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Jennifer Moore
Pianist, Jennifer Moore performs throughout the North Country as accompanist, soloist, conductor, teacher, church musician, and musical director for area musical theater productions. She received her BFA in piano performance from Purchase College, SUNY where she studied piano with Steven Lubin, Vladimir Feltsman, and John Cobb and vocal accompanying with Stephen Blier and Dennis Helmrich. During this time she spent a year abroad studying piano and choral conducting at the Hilversum Conservatorium, Amsterdam School of the Arts as well as two summer seasons at the Adamant Music School in Adamant, Vermont where she was awarded the Emma Dressler scholarship.
Jennifer then began her Master's studies in vocal accompanying and coaching at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey under the guidance of Dalton Baldwin and JJ Penna. While at Westminster, Jennifer was awarded a scholarship award from the New Jersey Symphony as well as an assistance-ship as accompanist in the vocal program. As a member of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Jennifer has had the opportunity to perform and record choral masterworks with the New York Philharmonic including Benjamin Britten's War Requiem (recorded live for Deutsche Grammaphone at Lincoln Center), Claude Debussy's Le Martyrdom de Saint Sebastien, recorded for Live From Lincoln Center on PBS, Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio, Elijah with baritone, Bryn Terfel as Elijah, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the New Jersey Philharmonic, also recorded for PBS.
As an accompanist, Jennifer has performed at UNESCO in Paris, France, at the Chicago Cultural Center, assisted baritone William Warfield at North Western University, with soprano Deborah Lynn Cole in several area venues, and is a regular performer in the North Country either on the concert stage, in the local schools, or in area churches.
As a conductor, Jennifer recently conducted two performances of Gabriel Faure's Requiem, Op.48 with the combined Champlain Valley Chorale and the Pleasant Valley Chorale with chamber orchestra. She has been accompanist and conductor with the Champlain Valley Chorale in Ticonderoga and conducted the Essex Theater Company's 2006 production of Wizard of Oz.
As a church musician, Jennifer has spend the last four years making music at St. Patrick's in Port Henry, All Saints in Mineville and as an occasional guest at St. Mary's in Ticonderoga. She also assists at St. John's Episcopal Church in Essex.
As a teacher, Jennifer has spent the last 15 years teaching piano to students age 5 to 75 and is a licensed Kindermusik instructor having worked with children and their parents aged six months to seven years.
Jennifer is also very active in the musical theater community, acting as musical director and pianist for area productions such as, Company with ETC, My Fair Lady, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Beauty and the Beast, and Peter Pan.
Jennifer is currently a graduate student at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam where she is a candidate for a Masters Degree in Music Education. She was the graduate assistant for the National String Project this past spring semester, the recipient of the Helen Snell Cheel scholarship award for the 2008-209 academic year, and will serve as the assistant conductor and pianist for the Hosmer Choir at Crane, this coming fall under the direction of Dr. Heather Eyerly. Jennifer continues to be active as soloist and accompanist, as music director for area theater productions, and as conductor for area choral and theater ensembles. She resides in Westport with her family and can be contacted at vclaccompanist@yahoo.com.
Rose Chancler
Rose Chancler Feinbloom is a frequent performer throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, making appearances equally as soloist, collaborative artist, and teacher. She has played concertos and solo recitals in Alaska, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Texas, Pennsylvania, California, Oklahoma, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Recent concerts have included solo piano recitals in Port Henry, Elizabethtown and Essex, New York, and several concerts on harpsichord with the Summer Baroque Ensemble. Recent recitals with Volkan Orhon include the Friends of Chamber music series in Tucson, in Pittsburgh, and the International String Bass convention in Oklahoma City. She thoroughly enjoys collaborating with other musicians, and has played chamber music performances with notable artists including Paul Rosenthal, Jeffrey Solow, Harvey Pittel, Carol Wincenc, Joseph Wytko, and others. She has been an invited guest artist and teacher at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival and at Magisterra- the University of Iowa International Chamber Music Festival and Academy. Rose's collaboration with double-bassist Volkan Orhon has resulted in a highly-acclaimed release of a CD of violin and cello masterworks on the Centaur label.
