Douglas J. Lemke currently serves as Principal Double Bass of The Virtuosi, and Associate Principal Double Bass of Konzert Opera Florence. He holds the current post as Professor of Double Bass at the Connecticut Virtuosi Music Academy. With three degrees in performance, two from The Hartt School and one from […]

Violins: Brunilda Myftaraj, concertmaster Rachel Virgin Marianne Vogel Katalin Viszmeg, principal second Violas: Dorota Peglow Jessica Cortez Cellos: Kathleen Schiano Melissa Morgan Bass: Douglas Lamke Flutes: Jill Maurel-Davis Oboes: Johanna Lamb Mateusz Zechowski Clarinets: Jim Forgy Julie Asuma Bassoons: Jennifer Bruening Rebecca Noreen French Horns: Roger Caruk Jaime Thorne Trumpets: […]

Katalin Viszmeg is a native of Makó, Hungary, playing the violin at an early age. By the age of 12, she had already appeared as a soloist and chamber musician on Hungarian National Radio. Ms. Viszmeg received top prizes at the Hungarian National Violin Solo Competition, the Hungarian National Chamber […]

Kathy Schiano, Principal Cellist with the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Kansas, and her Master of Music degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where she studied under Bernard Greenhouse. She has played with the Detroit Symphony […]

Dorota Peglow received her Master of Music degrees from Academy of Music in Cracow, Poland in 2001 and from Yale School of Music in 2004. She performed with various orchestras in Poland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and more recently in Connecticut. For last eight years she has been a viola […]

Jessica Heller, a native of Connecticut, began studying the viola at the age of seven and she grew up attending the Hartt School Community Division. She went on to study at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh with maestro Joen Vasquez, assistant principal of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, graduating with a degree […]

JILL MAURER-DAVIS holds B.M. and M.M. degrees in Flute from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and a diploma from the Orff Institute-Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Her principal teachers have included Louis Moyse, Thomas Nyfenger, James Galway, James Pappoutsakis, and Lois Schaefer. She retired from The United States Coast […]

Johanna Lamb received her Bachelor’s of Arts degree Cum Laude from UCLA and her Masters of Music in Oboe Performance from The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. She performs as the principal oboist of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. In addition she has performed around the state with […]

Julie Asuma Levene, clarinet, began her musical studies in her hometown of Duluth, MN. She then attended Lawrence University and went on to earn a Masters Degree in clarinet from the Yale School of Music. Her teachers have included David Shifrin, Charles Neidich and Fan Lei. She is a member […]

Topher Logan (trombone), B.M., University of Connecticut; M.M., Baylor University, Texas, serves as the Director for the Community School of the Arts. A former member of the Waco Symphony, Mr. Logan is principal trombone of the Thayer Symphony and the Connecticut Virtuosi. He is also a member of the New […]

Kuljit Rehncy was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and began his music career in 1986 upon winning The Percussive Arts Society’s Solo Timpani Competition. He went on to receive Bachelors Degrees in both Percussion Performance and Recording Arts and Sciences from The Peabody Institute of Music. After a stint at Nickelodeon […]