  Edward Klein, a resident of Gainesville, has been performing professionally for more than forty years on the cello and viola da gamba in orchestras and chamber ensembles, and as a solo recitalist. At 16, he was the youngest student ever accepted into the adult Orchestra and Chamber Music Program at Tanglewood, where he studied for two summers. Before that, he studied at the Greenwood Music Camp in Cummington, Mass. He served on the Boards of Trustees at the Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Vt., and the Skylands Youth Symphony in Sussex County, N.J., where he was also the music director and conductor. Edward received his early musical training in the Boston area with cellist Jacobus Langendoen of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; he later studied with concert artist Zara Nelsova. He graduated from Swarthmore College. Edward served in the U.S. Navy as a member of the Naval Academy Band playing cello, oboe, baritone horn, piano, and string bass. He performed for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 1990 and performed as a soloist in the Rutter Requiem at Carnegie Hall under the baton of the composer, John Rutter. He currently performs throughout North Central Florida and south Georgia as principal in the Central Florida Symphony the Central Florida Philharmonic orchestras, and also performs with the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra and the Albany, Ga., Symphony Orchestra. Besides teaching in his own studio, he also serves as an adjunct cello instructor at Central Florida Community College in Ocala.  Adrienne deNoyelles was the assistant principal cellist in the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra for five years, performing with the orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York under the direction of John Rutter in 1989. She also performed in the Florida All-State orchestra. After graduating from the University of Florida in 1996, Adrienne performed with several groups in Central Florida (The Hawthorne Orchestra and The Olde Noyse, a quartet featuring baroque-style instruments). Adrienne currently shares the first stand with Edward Klein in the Central Florida Symphony, the Central Florida Philharmonic, and the Albany Symphony orchestras. She currently teaches aspiring beginner to intermediate cellists using a blend of traditional and Suzuki techniques. Both Adrienne and Edward were featured in "The Debbie Reynolds Show" when the legendary singer performed with the Albany Symphony in spring of 2002. |