A native of New York, Cellist Christine Coyle is a respected performer and experienced teacher of music known across the northeastern United States. Under the tutelage of Marion Feldmann, Ms.Coyle earned both Bachelor and Masters degrees from The Manhattan School of Music. During her course of study she was privileged to participate in master classes given by some of the preeminent teachers and virtuosos of our time, including Aldo Parisot, Itzhak Perlman, Yo Yo Ma, Burton Kaplan, Shlomo Mintz and with members of both the American and Tokyo String Quartets.

Today Ms. Coyle is a long tenured member of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. She performs frequently with Orchestra New England, the Greater Bridgeport Symphonic Orchestra, and has participated in numerous productions at the Goodspeed Opera House. She is a founding member of both the Amaryllis Ensemble and the Taghkanic String Quartet. She also performed and recorded as a member of the New York City based Ambrosia Trio.

Ms. Coyle believes in developing solid bow and left hand technique to enable refined artistic expression. Her past teaching experience includes time spent as a member of the faculties of Rutgers Preparatory School and the Bethwood Suzuki School. Currently Ms. Coyle serves as the Conductor of the Thames Valley Junior and Advanced String Orchestras. She is also a member of the cello faculty at the Community Music School in Essex and the Thames Valley Music School in New London.

Hartt School of Music, UConn, Chicago Suzuki Institute. Musica Dolce, Westerly RI, Numerous Musical "Pit" Orchestras across CT.

Manhattan School of Music. Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Roslyn String Quartet. Recordings on Koch and Newport Classics.

Mark McCormick, contrabass, received both his bachelor of music and master of music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. He has performed at the Spoleto Festival USA, the Waterloo Festival in Princeton, New Jersey and the Texas International Double Bass Symposium. In New York City he has appeared at Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Hall with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the Prism Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra New England, the Manhattan Philharmonic and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. Mr. McCormick has recorded on the Vox, Bridge, Newport Classic and KOCH International labels. A recording of the music of Alan Hovhaness, in which he performed as principal bassist, was voted most popular classical album for 1995 in Great Britain, as well as being nominated for a Grammy Award in the United States. Mr. McCormick joined the United States Coast Guard Band in 1997.

Yale University, Hartt School of Music. CCCP, CT Classical Guitar Society, ECSO, USCGB, Goodspeed Orchestra. Faculty: CC.

Hartt School of Music. ECSO, Musica Dolce.

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Yale University, Chopin Academy of Music Warsaw Poland. ECSO, New Haven Symphony, Polish Chamber Philharmonic, Warsaw Sinfonia.