Margaret Walker, flute
is a founding member of
the
Baroque Orchestra of North Jersey and has played with the Little Opera
Company, New Jersey Opera and the Morris Consort. She is a freelance
musician and teaches flute in the Denville area. Formerly from Chicago, she
played with the Loop Group contemporary chamber ensemble, the Westminster
Chamber Orchestra and Entrac'te, a flute/guitar duo.
Nancy Vanderslice, oboe
has been in New Jersey for fifteen years. She is a private oboe
teacher as well as a freelancer on all the woodwind instruments. She began
her professional training on oboe at the N. C. School of the Arts, and Nancy
has performed with the Madison Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and
the Dubuque Symphony, New Jersey Concert Opera, The Garden State Opera
Company, The Garden State Concert Band, and for the past two years, has been
principal oboes with the Baroque Orchestra of North Jersey. Nancy is also
adjunct professor of oboe at the College of Saint Elizabeth, the County
College of Morris, and Rutgers University - Newark.
Dan Sagi, clarinet
has already established himself as a soloist, principal player and chamber
music artist. At the Baroque Orchestra's Wassail concert of 2004-01-11,
Sagi stepped in at the last minute for an ailing artist and memorably
performed Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. He is a recent graduate with a
B.A. in performance on clarinet from Montclair State University. He is
currently working as a repairman at the University as well as performing as
principal clarinet with The Baroque Orchestra of North Jersey and the New
Jersey Concert Opera. Dan will also be touring with the Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra in October.
Jane Rondin, French horn
has served as principal horn for the Baroque Orchestra of North Jersey for
the last three years. Her solo appearances have been enjoyed in both
chamber and orchestral concerts. In addition to other concertos, Rondin
demonstrated the principals of horn construction at a family concert in
which she played music composed for orchestra and water hose! She has
served as principal horn with various orchestras in South Africa. She is
frequently heard in concert with local brass ensembles as well as her own
unique horn ensemble. She was born in England and began her training in the
U.S. before moving to South Africa. While in South Africa, she continued
her studies and performed with the Natal Philharmonic for a decade as well
as all other major orchestras in South Africa. She was the recipient of
several awards and won the National Brass Competition two years
consecutively.
Andrew Pecota,
bassoon
performs regularly with the Baroque Orchestra of North Jersey, New Jersey
Concert Opera and the Hunterdon Symphony. In addition to pursuing a
master's degree in Music Theory at Montclair State University, Andrew
studies period instrument performance practice with Andrew Schwartz and Ken
Hamrick.
