
Salon Friday, October 10, 7pm
Program
Hoffmeister Flute Duo Tim Macri | Justin Ouellet
i. allegro
ii. andante
ii. rondo
Ernö Dohnányi Serenade op.10 Jennifer Hsiao | Justin Ouellet | Paul Mattal
ii. romanza; adagio non troppo, quasi andante
iii. Scherzo Vivace
iv. tema con variazioni; andante con moto
Gordon Jacobs Sonatina for viola & piano Shu-Wei Tseng | Justin Ouellet
i. allegro giusto
Dimitri Shostakovich Viola Sonata
iii.adagio
Nancy Bachmann Butterfly Songs
Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet op.13 Jennifer Hsiao | Amy Ripka | Justin Ouellet | Paul Mattal
i. allegro vivace
Ludwig Von Beethoven Op.59 no.3
ii. andante con moto quasi allegretto
Johannes Brahms String Quartet no.3 op.67
iii. agitato allegro non troppo
Amadeus Mozart String Quartet F Major kv.590
iv. allegro
meet the musicians

Justin Ouellet
Viola
Justin Ouellet is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator based in the Boston area. His training as a classical musician has awarded him opportunities to perform with members of
prestigious groups ranging from the Boston Ballet, Philadelphia Orchestra, to Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Justin has been blessed to share the stage with renowned musicians such as Andrea Boccelli, Anna Laura Quinn, Celtic Woman, IL VOLO, Jón Þór Jónsi, Kev Choice, Midori, Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg and the Transiberian Orchestra, and has appeared as a soloist or featured artist with the Manchester Choral Society, Nashua Chamber Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony, Nightingale Vocal Ensemble, Pacific Boys Choir, San Francisco Symphony & Whitesnake Projects. He
has been guest concertmaster or a principal player with the Atlantic & Eastern Music Festival, Berklee Recording Sessions, Cape Symphony, Manchester Choral Society, New Bedford Symphony, New Hampshire Masterworks Chorale, Pro Arte Chorus, and Pacific Boys Choir. He
has received recognition for his talents as an artist and educator, receiving the San Jose Jazz Live Aid Grant, Academy of Gospel Music Educator of the Year and voted Best Jazz Instrumentalist by San Francisco Classical Voice. Justin also performs regularly with Boston Festival Orchestra, Boston Opera Collaborative, Cape Symphony, Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony & Victory Players. He can be heard
on dozens of recordings and has worked on a variety of production projects around the country bringing him to renowned studios such as the late Fantasy Studios, Skywalker Ranch & WGBH. He and his wife, Ann Moss, reside in Watertown, Massachusetts
and maintain faculty positions at Groton Hill and Boston Latin School. They are members of the Recording Academy, Find out more @ justinouellet.com

Tim Macri
Flute
Timothy Macri is Principal Flute of the New Bedford Symphony and Atlantic Symphony orchestras. He also serves as Director of Music for the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts and maintains a private studio. When Mr. Macri is not busy performing or teaching, he runs a successful YouTube channel (@IWantMyTimTV) where he has faithfully presented a new video performance every Sunday for the past 4 years with friends and colleagues from the New England area.

Paul Mattal
Cello | Co-Founder
Paul grew up on Long Island learning cello with Carol Purdy at the North Shore Suzuki School. In high school, he studied cello with Olga Zilboorg, a student of Bernard Greenhouse. In college, he was the assistant conductor of the Princeton University Orchestra and Glee Club, and studied chamber music with the Brentano String Quartet. After 19 years growing a tech-law startup, he switched gears to become a technical director at Akamai, managing software products and development teams. He has recently returned to the startup world as CTO of Jaide Health, using AI to improve the quality of healthcare interactions for non-native speakers. Paul serves on the board of CelloBello, a nonprofit organization dedicated to “leveling the playing field” by providing universal access to top-quality cello teaching, resources, and community through the Internet.

