Kathy Andrew is a violinist with the Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. She is also a member of Opera North (NH) and the Burlington Chamber Orchestra (VT), and maintains a private teaching studio in Lebanon, NH, as well as being on the faculty of the Brattleboro Music Center. Kathy began music studies at the age of 3 and went on to receive a BFA from the University of New Mexico and an MM from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Originally from Los Alamos, NM, Kathy currently resides in Brattleboro, VT.
Elizabeth Rose is a violist and longtime member of the Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra. She received her BM from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and further developed her studies and love of symphonic and chamber performance at the Aspen Music Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Yellow Barn Music Festival, and Kneisel Hall. Liz also enjoys playing baroque viola and has performed with many baroque ensembles, including Handel & Haydn in Boston.
In addition to performing, Liz has been teaching as a seasoned Suzuki teacher and chamber music coach. A native of Long Island, NY, she currently resides in Northampton, MA.
Cellist Karl Knapp has performed in the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Madison Opera Orchestra, and Minnesota Opera Orchestra. He has served as Principal Cellist with Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and Juneau Symphony and performs with NERO: New England Repertory Orchestra, as well as the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival (CA) and the Lake Chelan Bach Festival (WA). Karl also performs extensively with his quartet, The Cushman Quartet, and his band 1200 Horsehairs: A Band of Cellos. In addition to maintaining a 20+ year career of performances across a wide variety of repertoire, he is also a devoted Suzuki educator and has served as Coordinator for the Sonido Musica Program, a music partnership program between the Springfield (MA) Public Schools and Community Music School of Springfield.
Soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine is acclaimed for her “utterly thrilling, agile voice” and praised for bringing “pathos, beauty, and heartbreaking skill” to her performances. She has performed on the stages of Los Angeles Opera, Minnesota Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Chicago Opera Theater, Austin Opera, Utah Opera, Fort Worth Opera, and on the concert stage with the Madison Symphony, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, The National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, and the Santa Fe Symphony, among many others.
An accomplished interpreter of Mozart opera, Jamie-Rose has been seen at the Austin, Utah, Minnesota, and the Florentine Operas in her signature role of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. She is frequently seen in concert, as a collaborator at chamber music festivals, and in recital, and proudly serves as Professor of Voice at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.