Hilary Abigana
Flute

 

Jason Gresl
Clarinet

 

Liza Malamut
Trombone

 

Greg Jukes
Percussion

 

Flutist Hilary Abigana completed her master’s degree at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music where she was also a recipient of the Sviatoslay Richter Fund for Music Outreach. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree, graduating with distinction, from the Eastman School of Music where she was awarded the Performer’s Certificate in Flute, won the Eastman Nielson Flute Concerto Competition and Eastman’s John Celetano Award for Excellence in Chamber Music. Hilary has performed with the National Repertory Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, and SYZYGY New Music. In 2008, she won the Byron Hester Solo Flute Competition and was a silver medalist at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition as a member of Trio Destino. She has studied with Timothy Day, Bonita Boyd, and Leone Buyse.

Clarinetist Jason Gresl has performed with groups such as Denver’s Mercury Ensemble, the Playground Ensemble, the South Bend Symphony, and Dutch ensembles, The Barton Workshop and Groupo Montebello. Jason, with cellist wife, Lara Turner, has performed as the duo Claricello in recitals, masterclasses, and as the Ensemble-in-Residence at Saint Mary’s College. He has taught at Andrews University, the Boulder Arts Academy, Northampton Community Music School, and served as a Fischoff Chamber Music Mentor. As Education Director for the South Bend Symphony, Jason redefined educational performances designing several acclaimed concerts. He received degrees from the University of Colorado – Boulder and Oberlin Conservatory. Jason studied clarinet under Daniel Silver, Bil Jackson and Daniel Gilbert. He studied bass clarinet with Henri Bok.

Trombonist Liza Malamut holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Boston University where she studied under John Marcellus and Don Lucas, respectively. Liza has performed with orchestras in Boston, Dallas, and Rochester. She has played with the Texas Festival Orchestra at the International Festival Institute at Round Top and attended the Chautauqua Summer Music Festival and School. An avid sackbut (ancestor of the modern trombone) player, Liza has performed across the United States with groups such as Early Music New York, the Clarion Society, the New York Collegium, Piffaro, the Concord Ensemble, the Catacoustic Consort, and members of Spiritus Collective. She has also performed at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Madison Early Music Festival. Liza appeared as a guest artist at the annual Bloomington Early Music Festival.

Percussionist Greg Jukes studied at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University under Robert van Sice. He has performed with the Campos do Jordão Festival Orchestra in Brazil under Roberto Minczuk, the Aspen Music Festival’s Chamber and Festival Orchestras, and the Peabody Symphony and Concert Orchestras. In 2005, Greg made his concerto debut with the National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore Hall in Bethesda, Maryland. Greg is dedicated to the performance of contemporary music having commissioned and/or premiered numerous chamber works and percussion solos. A diverse musician, Greg has performed in percussion trios, quartets, sextets, a percussion and cello duo, an electro-acoustic trio, the eclectic No Signal ensemble, and his rock band The Greatest City in America.