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Since giving his Carnegie Hall concerto debut with the New Chamber Orchestra of New York, American violinist Anton Miller has appeared throughout the United States and abroad as a soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, and pedagogue. Mr. Miller gave the World Premier performance in Beijing, China of Xiogang Ye's "Last Paradise" for violin and orchestra, which was taped for broadcast within Asia and subsequently released on CD. He has made several appearances in Brazil to tour Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, and Brahms Concertos with the Orchestra Sinfonica de Campinas, and has performed recital tours in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, and China. His complete discography can be found on the Dorian, Jericho, Full House, Hugo, and Klavier labels.

 
     

Cellist Karen Becker is an active soloist and avid chamber player, having performed throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Mexico and Puerto Rico. She serves as faculty artist with the Ameropa Chamber Music Festival in Praque, as well as the Red Lodge Music Festival in Montana. She is a former member of the Omega String Quartet, quartet-in-residence for Lutheran Music Program, and former principal cellist of both the Melkus Ensemble and the International String Orchestra. She has appeared as soloist and principal cellist with the Texas Cello Choir at national conventions as well as on “Front Row Center”, a Texas Public Television program. She tours regularly as a soloist and chamber player and has formed a piano trio, Trio Nuovo, with pianist Mark Clinton and LSO concertmaster Anton Miller.

 
     

Mark Clinton has worked extensively with some of the world's foremost pianists, among them Leon Fleisher, John Perry, Carlo Zecchi, and Tatiana Nikolayeva.  This critically acclaimed pianist has garnered prizes at such prestigious international competitions as the 1987 William Kapell International Piano Competition and the 1991 Joanna Hodges Piano Competition.  He has been featured frequently on national radio and television broadcasts, including National Public Radio's Performance Today and Monitor Radio.  Critics have noted his “powerful performance [combined with] sublime lyricism” (Salisbury Daily Times), the “…drive and security of his pianism” (Baltimore Sun), and his “luminous, concentrated playing” (Washington Post).  He has appeared throughout the United States as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including the National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the United States Air Force Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony, Concert Artists of Baltimore, and the Springfield (Missouri) Symphony.