Arthur Ungar has played the “modern” bassoon since 1973. He took up the Baroque bassoon in 2005 to celebrate his 70th birthday. He has studied with David Granger, Anna Marsh and Michael McCraw.
Art has been a long time participant in the Chamber Musicians of Northern California, the Amphion music club, and the Contra Costa Performing Arts Society.
Ruth Ungar studies harpsichord with Phebe Craig, and coaches with Tamara Loring and Arthur Haas. She has participated in San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS) Baroque workshops, and performed the Bach Brandenburg Concerto #1 with the Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra in 2006.
Moira Little is an active modern oboe and English horn player in Bay Area chamber and symphonic groups. She has been coached on the Baroque oboe by Sand Dalton, Washington McClain, Debra Nagy and Marianne Pfau. She has also been coached by Eileen Hadidian on recorder. Moira studied Baroque performance practices with Peter Hurd with whom she plays regularly. She teaches oboe and piano at Holy Names University in Oakland and at her home studio in El Cerrito.
Marilyn Smith has been coached on recorder by Louise Carslake and has attended the SFEMS Recorder and Baroque Workshops. She has sung with several Bay Area groups.
Suzanne Siebert has studied recorder with Eileen Hadidian and is coached from time to time on Baroque oboe and Baroque oboe d’amore by Marianne Pfau and Debra Nagy. She attends double reed workshops led by Sand Dalton and Washington McClain. She is Webmaster for the Toutes Suites ensemble, the East Bay Recorder Society, is a board member of the San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS), and is serving as Board President for Healing Muses.
Below: November 2010 house concert with guest musicians Tom Hill and Todd Wetherwax.
