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Louis Nicolia
,a native of Erie,Pa. plays violin with the Erie Philharmonic
and Erie Chamber Orchestra.A graduate of WVU, Nicolia formed the Strada Duo (with Keita Fukushima violin) and toured Japan in March 2006.The Duo made their Carnegie Hall debut January 21,2007 with special guest Stefan Lakatos on Trimbas performing two works by Moondog.Nicolia commissioned American composer Ned Rorem to write a work for this occasion for two violins and piano called "Lullaby".Strada also premiered a work by Reza Vali.Nicolia produced Project Moondog with special guest Stefan Lakatos at Mercyhurst College on February 10.2007.This was the first all Moondog concert in the US in almost 40 years. Nicolia and Fukushima returned to New York in November 2007 to perform in the Moondogrising Festival. Nicolia plays electric violin in Joseph Allen Popp's Wierdo Theatre and the Glenwood Hillbilly's.
Sonny Froman
has played with organizations as varied as the Hawaiian pop vocalist
Don Ho, the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and Elvis Costello. He also
constructed the instrument he is playing, probably the only other
trimba in existence besides the one made by Moondog.
James Pearson
is a cellist who plays European concert music and experimental
music, He and Nicolia were the string section of Joseph Allen Popp's
Weirdo Theatre.
Mark Dubois
teaches oboe, coaches woodwind chamber music, and teaches theory at
the State University of New York at Fredonia, He studied with John
Mack on the Cleveland Orchestra at the Cleveland Institute of
Music.
Erik Meyer
is cantor at Erie's Luther Memorial Church. A graduate of
Baltimore's Conservatory of Music. Meyer is active as a chamber
musician, conductor and organist.
Don Wisniewski grew up here in Greene Township, and has been playing music for over 50 years. He was inspired to start by his Dad's playing. Plays accordion with a contradance band, upright bass with a bluegrass band, also fiddle, dulcimer, 5 string banjo, and guitar.
Issac Spaeth is a student at Mercyhurst College. Saxophone is his primary instrument, but he is a wide ranging musician with great curiosity and also plays the shruti box
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