Our Performers
A distinguished cellist in the
Baltimore/Washington area,
Barbara Brown served with the Kennedy Center
Opera House
Orchestra for seven years and has frequently performed with the
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, National Chamber Orchestra,
and Washington Chamber
Symphony. In 1991, Ms. Brown accepted
her appointment as Principal Cellist with the
Baltimore Opera
Orchestra where she currently performs. Barbara Brown
holds a
Master of Music degree from the University of Maryland
where she was awarded the
Guarneri Quartet Fellowship.
Clarinetist, composer, and Artistic Director, Pamela Helton, has been engaged to perform solo recitals at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and St. Martins- in -the -Fields, London. In addition to her solo performances, Ms. Helton has served as Principal Clarinetist in the Nova Filharmonia Portuguesa, Mexico City Opera Orchestra, and Corpus Christie Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Helton has been awarded composition fellowships to the Banff Centre for the Arts, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Bowdoin Music Festival.
An acclaimed performer in the Washington-Baltimore region, soprano Susan
Wheeler has appeared in principal roles with Des Moines Metro Opera, Augusta Opera, Opera Vivente, and Maryland Lyric Opera. She has also appeared at New York's City Center and Washington's Kennedy Center and has been a featured guest artist with the Tucson, Piedmont, and Baltimore Symphony orchestras. In oratorio performance, Ms. Wheeler has been heard with the New Dominion and Reston Chorales, Laurel Oratorio Society, and Alexandria Choralis. Ms. Wheeler has also been engaged to present recitals at the Embassies of Korea and Austria.
Violinist Leslie Silverfine, currently performs with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, Baltimore Opera Orchestra, National Chamber Orchestra, and the Washington Bach Consort. Ms. Silverfine holds a Master of Music from Boston University where she studied with Joseph Silverstein.