Woodwinds (Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone)

Flutist Dominique Soucy has enjoyed a growing reputation in New York as both soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared as a guest soloist with several orchestras, most notably l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Calgary Philharmonic. Regarding her Montreal debut, The Montreal Gazette and Montreal La Presse wrote, “flutists like Soucy are in short supply…. and we are going to hear a great deal more about Ms. Soucy…with an impressive technique and a brilliant tone… and a very beautiful legato in the slow movement…” The Winnipeg Free Press has described her playing as “a treat”…“Ms. Soucy is a passionate soloist.” In Washington, DC, Ms. Soucy stood out in an ensemble performance where her playing was described in The Washington Post as “remarkable and technically confident”. A winner of Artists International in New York, The Montreal Symphony Competition, The Canadian Music Competition, The Yellow Spring Chamber Competition and The Aevis Young Artist Recording Competition, Ms. Soucy has collaborated with such artists as John Cage, Elliott Carter, John Harbison and Bruce Saylor, while he was Composer in Residence at The Chicago Lyric Opera. As a chamber musician, Ms. Soucy has performed with The London Ballet, The New York Chamber Orchestra, The Toronto Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, The New York Bach Soloists and The New Music Consort. Her numerous radio and television performances include several solo recitals for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation as well as appearances on All My Children and Good Morning America for the ABC television network. She is also featured on Richard Termini’s score for the soundtrack of John Turturo’s “Mac,” winner of the Caméra d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. More recently, she completed a recording of percussionist/composer Thad Wheeler’s suite The Dancing Bird for Albany Records and also Leo Kraft’s Cloud Studies for CRI. Ms. Soucy is a founding member of Musical Wisdom, a popular concert series for children based in Westchester, NY, where she resides with her husband, flutist Joseph Piscitelli, and their sons, Pierre and Stefano.

Joseph Piscitelli, flutist, made his solo debut at sixteen at New York’s Town Hall and Alice Tully Hall. At the High School of Performing Arts, he won numerous competitions including the B’nai Brith Fellowship and Chancy Memorial Competition. He earned his B.M. and M.A. from Queens College, studying with Ransom Wilson and Robert Stallman. He spent summers in France, tutored by world renown flutists Jean-Pierre Rampal and Alain Marion.

Mr. Piscitelli performs regularly with New York Chamber Orchestra, Solisti New York, Musica Sacra, Long Island Philharmonic, Opera Northeast, Opera Ensemble of New York, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Greenwich Symphony, and Lar Lubavitch Dance Company at City Center. He has toured the US, Canada, Mexico, France, England, and the Netherlands. As a winner of the Artists International Competition, he was presented at Weill Recital Hall. The New York Times hailed his playing as “endowed with a sense of charm and a great deal of inherent musicality.”

He has taught at Queens College, the Manhattan School of Muisc and Pace University. He currently teaches at the Hoff-Barthelson Music School, in Scarsdale, where he is also Director of the Wind Ensemble and the Summer Arts Program.

Dr. Ginès-Didier Cano is the director/owner of the Crestwood Music Education Center, a progressive music school for instrumental and vocal studies with innovative programs designed for students of all ages. With over forty highly qualified and experienced teachers, the Crestwood Music Education Center boasts an enrollment of well over six hundred students.

Dr. Cano has served on the faculty of Long Island University, Concordia College, the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division, the Sarah Lawrence College Woodwind Quintet Chamber Music Program, the Mannes School of Music Preparatory Division, and the Québec Conservatoire. He received his doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music, a Masters from both the Juilliard School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music and a Premier Prix from the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec. His principal teachers include Stephen Maxym and Gaetan Laberge. Dr. Cano has performed as a soloist and principal bassoonist with the CBC Orchestra, Québec Symphony, Bethlehem Bach Festival Orchestra, New York Concertino Ensemble, New York City Symphony, the Sarah Lawrence College Woodwind Quintet, and the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra. His performances have also been broadcast on various New York and national radio stations, including WQXR, WNCN, and CBC Radio Canada. Dr. Cano has resided in the New York metropolitan area for almost thirty years.

Gabriel Evan Yonkler is a professional saxophonist performing and teaching regularly in the NYC area. Since graduating from DePauw University (2009) with a B.M. in classical performance and a minor in jazz studies, he has released 3 albums under his own name as the Gabriel Evan Orchestra and recorded as a sideman on dozens more. Gabriel is also the musical director and arranger of the Glad Rags Orchestra, as well as musical director and saxophonist in a wedding band called That Feeling When.

Raissa Fahlman is a New York-based clarinetist and saxophonist with an active career spanning classical, chamber, jazz, and Broadway performance. She is a versatile and in-demand musician, regularly performing in Broadway pits and on orchestral stages, with chamber ensembles and small jazz groups throughout the city.

Raissa is a strong advocate for new music, frequently participating in commissions and premiers of contemporary works. Her projects often blend classical and jazz traditions, incorporating elements of electronic, Latin, and klezmer music. Fanfare Magazine praised her as ‘the most sensitive of chamber partners’, noting her ‘consummate skill.’ Raissa’s playing has been described as ‘silken’ by The Washington Post, and she has appeared internationally as a soloist and ensemble member in Canada, China, Europe, and the United States. Raissa holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University, where she studied with Alan Kay, and received her Master of Music degree from Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague under the tutelage of Pierre Woudenberg. She also completed two long term independent music residencies at the invitation of the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity. Raissa maintains a busy teaching studio alongside her performance career.

A Canadian native, Raissa has been sponsored by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. She has received the Music Individual Project grant on multiple occasions and serves as an expert panelist for the AFA’s grant adjudication program. Raissa is proud to be an official Wurlitzer Artist and Key Leaves Artist.

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