David LaVorgna, flautist, began his serious study of the flute at the Interlochen Arts Academy. He went on to study with Bonnie Lake at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he received the Britten Johnson Award as the most outstanding and promising flutist. After receiving his Bachelor of Music degree, David moved to California to study with Timothy Day at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and earned his Master of Music degree. He has performed in master classes with Trevor Wye, Eugenia Zukerman, Julius Baker, and Karl Kraber, and has coached with Trudy Kane and Mark Sparks. His many performance credits include working with such varied artists as Leon Fleisher, Samuel Sanders, Judy Collins, Bobby McFerrin, Dudley Moore, and Liza Minnelli. David earned multiple awards and competitions for both his solo work and ensemble playing. He has also collaborated with many contemporary composers throughout the development, revision, and premieres of many works, and has performed in a multitude of concert settings to promote music and the understanding of music. He currently resides in Baltimore with his wife Monica and daughters Cecilia and Lucia. He is a faculty member at Goucher College, Loyola University, the Waldorf School of Baltimore and the Ward Center for the Performing Arts at the St. Paul's Schools. He is currently the piccolo player for the National Philharmonic Orchestra.
Joseph Satava, pianist, has collaborated with orchestras, conductors, and music festivals throughout the US, Canada, France, and Spain. Most recently, he has appeared with An Die Musik in Baltimore, Maryland; Museo Evaristo Valle in GijŪn, Spain; The Kosciuszko Foundation in New York; and the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland. He has also performed with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Music Academy of the West Summer Music Festival, the American Conservatory of Fontainbleau, France, and the Millennium Orchestra, Iglesia San Felix de Cand·s, and the International Piano Festival in Gijon, Spain. An avid supporter of contemporary composers, Mr. Satava has appeared in Alice Tully Hall as part of the Focus! Festival for contemporary music and in Merkin Concert Hall in New York City performing works of Keith Kramer. Mr. Satava has been heard at the French Consulate in New York City and the French Embassy in Washington D.C. as part of the ėRising Starķ series. He has twice been invited to perform for the Texas Conservatory for Young Artists in Dallas, and has appeared in recital at the Steinway Gallery in Tucson, Arizona. He has given recitals as part of the Old St. Paul's Tuesday Music Series in Baltimore, MD and offered the inaugural performance of the Mt. Vernon Place Concert Series in Baltimore, MD. In 2008, Mr. Satava took second place in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition. Other significant awards include being named a Promising Young Artist by the National Society of Arts and Letters (2002), the Miecyslaw Munz piano competition, the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra concerto competition, and the Peggy and Yale Gordon piano competition. Most recently, he was selected to participate in the Jaen International Piano Competition in Spain. Mr. Satava holds faculty positions at the Maryland Conservatory of Music, The Bryn Mawr School, and Harford Community College, and is the program coordinator for the GijŪn International Piano Festival in GijŪn, Spain. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he is a doctoral graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, where he was awarded the Frances W. Wentz Turner Memorial Prize in Piano and a Peabody Career Award Development Grant to complete a residency at the Banff Centre for Performing Arts in Alberta, Canada. Mr. Satava received his Masterķs degree at the Juilliard School and his Bachelorķs at the Peabody Conservatory. His primary teachers have included Julian Martin, Marc Durand, Jerome Lowenthal, and Ann Schein. 
Nicholas Currie, violinist, is Concertmaster of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Assistant Principal Second of the Baltimore Opera Orchestra and Principal Second of Concert Artists of Baltimore. Nicholas performed as a soloist with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, the Londontown Symphony and with Concert Artists of Baltimore; and chamber music with the Mariner String Quartet, the Cueto Quartet, the Melos Ensemble with clarinetist Gervaise de Payer and The Principals of Concert Artists Quartet. Mr. Currie is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, as a student of the late Berl Senofsky; and at Illinois State University with Bernard Eichen of the Beaux Arts Quartet. His schooling included a summer in Fontainbleau, France at the American Conservatory. In his spare time he enjoys painting.
James Tung, violinist, is the concertmaster for both the Frederick Symphony Orchestra and the Westminster Symphony Orchestra of Maryland. James is on faculty at the Frederick Community College and Carroll Community College. He has performed with the Lima Philharmonic, Genesee Symphony Orchestra, the Gotham Chamber Orchestra and the Maryland Symphony. He attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY for a Bachelor's Degree in Violin Performance. James has studied with Louise Behrend, Ann Setzer, Sally Thomas, Catherine Tait, Oleh Krysa, Mitchell Stern and Ilya Kaler. When not performing, James is an aspiring amateur racecar driver.
Alice Tung, violist, performs with the Maryland Symphony, is the Principal 2nd Violinist of the Frederick Symphony Orchestra and is the Principal Violist of the Westminster Symphony Orchestra. Alice is on the faculty of McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. She has performed with Virginia's Alexandria and Fairfax Symphony Orchestras. She received her Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance from the Eastman School of Music and her Master of Music in Viola Performance from the Peabody Conservatory. Alice has studied with Doris Gazda, George Taylor, John Graham, Victoria Chiang, Heidi Castlemen, Dan Foster, and Richard Field. In her spare time she polishes her already considerable skills on the accordion.
Adam Gonzalez, cellist, performs with the National Philharmonic and the Trio Giocoso. His commercial recording work has included music for the History Channel and National Geographic. Adam has taught at Georgetown University (DC) and Montgomery College (MD), and was Director of Instrumental Music at the Waldorf School in Baltimore. He is a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and has an M.A. in cello performance from Boston University (MA). When not on stage, Adam can be found on board his 29-foot sailboat, Mystique.
