Mark Cooper

Since earning her Master's Degree from the New England Conservatory in 1989, Alisa Herrington, bassoon, has performed internationally with ensembles including the Boston Philharmonic, New England Philharmonic, Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, Regina Opera Company, Bronx Philharmonic, AIMS Institute, Rome Festival Orchestra and the Grand Teton Orchestra. She has also served as a faculty member with the Siena Academy for Music and Arts, New England Conservatory Extension Division and at Wilkes University where she taught bassoon and chamber music. Ms. Herrington lives in Manhattan with her husband, also a professional musician.

Mark Snyder, oboe, began his musical studies at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts and received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Connecticut and Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Currently, Mark is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree, studying with Matthew Sullivan, at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He has studied with Joseph Robinson, Keisuke Wakao and Sandy Consiglio and has also attended the Penn's Woods Music Festival and the C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival. Mark is a founding member of the award winning chamber ensemble Pastiche, which made a successful Carnegie Hall debut in March 2000. Active as a free lance artist, he has toured throughout the United States and Asia performing with various orchestras as both a member of the oboe section and as a soloist. His performances have included appearances with ensembles such as the New Jersey Pops Orchestra, New England Symphonic Ensemble, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Island Lyric Opera Orchestra, and the Bronx Chamber Orchestra. Mark is also on the faculty of the Children's Orchestra Society, Manhasset, the Portledge School, Locust Valley and the Ridgewood Conservatory, Ridgewood, New Jersey.

French hornist Tim McCarthy performs regularly throughout the New York metropolitan area with such ensembles as the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the Riverside Philharmonia, the New England Symphonic Ensemble, The Encompass Music Theater, and Bronx Opera to name a few. In addition to his orchestral performances, Mr. McCarthy is an active chamber musician, appearing with numerous chamber ensembles.  Also a recording and studio musician, he can be heard on XENAKIS: Ensemble Music I (Mode records) with the STX Xenakis Ensemble, on numerous recordings with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, and on Rabbit Songs, the debut CD of HEM, a contemporary/pop band. He has also performed with Boston Lyric Opera, Caramoor Opera Orchestra, New Haven Symphony, Boston Civic Symphony, New York Metamorphosis Orchestra, and ALEA III Contemporary Music ensemble. Mr. McCarthy is a graduate of Boston University’s School for the Arts where he studied horn with Richard Menaul, chamber music with Ralph Gomberg, and orchestral studies with The Empire Brass Quintet, Sam Pilafian, Roger Voisin and members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.  Currently, he is a faculty member of the Children's Orchestra Society in Manhasset, New York.

Susan Deaver, flute, Director of Woodwind Studies and Conductor of the C.W. Post Orchestra received her B.M., M.M. and D.M.A. from Manhattan School of Music. Susan is the co-director of the C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival and a member of the Pierrot Consort and she has been on the C.W. Post Music faculty since 1976 and is on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music's Preparatory Division. She has performed throughout the United States and Europe in recitals, as a flute soloist with symphony orchestras and in chamber music performances. She has appeared with numerous orchestras including the Long Island Philharmonic, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Queens Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi and on Broadway in the "Phantom of the Opera". She holds principal flute positions with the Washington Chamber Symphony at the Kennedy Center and Musica Viva. Ms. Deaver has recorded for New World Records, CRI, Arabesque Recordings and most recently recorded with the Philharmonia Virtuosi on a CD of all Vivaldi concertos.