PERFORMERS
Ellen Redman, flutist, received her training with renowned teachers and performers such as John Krell, Carol Wincenc, Harvey Sollberger and Thomas Nyfenger. She has been the piccoloist with the Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra since 1985 and has twice appeared as soloist with them. She has also concertized extensively in Italy, including appearances in Rome at the American and British Academies, the American Embassy, and the Vatican. A resident of Westfield, MA, she has worked with various ensembles, including the Boston Symphony, Berkshire Bach, Boston Classical Orchestra, New Hampshire Symphony and the Nashua Symphony. She teaches flute and Irish flute at Smith College, directed the Smith College Wind Ensemble from 2006-2019, and is the founder and director of The Wailing Banshees at Smith College.
Marsha Harbison, violinist, was the Assistant Concertmaster of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra for nearly 50 years, and is a founding member of the Springfield Symphony Chamber Players. She co-founded the Longmeadow Chamber Music Society with her late husband, Dr. William Harbison, and performed extensively with them for 40 years. In NYC, she performed with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Pro Arte Orchestra, the Bach Cantata Series, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In Montreal, she performed in the Montreal Symphony, the McGill Chamber Orchestra, and the Radio, TV, and Ballet Orchestras. Ms. Harbison received a B.A. from Carleton College, Northfield, MN and a Master’s at Juilliard, where she studied with Ivan Galamian. She has taught numerous music courses at Westfield State University, Bay Path University, and violin students at Mount Holyoke, and continues to teach private violin students.
Ronald Gorevic has had a long and distinguished career as a performer and teacher on both the violin and viola. As a violist, he has been a member of several well known string quartets over a twenty-year period, during which he covered most of the quartet repertoire. He has toured throughout the US, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Australia and has been broadcast on radio stations across the US, South and Southwest German radio, and the Australian Broadcast network. As a violinist he has performed recitals in major US cities, including New York, Cleveland, Chicago, and Atlanta. He has also performed in London, where he gave the British premieres of pieces by Donald Erb and Ned Rorem. As a member of the Prometheus Piano Quartet, he has recorded piano quartets of Saint-Saens and D’Indy for Centaur Records. As a member of the Chester String Quartet, he has recorded string quartets by Barber, Quincy Porter, and Walter Piston for Koch International. He is currently on the faculties of Smith College and University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Boris Kogan, cellist, was born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russia. He began studying the cello at age 5, attending the School for Musically Gifted Children. He then received his Bachelor’s degree from the Leningrad College of Music and his Master’s degree from the Leningrad Conservatory of Music. He served as Assistant Principal Cellist with the Leningrad Symphony, and with the television and radio symphony orchestras. Mr. Kogan moved to the United States in 1991, and was the principal cellist with the New England Symphony, the Thayer Symphony Orchestra, and the Central Massachusetts Symphony. He currently plays in the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, teaches at the Springfield Community Music School, and has a private cello studio.