...and the St. Cecilia Orchestra. He has appeared in recital throughout the Unites States and in Europe including Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, and the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater to name a few. Whiteside is flutist with the VERGE Ensemble of the Contemporary Music Forum of Washington, the edgEnsemble, and the Dinosaur Annex Ensemble. He has worked closely with a number of eminent composers including George Crumb, Donald Martino, and Joseph Schwantner. In 1999 he gave the Washington premiere of Melinda Wagner’s Pulitzer Prize winning Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion. Whiteside played with the Aeolian Chamber Players and served on the faculty of the Bowdoin Summer School of Music (now the Bowdoin International Festival). Mr. Whiteside studied with James Galway, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker and Walfrid Kujala and holds the Master of Music degree and Performer’s Certificate from the EastmanSchool of Music.

...Taipei. He has appeared as soloist with the Toronto Symphony, State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Moscow State Symphony, Edmonton Symphony and the Musica Viva to name a few. As a chamber musician he has collaborated with Valery Afanasiev, Yuri Basmet, Alexander Rudin, Borodin Quartet, St Lawrence String Quartet, Vilnius String Quartet and many others. Since 1991 Mr. Milkis performs regularly in “December Evenings”. Sviatoslav Richter’s famous chamber music festival in Moscow. Dedicated to expanding the clarinet repertoire, Mr. Milkis has had numerous works written for him including concertos by Moravetz, Petrova, Raykhelson, Tishenko, Weinberg and others. Mr. Milkis was a full scholarship student at the Juilliard and Manhattan schools where he studied with Leon Russianoff and was the only pupil of Benny Goodman. He won the Canada Council and Floyd Chalmers awards for four consecutive years. Julian Milkis now performs exclusively on Yamaha Clarinets.
 

In February 2004, Stefan was appointed second flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. As a solo flutist, Mr. Höskuldsson has performed at the Purcell Room in London, Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, the CAMI Hall, Merkin Hall in NY, the Kaufman Culture Center—92 Street Y, and Barge Music. He has also performed at the Guiting and Aldeburgh festivals, the Shaw Library Concert Series in London UK, the Academy of Music Festival in New Jersey, the Chamber Music Conference in Bennington Vermont, the One World Symphony Chamber Music Series, and the Summit Music Festival. Mr. Höskuldsson gives master classes at Manhattan School of Music and plays principal flute with the Westchester Philharmonic and the NYC Ballet Orchestras. In 2001 Mr. Höskuldsson won the Young Musician Award from the Icelandic arts committee YMIR, where he premiered a concerto by Paul Pampichler written specially for Mr. Höskuldsson and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded for Naxos and Castle labels.
 

doctoral degrees. He has performed with major symphony orchestras and has gained extensive performance and teaching experience throughout his career. He was principal bassoonist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been performing solo recitals as well as with chamber groups and a woodwind quintet throughout the United States and the world for many years.His recent solo performances include appearances in Lincoln Center, NY, and Kennedy Center, Washington, DC. Until recently, Dr.Irchai was with the faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music, Washington, DC, and Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD.
 

Ms.Newton serves on the teaching faculty of the Music Conservatory of Westchester and has held faculty positions at the Manhattan School of Music and Queens College. Ms. Newton holds an M.A.in music performance (harpsichord )from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and a Ph.D. in English Literature from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.