Adria Benjamin:

A viola teacher and conductor at Merrywood, Adria has been a longtime member of Orchestra Lumos’s viola section and serves as the orchestra’s personnel manager.  She has worked at the Mannes College Preparatory Division teaching viola, chamber music, and conducting the orchestra.

Josh Stebbins:

A clarinet student at Merrywood, Josh is now an environmental lawyer living in Maryland.

Kari Steinert:

A violin student at Merrywood, Kari now plays the piano and guitar, composing music for advertising (www.karissteinert.com).  She resides in Yardley, PA.

Barbara Crouse Vaughan:

A violin teacher at Merrywood, Barbara currently plays both the violin and viola.  She performs with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and with Hop River Chamber Music.  She previously taught violin in the Mansfield Public Schools and violin/viola at Eastern CT State University.  Enjoying travel abroad, she resides in CT.

Barbara Chaffe:
https://www.sanfranciscoballetorchestra.org/barbara-chaffe-principal-flute/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RfEXqCp5dk

Sarah Clendenning:
https://pittsburghsymphony.org/biography/sarah-clendenning

Sandy Dennis:
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/directory/faculty-staff/sandra-dennis

Fran Bard:
https://www.hoprvrmusic.com
https://musicalclubhartford.org/content/music-by-members---dec-8%2C-2016/906

Adria Benjamin:
https://www.newschool.edu/mannes/faculty/Adria-Benjamin/
https://orchestralumos.org/musicians
https://www.feenotes.com/database/artists/benjamin-adria/

Jeral Benjamin:
https://www.ratdisk.com/jeral.html

Brad Mehldau:
https://www.bradmehldaumusic.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Mehldau

Barbara (Crouse) Vaughan:
https://www.hoprvrmusic.com