John Abbott

Hello, I am the founder and first guitar  in The JB Abbott Trio and Johnny Abbott And The Blue Monks, conserving the American Songbook and traditional Blues, respectively. I led The Perfect Alibi Quartet, performing the Songbook for nearly a decade. Now that I’ve graduated from Berklee, I’ve taken up composing original scores for TV, radio, podcasts,

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Cobus du Toit

South African native Dr. Cobus du Toit is praised for “technical facility that makes everything look easy” (Opus Colorado) and “rich tone that is especially impressive” (Herald Tribune). Pretoria News declared: “du Toit makes you believe the impossible. With du Toit in flight, one is never aware of technique alone. He is driven by purely

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Brian T. Johnston

I am the Acting Principal Trombone with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. I have performed with many orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra to name a couple. I am an active teacher and always have more room in my teaching studio.

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Esther Fredrickson

Esther is a professional flutist and flute teacher based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  She received her formal musical training at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (B.M. 2009), the Sydney Conservatorium in Australia, and the University of Oregon (M.M. 2012).  Her principal teachers were Michel Debost, Molly Barth, and Alexa Still. Esther plays flute and piccolo

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Katarina Teresa Ignatovich

Katarina has a great communication feeling between other musicians, energetic performance presence and dedicated work ethics. In her studies she was very active with the conservatory orchestras, participating in masterclasses with worldwide known flutists and chamber music projects (two 3rd places in “Best Student Chamber Ensemble” in Riga, Latvia), as well as collaborating with young

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