Rose has held teaching positions at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the Baylor University School of Music, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and the University of Iowa School of Music. She has been a faculty accompanist and coach at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, and the Meadowmount School of Music in Lewis, New York. She was most recently a faculty member at Plattsburgh State University of New York, and currently runs a private studio in her home in Wadhams.
Rose holds a bachelor's degree in piano performance from the University of Texas at Austin, and master's and doctoral degrees in piano performance and literature from the Eastman School in Rochester, N.Y.
Jane Boxall
Percussionist Jane Boxall keeps a busy performance schedule as a solo marimbist and as a rock drummer. Originally from the UK, Jane completed her BA and MA in Music at the University of York before relocating to Illinois, USA, for doctoral studies with William Moersch.
She has performed and toured in the US, UK, Italy, Belgium, France and Ireland. In addition to working as a professional musician, Jane also works as a freelance journalist and an ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) instructor for children with autism. Jane is an active and enthusiastic music educator, working with students from kindergarten to University level. She plays and endorses Coe Percussion.
Awards/recognition:
Swanson Percussion Fellowship (Illinois, 2004-2006)
Young Musicians Fund Scholarship (UK, 2003-2004)
Krannert Center Debut Artist Award - honorable mention (Illinois, 2006)
Drum! magazine review (US, nationwide, 2007)
Selected performances:
Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY 2008)
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (Urbana, IL, 2006-2008)
Carrie Busey Elementary School (Champaign, IL 2008)
Cowan Civic Center Theater (Lebanon, MO 2008)
Boneyard Arts Festival (Champaign, IL, 2007-2008)
Aroma Cafe (Champaign, IL, 2008)
Music Matters - masterclass (Batavia, IL, 2008)
Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais, IL, 2007)
Centre for Contemporary Arts and the Natural World (Devon, UK, 2007)
WEFT 90.1FM live radio sessions (2005-2008)
Manchester University (Manchester, UK, 2005)
Sheffield Cathedral (Sheffield, UK, 2005)
St Agnes and St Anne's (London, UK, 2005)
Gaetano Zinetti Chamber Music Festival (Sanguinetto, Italy, 2004)
Selected discography:
"Wood Water & Land" EP (2007) - Jane Boxall, solo marimba
"Horsepower" (2006) - Triple Whip (instrumental rock duo)
"Snake Creeps Down" (2005) - Triple Whip (rock trio)
"Brutal Tinkerbell" (2004) - Brutal Tinkerbell (rock trio)
"Get Set" (2004) - The Sea Set (rock with live loops)
"York Millennium Mystery Plays" (soundtrack) (2002)
Martha Gallagher
Martha has been performing professionally for 30 years as a Celtic harper, vocalist, songwriter, and arranger. She has recently completed recording her 4thCD containing music from the highly successful project, Songs from the Stones. Her solo tours have taken her throughout the US, as well as into Canada, with the National Endowment for the Arts having sponsored several tours. In 2003 the world-renowned Irish band, The Chieftans, invited Martha to perform with them during their US tour. 2005 saw Martha compose and perform the Air movement of the Rebecca Kelly Ballet company's ongoing Elements dance project. She was also the featured guest soloist with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta. Martha's four-piece acoustic ensemble, Harper's Delight performs a unique mix of original, Celtic, jazz, folk, and world-inspired music. Through her insightful song writing, creative arrangements, diverse repertoire, and superb performance skills, she delightfully broadens the concepts that many people have of harps and harp music.
Paddy Maloney has called her "A grand harper" and Wanda Fischer of WAMC has said that Martha "plays the harp with a joie de vivre; a sense of joy and energy rarely seen with this instrument!"
2008 has Martha continuing her exploration of the Celtic Harp. Recognized as a true innovator on the instrument, Martha has been invited to present workshops at both the American Harp Society National Conference and the Somerset Folk Harp Festival on the technology and use of the electric and midi harp.
Martha has studied harp with Welsh Triple Harp virtuoso, Robin Huw Bowen, composer/harper William Jackson, jazz harpist Park Stickney, Scotland's Wendy Stewart, and Ireland's Grainne Hambly. She's been a member of the Catskill Symphony Orchestra, the lead singer in a rock band, and the lead singer in a jazz/blues band.