Hudson Valley Chamber Musicians

About this event

Hudson Valley Chamber Musicians is a professional, classical woodwind quintet, founded in 2020, consisting of a flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, and bassoon. This program, A French Connection, Wind Music of France will include works by Adrien Barthe, Charles Gounod, Gabriel Fauré, and Paul Taffanel. The Performers: Norman Dee, flute, is a freelance flutist and teacher in the NY area. He is a graduate of the Julliard School and has been on the faculties of the University of New Hampshire and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He has studied with Neal Zaslaw, James Pappoutsakis, Julius Baker,and Hugo Kauder. He has performed with the Boston Pops, The State Orchestra of Sao Paulo, and the New York Virtuosi. Mr. Dee sits on the boards of the Hugo Kauder Society and Music forall Seasons. Terry Watson, horn, played professionally after having studied horn at Manhattan School of Music and Hunter College. In 1976 she formed the Metropolitan Brass Quartet and was awarded a New York State Council on the Arts Grant where the group were artists in residence at Church of St. Mary the Virgin and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NY. In 1980 Ms. Watson received her Master's in Music Therapy from New York University. As adjunct faculty at NYU she has enjoyed a long career as a Music Therapist. Four years ago Ms. Watson started to play horn again and has joined orchestras and chamber music ensembles. In 2018 she toured Spain and France with the New Jersey Wind Symphony. Leigh Myers, clarinet, is an experienced orchestral and chamber music clarinetist. He was principal clarinetist of the Haifa Symphony in Israel as well as principal clarinetist of the Queensborough Orchestra, Manhasset Bay Opera, Great Neck Symphony, Great Neck Philharmonic and New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra. He was also a founding member of the Greater Newburgh Symphony. In addition, he toured with the South Florida Symphony, the Goldovsky Opera as well as in Europe with the New Jersey Wind Symphony. Mr. Myers has a Master's Degree from the Juilliard Śchool in New York City where he studied with Leon Russianoff. Donald Venezia, bassoonist, BM Performance, Fredonia State University. Notable performances include the Fredonia Symphony Orchestra under Harry John Brown, the Buffalo Philharmonic under Michael Tilson-Thomas, the Pittsburgh Symphony and the New York Grand Opera under Vincent La Selva. Accepted for grad school at both The Juilliard School and The Manhattan School of Music, Donald has appeared with Marian McPartland and her Jazz Trio, Violinist Maria Bachman, Pianists Lang-Lang and Abby Simon, and conductors George Manahan, Victoria Bond, Paulette Haupt, and Alex Guzman. Teachers include John Gillette, Harold Goltzer and Sandy Sharoff.