Ann Moss
Voice
Soprano Ann Moss is an acclaimed recording artist, passionate teaching artist, and champion of contemporary vocal music. Described as a "fearless performer” of some of the most challenging music of the last two hundred years, Ann’s artistic mission is to lift up contemporary vocal literature to serve as narrative for the hard to speak about issues of our times. In addition to collaborating with a dynamic array of well-known composers such as Jake Heggie, Kaija Saariaho, John Harbison and Aaron Jay Kernis, Ann eagerly seeks out and performs music by emerging and under-represented voices at forums and festivals across the USA. A twice-elected Governor of the SF Chapter of the Recording Academy, Ann shares the organization’s commitment to promoting diversity & inclusion, advocating for creators rights, protecting musicians in need, and saving music in our schools. Her 2022 album Lifeline is a modern-day interpretation of the music of Hildegard von Bingen distilled through the lens of the artist's experiences in quarantine. Her first two portrait albums Currents (2013) and Love Life (2016) were recorded and produced by multi-GRAMMY® Award winner Leslie Ann Jones at Skywalker Sound. She can also be heard on releases from Albany Records, Angels Share Records, Arsis Audio, Jaded Ibis Productions, Naxos, Navona Records and Ravello Records.
Ann Moss has participated in the creation and premiere of over two hundred new art songs, vocal chamber and operatic works. She has been a featured soloist with organizations and ensembles including San Francisco Symphony, SF Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Without Borders, West Edge Opera, SF Contemporary Music Players, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Earplay, Eco Ensemble, After Everything Ensemble, Music of Remembrance, the Ives, Alexander, Lydian and Hausmann String Quartets, FENAM, CNMAT, CCRMA, Other Minds, Hot Air and Switchboard Music Festivals. Moss has lectured about vocal composition at institutions including Boston University, MIT, UC Davis, NYU Tisch School For The Arts and Sacramento State University, and has given vocal masterclasses at University of Houston Moores School of Music, University of Texas San Antonio, San Diego State University, Tennessee Tech University and Baldwin-Wallace University Conservatory, among others. A native of Lincoln, MA and a graduate of Hampshire College, the Longy School of Music of Bard College, and San Francisco Conservatory, she divides her time between her work in the San Francisco Bay Area and her home in Boston with husband and multi-instrumentalist Justin Ouellet. Ann is a Reiki practitioner, enthusiastic Yogi, and pursues a lifelong interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Highlights of Moss’s 2024-25 season include Mystics & Visionaries— a program spanning ten centuries, curated with multi-instrumentalist Justin Ouellet for the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, ME; the West Coast premiere of Epithets by Kate Soper with After Everything Ensemble; the World Premiere of All Is Beauty by Sanford Dole with Bay Choral Guild & Jubilate Baroque Orchestra; the world premiere of Songs of Self by Vartan Aghababian at Boston University’s Marsh Chapel; and the worldwide release of her third portrait album Now I Am.

Jennifer Hsiao
Violin
Jennifer Hsiao was recently appointed as Organist at Old West Church in Boston, MA, where she plays at weekly services. She began her organ studies with Eric Plutz at Princeton University and continued them at the Yale School of Music with Chelsea Chen. She has continued her studies at Harvard with Christian Lane. She has played in recitals in the Boston area and has performed as a guest organist with the Bay Colony Brass.
Jennifer is also a pianist and violinist. She has won numerous competitions and has performed concerti as both a piano and violin soloist with numerous orchestras including the Princeton University Orchestra, Hartford Symphony, Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra, Connecticut Youth Symphony, and Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. As a pianist she has studied with Margreet Francis, Jennifer Tao, Abbey Simon, and Peter Frankl. She began her violin studies with Teri Einfeldt, continuing with Brian Lewis and Dorothy DeLay. As an undergraduate at Princeton, she was the first violinist of the Princeton University String Quartet and concertmaster of the Princeton University Orchestra; there she studied with Anna Lim, Stephen Clapp at the Juilliard School, and Philip Setzer of the Emerson String Quartet. At the Yale School of Music, she studied with Ani Kavafian.
Jennifer holds an A.B. in Chemistry and certificates in Latin and Music Performance from Princeton University and a Masters of Music Performance (violin) from the Yale School of Muisc. She holds a PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard University, where she also serves as concertmaster of the Dudley Orchestra and Resident Tutor in biology and music at Dunster House.

Amy Ripka
Violin
Amy began playing the violin at age 6, when her parents joined an itinerant bluegrass band. After playing with such banjo greats as Ben Eldridge from The Seldom Scene, she switched to more classical pursuits. Her subsequent teachers included Blair Milton from the Chicago Symphony, Margaret Pardee from Juilliard and Charlie Castleman from the Eastman School of Music. Having obtained a degree in violin performance from Northwestern University, Amy took a slight detour to earn her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon recovery from this indiscretion, she has returned to the violin and performs with a variety of orchestras in the area including Symphony NH, Plymouth Symphony, Portland Ballet, Opera Maine as well as at Providence Performing Arts Center. Amy has an active chamber music life playing in summer festivals in New Hampshire and Vermont.

Shu-Wei Tseng
Piano
Shu-Wei Tseng is a Taiwanese-British musician acclaimed for her rare artistry and versatility as both pianist and cellist. Renowned for her vivid musicality, expressive depth, and “powerful, fluid technique,” she has captivated audiences worldwide in venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and major concert halls across four continents in Europe, Asia, the USA, and Australia.
A prizewinner on both instruments, Shu-Wei’s early success in Taiwan’s national competitions earned her a full scholarship to the specialist Wells Cathedral School in the UK. She later completed LRAMs and degrees from the Royal Academy of Music, a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from the University of Colorado Boulder, and an MSc in Psychology.
Alongside her performing career, Shu-Wei is a sought-after educator, having held positions at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Yehudi Menuhin School, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Royal College of Music, and Royal Academy of Music. Since 2024, she has joined the faculty of 92NY, RWS Global, New York Conservatory of Music, and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. She regularly serves as a competition juror and give masterclasses internationally.
Equally at home as soloist and chamber musician, Shu-Wei maintains a vibrant international performance career. Recent highlights include her Australian solo debut, sold-out solo and chamber music performance at London's Sadler’s Wells with New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck for Peck's European debut, representing Taipei Consulate & Taiwan Ministry of Culture at international cultural events, as well as guest appearance at as Vietnam–UK 50th Anniversary Celebration before performances at the National Opera Center, New York University, and Kaufman Music Center in New York.
Based between London and New York, Shu-Wei serves as Global Ambassador and Forever Buffs Advisory Board member for CU Boulder.
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