After enjoying critically acclaimed international tours as both concertmaster and soloist with numerous ensembles, Mr. Carney was invited by Vladimir Ashkenazy to become concertmaster of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1991. He was also appointed concertmaster of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in 1994.

Recent solo performances have included concertos by Bruch, Nielsen, and Khatchaturian, the Brahms Double Concerto and Vaughan William’s The Lark Ascending, which was featured as a live BBC broadcast from London’s Barbican Hall. He has made a number of recordings, including concertos by Mozart, Vivaldi, and Nielsen, sonatas by Brahms, Beethoven, and Franck, and a disc of virtuoso works by Sarasate and Kreisler.

Mr. Carney lives in Maryland with his wife Ruthie and their three children, Hannah, Luke, and Gracie. He is a Connolly and Co. artist, exclusively playing Vision strings by Thomastik-Infeld. His violin is a 1687 Stradivarius, the Mercur-Avery.

Mr. Mutchnik is active as an orchestral violinist, chamber musician, recitalist, and soloist. He has served as Concertmaster and Assistant Concertmaster with the Maryland Symphony, National Chamber Orchestra, Handel Choir and Columbia Pro Cantare Festival Orchestras, and the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras in Maryland, as well as orchestras in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Minnesota. He appeared in the film Washington Square, performing his own composition. He was a featured soloist for the Maryland Ballet Theater and performed in Maryland and Alabama in a special recital, “Music of the Jewish Soul.”

Mr. Mutchnik has taught in several universities and colleges and currently teaches privately. He was President of the American String Teacher’s Association’s Maryland/DC Chapter and produced a video for violinists and violists entitled “Posture & Balance: The Dynamic Duo.” He has toured Korea, coaching and performing chamber music. Mr. Mutchnik is a founding member of and performer with the chamber music series based in Columbia, Maryland “ Sundays At Three” and is Chair of its artistic committee. Most recently, he performed in the United States State Department's concert series and also formed Howard County's first all professional chamber orchestra, The Orchestra of St. John's. Upcoming concerts include performances of Bloch's Three Pictures of Chasidic Life with the Columbia Orchestra and the Bruch Scottish Fantasy with the Frederick Symphony.

A native of Maryland, Ms. Bickham has been a frequent guest artist throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. Concert appearances include, Handel’s Messiah, Fauré’s Requiem, Vaughn Williams’ Serenade to Music, Bach’s Cantata 25 and Magnificat, and Vivaldi’s Gloria and Magnificat. She has also been the winner of many competitions including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions—Mid-Atlantic Regional Finalist 2009, Palm Beach Opera 2008 Advanced Division Semi-Finalist, Shreveport Opera Singer of the Year Finalist 2008, MD/DC National Association of Teacher’s of Singing, Henry Sanborn Competition, Peggy Friedman-Gordon Competition, Moore’s Opera Center Concerto Competition, and the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston.

Ms. Bickham earned a Master of Music degree from the Moore’s Opera Center at the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Music degree from Towson University. She has been on the faculty of Towson University’s Department of Music since 2006.

Favorite regional theatre credits include My Fair Lady at California Music Theatre, Down at the Old Bull and Bush at Arena Stage’s Old Vat, and playing Rev. Shaw Moore in Footloose at Shenandoah University’s Summer Music Theatre. Other roles include Ralph in H.M.S. Pinafore, Tony in West Side Story, and Billy Bigelow in Carousel.

Mr. Cramer is a six-time Helen Hayes Award nominee. In 1994, he was honored with the Helen Hayes Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance with Interact Theatre at The Lansburg Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C. Stephen is no stranger to oratorio and opera as well as musical theatre. Classical roles include Alfredo in La Traviata, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Paul Hill Chorale.

Stephen is currently a member of The United States Army Chorus in Arlington, Virginia. During his tenure there, he has performed for five presidents. He is honored to have been a part of the interment services of both President Reagan and Ford. He has been featured as a soloist on national broadcast of NBC’s The Today Show and at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. This past Christmas, Stephen entertained national audiences portraying Santa at the National Christmas Tree Lighting on the National Mall.

As a founding member of the Gemini Piano Trio, Dr. Wang has won top prizes in the prestigious Chamber Music Yellow Springs National Competition, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Chamber Music Competition, and the 1997 Baltimore Chamber Music Awards competition. The trio was praised for their “amazing virtuosity” by Music Monthly, as well as for their Taipei debut performance that “epitomized the idiom of chamber music” by The Taipei times. The San Diego Union-Tribune hailed them as “mind readers, anticipating each other’s every move” while applauding their “almost uncanny musical closeness.” The trio has also performed guest engagements at the Phillips Collection, Princeton University, Penn State University, University of Maryland College Park, the Johns Hopkins University, the Southern Methodist University, the Chang Jung Christian University, and Soochow University in Taiwan and was featured on National Public Radio. The American Record Guide praised the trio’s début CD featuring works by Ives and Brahms saying, “There is an admirable balance between confidence, polished technique, and impulsive, romantic ardor in this performance.” Their second album, featuring trios by Ravel and Shostakovich, also has been well-received by audiences around the world with great enthusiasm. The trio recently joined the roster of artists at the Arabesque Records.

Dr. Wang received her bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) from the Hartt School of Music, master's degree from the University of Southern California, and her doctoral degree in piano performance from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has studied with international artists such as Raymond Hanson, Anne Koscielny, Gabriel Chodos, Stewart Gordon, and Thomas Schumacher. Dr. Wang has also received chamber music coachings from Menahem Pressler, Cecile Licad, Cho-Liang Lin, Ida Kavafian, David Finckel, and Wu Han. Her published doctoral dissertation, “Tracing the Development of the French Piano Trio” has been recognized by Maurice Hinson and Wesley Roberts’s newest edition of The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide as well as by John H. Baron’s Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide.

Dr. Wang has been a dedicated teacher for over twenty-five years, and her students have won first prizes in various competitions. She has also been invited to chair and adjudicate many piano competitions and festivals. She is currently a music faculty member at Goucher College and Howard Community College where she has been selected as the 2003-2004 Arts and Humanities Division Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member and as a co-founder /director of the Gemini Piano Trio Summer Chamber Music Workshop for the past five years. She also received the Honorary Citizenship from the City of Dallas, Office of Culture Affairs for her 2005 performances with the Gemini Piano Trio at the Southern Methodist University. Dr. Wang completed a three-city concert tour in Taiwan to great acclaim with the Gemini Piano Trio, including a sold-out debut concert at the Taipei National Concert Recital Hall in January of 2008. The trio is scheduled to appear on the Weill Recital Hall Chamber Music Series at Carnegie Hall in the fall of 2010.