Flutist Gretchen Pusch made her Carnegie Recital Hall debut as winner of the Artists International Competition. She has appeared in recital and as concerto soloist in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. She is a member of the Dorian Quintet and has collaborated in chamber music performances with Flute Force, Musicians' Accord, Paula Robison, Julius Baker, Anthony Newman and Peter Schickele, among others. An active freelancer in New York City, Ms. Pusch has performed with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, American Symphony, New Jersey Symphony and on Broadway. She has recorded for CRI, VAI, Innova, Mode, Newport Classic, Windham Hill and Panasonic Japan. Ms. Pusch serves on the flute faculty of the Juilliard School's Music Advancement Program and was formerly on the faculty of Rutgers University. She is a graduate of Boston University and studied with Julius Baker, James Pappoutsakis and Keith Underwood.

Gerard Reuter began his oboe studies at the Juilliard School at the age of nine and continued there as a pupil of Lois Wann. He attended the Royal College of Music, studying with Terrence MacDonagh and Michael Winfield. Mr. Reuter is a favorite at summer music festivals such as Caramoor and Marlboro and has toured Europe and the United States with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He has been principal oboist of American Ballet Theatre, An die Musik, Parnassus, and the New York Philomusica. As the recipient of the 1992 Pro Musicis International Award, Mr. Reuter was presented in solo recitals in New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Rome, Hong Kong, and Paris.

Jerry Kirkbride, clarinet, studied at the University of Southern California with Mitchell Lurie. Awarded a Fulbright grant to study in Rome, he worked with Nadia Boulanger, Efrem Kurtz, and Franco Ferrara. Before joining the Dorian Quintet in 1970, he was principal clarinet with the Metropolitan Opera National Touring Company and was a Creative Associate at the Center of Creative and Performing Arts in Buffalo, NY. He has many editions and arrangements published by International Music Editions. Mr. Kirkbride is also clarinetist with The Bruch Trio with Jesse Levine, viola, and Rex Woods, piano. He has been on the faculty of the University of Arizona since 1987 and has recorded for Summit, Columbia and Deutsche Grammophon.

John Hunt, bassoon, is the Professor of Bassoon at the Eastman School of Music, as well as Chair of the Department of Winds, Brass, and Percussion. He has previously been a faculty member at Florida State University and at West Virginia University. Additionally, Mr. Hunt has played principal bassoon in the Naples Philharmonic and was a member of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also served as principal bassoon of The U.S. Army Band and Orchestra. During summers, he has participated as a member of the Aspen Music Festival, the Colorado Music Festival, the Orquésta Sinfónica de Minería in Mexico City, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival and Monadnock Music. Currently, he serves on the faculty of the Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas.

Norwegian horn player, Karl Kramer-Johansen is a member of the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players. He is a winner of many prizes and awards in the American Horn Competition (1997 and 1999) and in 2001 won the American Scandinavian Society Cultural Award. Mr. Kramer is also active as a recitalist, lecturer, conductor and composer. He has recorded for the Philips and Aurora labels. The New York Times wrote of his performance of Milton Babbitt's Around the Horn, "This is essentially a stand-up routine for a virtuoso soloist, excellently communicated by Karl Kramer."