Hülya Alpakin is a native of Turkey and holds a Bachelor`s degree in piano from Istanbul State Conservatory, a Master`s degree in piano performance, and an Artist Diploma, both from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
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Alyson Berger is an active free-lance performer and recitalist in the Chicago area. A native of New York, she began studying cello at the age of 7 and made her orchestral debut at the age of 16 with New York`s Orchestra de Camera playing the Lalo Concerto.
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Robin Hayes Clevenger, a native of suburban Atlanta, Georgia, received her Bachelor of Music degree in Horn Performance from Indiana University in 2001, and earned her Master of Music degree in Horn Performance in 2003 from the same institution.
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Alicia Poot is a freelance performer with various groups in the Great Lakes region. Originally from Michigan, she has performed with the Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Southwest Michigan, and Northwest Indiana Symphonies, as well as the Pine Mountain Music Festival, and also plays regularly with the Lira Ensemble in Chicago.
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KT Somero, a California native, earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Clarinet Performance and received the Gluck Fellowship from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2003.
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Jeff Yang, came to the U.S. at the age of eight and has pursued his study with fine classical violinists and conductors all over the world.
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