SPECULUM MUSICAE ARTIST MEMBERS

ERIC BARTLETT, cello: member New York Philharmonic; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; former member Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra (principal); New York Chamber Symphony; American Ballet Theater Orchestra; Columbia Quartet; frequent participant at Marlboro, Aspen and Grand Teton Festivals; member of Speculum Musicae since 1982.

ALLEN BLUSTINE, clarinet: member New York Chamber Soloists; Festival Winds; North Country Chamber Players; guest artist with Chamber music society of Lincoln Center; soloist at Vermont Mozart Festival; previous staff of the Composers Conference; faculty Columbia University; member of Speculum Musicae since 1983.

DANIEL DRUCKMAN, percussion: member New York Philharmonic; Faculty of
Juilliard School and Director of Juilliard Percussion Ensemble; solo appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic; recitals in New York, Los Angeles. San Francisco and Tokyo; appearances with the New York New Music Ensemble, American Brass Quintet, the Group for Contemporary Music, Da Capo Chamber Players, Steve Reich and Musicians and the Phillip Glass Ensemble; recorded for Columbia, Angel, DG, CRI, Nonesuch and New World Records; member of Speculum since 1989.

MAUREEN GALLAGHER, viola: member Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Lukes (principal), New York City Ballet (principal); member of Speculum Musicae since 1990.

ALECK KARIS, piano: performances with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Lukes; League/ Iscm Chamber Players, Access Chamber Ensemble; concerto and recital appearances in the United States and abroad; staff of the Composers Conference; recordings of the solo works of Mozart, Schumann, Chopin and Carter on Bridge Records; faculty at the University of California, San Diego; member of Speculum Musicae since 1981.

DONALD MACCOURT, bassoon: New York City Ballet Orchestra (principal); New
York Chamber Symphony' New York Woodwind Quintet; participant at Norfolk
Chamber Music Festival; former member of Contemporary Chamber Ensemble,
Group for Contemporary Music, Symphony of the Air, National and American
Symphony Orchestras; participant at Marlboro, Waterloo, Newport and Kuhmo
(Finland) Festivals; recordings for Nonesuch, CRI, New World, Bridge, Vox,
Desto, Marlboro and Columbia labels; member of the faculty at Juilliard, SUNY Purchase and Tanglewood Music Center; member of Speculum Musicae since 1971.

CURTIS MACOMBER, violin: solo appearances with Musicae Aeterna Orchestra,
Juilliard and Vermont Symphonies and at the festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto Italy; gave Carnegie Hall (Weill) recital debut in 1979; top prize winner in the 1980 Kennedy Center- Rockefeller Foundation Competition; featured lecture/ recitalist in the first American Violin Congress in 1987; recorded for Nonesuch; CRI, Opus I, and Vanguard; former faculty member at Juilliard and Montclair State College; member of Speculum Musicae since 1991.

DONALD PALMA, double bassist/ conductor: member Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; former principal bass with American Composers Orchestra and Brooklyn Philharmonic; former member Los Angeles Philharmonic and American Symphony, Parnassus, Group for Contemporary Music; guest appearances with Juilliard String Quartet and in recital with Dietrich Fisher- Dieskau; former Music Director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players; staff of the Composers Conference; faculty of Manhattan School of Music, Yale University, New England Conservatory of Music; Music Director of the New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra; member of Speculum Musicae since 1971.

SUSAN PALMA-NIDEL, flute: member Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, American
Composers Orchestra (principal), North Country Chamber Players; former
member Bach Chamber Soloists, Paul Taylor Dance Company Orchestra; member of Speculum Musicae since 1974.

WILLIAM PURVIS, horn/conductor: member New York Woodwind Quintet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Lukes, guest artist with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; recordings on Bridge, DG and Nonesuch; Faculty member of Juilliard, Yale University.

DAVID STAROBIN, guitar: guest appearances with the Guarneri and Emerson
String Quartets; St, Louis, Houston and San Francisco Symphonies, Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center; member of the faculty at SUNY Purchase,
Mannes, Brooklyn and Sahra Lawrence Colleges; member of the faculty since
1985.

STEPHEN TAYLOR, oboe: member of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Lukes (principal), American Composers Orchestra (principal), Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; member of Speculum Musicae since 1977.