numerous American reviewers. Fanfare Magazine called the disc, "A must for flute fanciers and anyone else with ears.", and Classics Today.com gave it a top 10/10 rating and awarded it "Disc of the Month". Romantic Music for Flute and Piano, her latest CD was praised by the Boston Musical Intelligencer for "sublimely satisfying flute-playing." Kevra has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe including performances at Carnegie Hall, the French Embassy in Washington D.C., and on French National Television, and has shared the stage with Jaime Laredo, the Paris Piano Trio, Trio Pasquier, Borromeo String Quartet, Boston Chamber Music Society, and Trey Anastasio of Phish. In demand as both a chamber musician and soloist, of her 2011 West Coast tour, The San Francisco Classical Voice called her "...a most excellent soloist….elegantly beautiful." Kevra is Powell Flutes artist and is founder and Artistic Director of Capital City Concerts and directs Summer Music from Greensboro, both based in Vermont. When she's not playing the flute, you can find her at home preparing Middle Eastern feasts, digging in the garden, and listening to her beloved Red Sox on the radio.