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 Ralph Allen
Ralph Allen, violinist and violist, has a BA in Philosophy from Yale, and degrees in music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, SUNY Stony Brook and the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. He studied with Dorothy Delay, Donald Weilerstein, Robert Mann, and Vera Beths, and has performed with opera, baroque, and contemporary ensembles throughout Europe, Israel, the Far East, and the US. He participated in numerous festivals such as Aspen, Tanglewood, The Bach Aria Festival, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), “Encounters” with Isaac Stern and friends in Jerusalem, Kfar Blum (Israel), and Prussia Cove (England).
He performed as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Yale Symphony, The Cleveland Institute of Music Chamber Orchestra, and the Stony Brook Orchestra. While living in Holland, Ralph played with contemporary music groups such as the Schoenberg Ensemble, Asko Ensemble, Music Fabrik (Germany), and Ensemble Remix (Portugal). Recent performances include a tour with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and chamber music performances in New Hampshire, Vermont, Philadelphia, State College, PA, New Bedford, MA, and in Stamford, CT.
In the summers, Ralph teaches at Apple Hill in New Hampshire and the Elm City Music Festival in Connecticut. He teaches violin on Roosevelt Island and at Riverdale Country Day School, and freelances in NYC.
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 Junah Chung
Junah Chung, violist, is an active chamber musician and recitalist. He received his M.M. degree from the Juilliard School where he studied with Lillian Fuchs and William Lincer.
Junah has been featured in solo performances at Carnegie's Weill Hall, Meet the Composer, the National Museum of Iceland, Music in Chelsea, Festival of the Arts in South Nyack. He has performed at such festivals as the Bright Lights Music Festival in Iceland, the Rhode Island Summer Chamber Music Festival, Prussia Cove, Ramapo Music Festival, Daejeon Chamber Music Festival, and the Lake Winnepesaukee Chamber Music Festival. Junah is currently a member of Trio St. Germain, American Modern Ensemble and New York Philomusica.
As an orchestral musician, Junah has held the post of Assistant Principal Viola of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Orchestra of St. Lukes, American Ballet Theatre, and the New York Philharmonic. Junah is an avid golfer.
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 Benjamin Hochman
Pianist Benjamin Hochman is achieving widespread acclaim for his performances as orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Mr. Hochman has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, New Jersey Symphony, and National Arts Centre Orchestra under eminent conductors such as Jaime Laredo, Jun Märkl, Bramwell Tovey and Pinchas Zukerman.
This Summer, Benjamin Hochman appears at the Bard Music Festival's Prokofiev-themed season, and will perform Bach's Goldberg Variations at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in August. During the 2008-2009 season, Mr. Hochman appears with the Daedalus Quartet at Atlanta's Spivey Hall, performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 with the Vancouver Symphony, and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. Overseas, recitals are scheduled for Barcelona, London and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Mr. Hochman has also been invited by two renowned chamber ensembles, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and the Tokyo String Quartet, to appear in their respective series' at the 92nd Street Y in New York.
Born in Jerusalem, Benjamin Hochman is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Mannes College of Music where his principle teachers were Claude Frank and Richard Goode. His studies were supported by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
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 Iris Jortner
Iris Jortner, cellist, is a native of Israel. She has performed in important venues in Israel, Europe, China, Australia, and the United States. She studied at the Eastman School of Music, the Amsterdam Conservatory, the Music Academy in Cologne, Germany, and the Mannes College of Music. Her teachers include Uri Vardi, Aldo Parisot, Bernard Greenehouse, Paul Katz, Timothy Eddy, and members of the Alban Berg Quartet.
Iris has collaborated in chamber music performances with Yefim Bronfman, Michael Tree, the Orion Quartet, the Avalon Quartet, and the Apple Hill Chamber Players. Iris was a member of the Aviv Quartet, and has recorded for Naxos, Live Classics, and Albany Records. Iris taught cello at the Island Arts Music School, Marywood University, and now teaches cello and chamber music at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
In the summers, she is on the faculty of the Apple Hill festival in New Hampshire. She performed in numerous festivals including Verbier, Banff, Tanglewood, Taos, Prussia Cove, Dubrovnick, Kfar Blum, and Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, “Encounters,” Rolandseck, and Schlern.
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