Adam Gautille

          Adam Gautille is a Boston based genre-hopping musician with chamber groups in the classical, jazz and rock worlds.  This multi-instrumentalist stays busy as a highly sought after freelance musician in New England playing trumpet, guitar and singing.  He holds degrees from Baylor University and Boston University studying with Wiff Rudd and Terry Everson respectively.

          He has been fortunate to share the stage with Pete Townshend of The Who, Lionel Richie, Seth McFarland, Yuja Wang, Peter Erskine and many more. Adam's most recent classical concerts have been with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops. As a trumpet soloist, Adam placed 3rd and won a cash prize in Atlantic Symphony's concerto competition, along with placing in the finals of several national competitions. His chamber groups range from Trio Ardente and Back Bay Brass to a singer/songwriter duo and an incredibly active jazz quartet with Berklee faculty which will release their 3rd album in 2019.

          An active freelance musician, Adam has performed with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony, Springfield Symphony, New Bedford Symphony, the New Hampshire Bach Festival, The Handel Society and numerous other chamber and orchestral groups in New England. Committed to education, he maintains a private studio in Boston of trumpet, guitar and vocal students.

          Outside of the concert hall, Adam and his dog Ducati are active hikers, kayakers and campers.

Georgina Rossi

          Chilean violist Georgina Rossi's work as a chamber musician has taken her to the Kennedy Center, the Sarasota Opera House, DeVos Hall, Carnegie Hall, and has been featured on WQXR New York and IPR Michigan. As a soloist, she gave the U.S. premiere of Chilean composer Rafael Diaz's piece for amplified solo viola in the Peter Jay Sharpe Theater, during the 2017 Focus! Festival. Georgina frequently pursues projects with a focus on modern and contemporary music, playing with chamber ensembles like New Juilliard and AXIOM, and has played alongside musicians such as Joel Sachs, Robert Langevin, and Daniel Barenboim. Her summers have been dedicated to playing chamber music in programs such as the Sarasota Music Festival, where she also served as Principal Viola of the Festival Orchestra. She has attended the Orford and Bowdoin Festivals, Banff's Masterclasses for Strings and Winds, Yellow Barn's Young Artists Program, and was a Fellow of the 4th Kammermusik Akademie Hohenstaufen, in Stuttgart.

          An active orchestral musician, Georgina recently joined the Hartford Symphony, and is also a member of the Binghamton Philharmonic. She has served as principal viola of the Manhattan School of Music Philharmonia, the Manhattan School of Music Symphony, and the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra. Upcoming solo engagements include debuts with the Orquestra Sinfónica Uncuyo in Mendoza, and with the Orquesta de Cámara de Chile.

          Georgina came to the United States at sixteen on a national arts grant from the Chilean government to study music in northern Michigan. After graduating from Interlochen Arts Academy in 2011, she moved to New York City to pursue music at the college level. This past spring, Ms. Rossi earned her Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Roger Tapping and was recipient of the Juilliard Scholarship. She holds a Bachelor's in Viola Performance from Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Rossi plays an Argentinian viola by Leonardo Anderi, made in 2014. For perspective, Georgina enjoys oil painting.

Thomas Weaver

Thomas Weaver is an American composer and pianist whose active solo and chamber career has included performances both in the United States and abroad.  His playing has been hailed as displaying both “sensitivity” and “incredible dexterity.” Weaver has appeared in concert halls in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Nashville, Dallas, Berlin and others, in addition to regular performances at Tanglewood.  Weaver has performed with a number of eminent musicians including Elmira Darvarova, Jess Gillam, Kenneth Radnofsky, Jennifer Frautschi, Gene Pokorny, and members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and others. Weaver is a currently a member of the Amram Ensemble, Trio Ardente, and New England Chamber Players.  A champion of new music, Weaver has premiered many new works, including works by David Amram, David Loeb, and Christopher LaRosa. Recently, Weaver appeared on the New York Philharmonic Ensembles chamber music series at Merkin Hall and later performed Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2 "Age of Anxiety" with the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra as part of the Bernstein Centennial celebration at Tanglewood.  This past year, he was featured on the CD, David Amram: “So In America”, released by Affetto Records, which includes many world premiere recordings.  

An award-winning composer, Thomas Weaver’s music has been performed in halls throughout Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Texas, Florida, Germany, Austria, Japan and others.  His works have been commissioned by number of organizations and musicians including The New York Chamber Music Festival, Elmira Darvarova, Kenneth Radnofsky, Dr. Brittany Lasch, Joshua Blumenthal, the Pharos Quartet, Alea III, and the Daraja Ensemble.  Weaver’s works have also been performed by large ensembles such as the Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Mannes American Composers Orchestra. Weaver’s compositions have won multiple awards and competitions, including the Bohuslav Martinu Award and the Boston University Composition Competition.  As an educator, Weaver has presented master classes and lessons in composition at Austin Peay State University, The People’s Music School in Chicago and others. Weaver has In upcoming months Weaver looks forward to many performances of his works in a variety of locations including Bowling Green State University, Tanglewood, Carnegie Hall, Australia (Sydney), and Japan (Itami).

An active educator, Weaver holds faculty positions at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, PA and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.  Weaver has presented lectures and classes at a variety of locations, including Northwestern University, Murray State University, Austin Peay State University, and The People’s Music School in Chicago.  Weaver’s primary piano teachers include Anthony di Bonaventura, Victor Rosenbaum, and Pavel Nersessian. His primary composition teachers include David Loeb, Dr. John Wallace, and Dr. Martin Amlin. He has also had the opportunity to work with Samuel Adler, Gunther Schuller, and Theodore Antoniou.  For more information please visit www.thomaseweaver.com.