Jenny Cline is a flourishing orchestral flutist and chamber musician. She is the principal flutist of the Monmouth Symphony, and performs frequently as a flutist and piccoloist with the Plainfield Symphony, Staten Island Philharmonic, and the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey. She is a member of the Uptown Flutes, an award-winning, acclaimed virtuoso ensemble. With her guitarist colleague Carlos Cuestas, the Cline/Cuestas Duo released their first album, Facets, in 2016. The duo has performed in cities across the U.S. and in Bogotá, Colombia. Cline has toured Europe with the Metropolitan Flute Orchestra, and was a member of the 2013 National Flute Association Professional Flute Choir. She has been on the faculty of the New Jersey Workshop for the Arts since 1996, and her flute students regularly achieve honors at the local, regional, state, and national level. She recently completed a two-year term on the board of the National Flute Association and is currently a member of the board of the New York Flute Club. She holds a bachelor of music in flute performance from Northwestern University, where she studied with Walfrid Kujala. Her other teachers include Mary Ann Archer and Gary Schocker.

Nicholas Gatto graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from The College of New Jersey in 2000, where he studied oboe with John Symer, Dorothy Darlington, and Corinna Wiedmer, and performed extensively with both the TCNJ Wind Ensemble and Orchestra. In 1998, he won The College of New Jersey Orchestra Concerto Competition, and performed the Concerto for Oboe, K. 314 by Mozart both in New Jersey and on tour at several historic venues throughout England. Nicholas received his Master’s Degree in Music Performance from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002, where he studied with Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida and was co-principal oboist of the CMU Philharmonic and a member of Carnegie Mellon’s graduate-level woodwind quintet. Nicholas has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in 2003 was a member of the National Orchestral Institute Summer Festival Orchestra in College Park, Maryland. He has played under such conductors as Lucas Richman, Edward Cumming, Juan Pablo Izquierdo, Michael Stern, Andrew Litton, and Leif Segerstam. He was a featured soloist in the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra’s 2009-2010 season, performing the Concertino for English Horn in A flat Major, Op. 34, under the direction of Lucian Rinando, and in 2011 was the soloist for the world premiere performance of Tim Keyes’ New England Tapestry: A Concerto for Oboe, Orchestra, and Choir at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium. In addition to being a member of Quinception as well as the principal oboist of the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra, he performs frequently with the Eastern Wind Symphony, Boheme Opera Company, St. Mary Chamber Orchestra, Tim Keyes Consort. and freelances throughout New Jersey, New York, and Eastern Pennsylvania. His playing can be heard on numerous recordings, including the TCNJ Chorale CD “Sing We” released in 1998 (Cecil Effinger’s “Four Pastorales” for solo oboe and choir), the Eastern Wind Symphony CD “Music for Shakespeare” released by Klavier Records in 2005 (conducted by the composer, the late Alfred Reed), as well as several other recordings by the Eastern Wind Symphony and Tim Keyes Consort. Nicholas also appears on several albums of R&B/soul recording artist Will Downing.

In addition, Nicholas is also an accomplished pianist and organist. He is currently the Director of Music/Organist at Saint Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church in East Brunswick, and is a staff piano accompanist in the music department of The College of New Jersey. He currently resides in Edison with his wife (Andrea), son (Brendan), and Australian labradoodle (Neville).

Kevin Dayton, an active freelance clarinetist, is principal clarinetist of Sinfonietta Nova in Princeton Junction. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Performance from Rutgers University-Mason Gross School of the Arts. He has participated in the Sarasota Music Festival, and the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, and has performed at as Carnegie Hall, the Sarasota Opera House, and Riverside Church in New York City. He was on the faculty of Summer Music in Tuscany in Sarteano, Italy in 2018.

Hornist Evan Young holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Rutgers University - Mason Gross School of the Arts (2011) and a Master's degree in Horn Performance from Ithaca College (2017). His principal teachers are Dr. Douglas Lundeen, Alexander Shuhan and Thomas Jöstlein. He is a member of the Eastern Wind Symphony and Blue Devils Entertainment. He is also a highly involved freelance Hornist in the tri-state area, performing in various orchestras, operas and musicals. He premiered and recorded Anthony Louis Scarmolin's Horn Sonata in 2019, which can be found on all streaming services. Outside of performing, Evan is an elementary band director in Marlboro, NJ. He is also a freelance audio and video engineer and producer. His hobbies and interests include powerlifting, golfing, technology, and cooking. Evan performs primarily on an Alexander 107X Descant Horn and a 500K series Elkhart Conn 8D.

Liz Rosa is an educator and bassoonist based in New York City. She is the principal bassoonist of the Eastern Wind Symphony as well as the wind quintet, Quinception. Liz earned her MA in Music and Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2022, and frequently serves as a teaching artist and guest instructor throughout the Tri State area. While earning her Bachelor’s in Performance and Music Education from the Eastman School of Music (ESM), Liz performed with Béla Fleck as a member of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, toured with the Eastman Philharmonia featuring Renée Fleming, and recorded Sam Adler’s Concerto for Guitar with Eastman Philharmonia as principal bassoon. Additionally, she has performed with the Dave Rivello Ensemble and the Empire Film Music Ensemble, where she played bassoon and contrabassoon on the soundtrack for the television series Star Trek Continues.

Liz has also performed on national and international stages at the Midwest Clinic, International Trumpet Guild Conference, and The American Concert Band Festival, as well as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. She can be heard on Eastern Wind Symphony’s album, Elements, released on Mark Records in 2018. Additionally, Liz co-commissioned Amanda Harberg’s Bassoon Sonata, published in 2022. Her main instructors include Roger Nye, George Sakakeeny, and John Hunt.

Liz’s compositions and arrangements have been heard by national and international audiences on both television and radio such as WHEC, WXXI, Abbey 104, the International Double Reed Society Conference, ESM’s Double Reed Christmas and Holiday Sing, and the Mostly Modern Festival. Most notably, her arrangement of the Theme Song from Late Night with Seth Meyers was featured on NBC's Late Night in 2014.

When she is not immersed in world of music, Liz enjoys late night television, New York City, and gourmet cheese.