Matt Langley 
Romeo Melloni (piano, composition) was born in Milan, Italy, and attended Milan University, where he studied musicology with Francesco Degrada. He received his Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music and his M.M. and honorary Graduate Diploma in composition from New England Conservatory. His teachers include Robert DiDomenica, Theodore Antoniou, and Giacomo Manzoni. Romeo’s compositions include … Read more
Robert J. Kruskol (trombone, euphonium, brass ensembles) received his B.M. and M.M. from the Juilliard School where he studied trombone with Edward Herman, Jr., and chamber music with Gerard Schwarz. He has performed with the NH Philharmonic, Nashua Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Boston Lyric Opera, New England Brass Quintet, Monadnock Chorus Orchestra, New Jersey Chamber Symphony, and … Read more
Rebecca Herst (piano department chair, piano) holds a B.M. in Piano Performance from the Hartt School of Music, where she was the recipient of the Hartt Talent Scholarship. At Hartt she studied with Leonard Seeber and Paul Rutman, with a concentration in collaborative piano. Rebecca has performed throughout the Northeast, and has taught at Fairfield County School … Read more
Petra Pacaric Mezzo-Soprano Petra Pacaric (voice) holds a Masters in Vocal Performance from the Boston Conservatory. In her native Austria, she studied music and foreign languages at the Innsbruck Conservatory of Music and the University of Innsbruck from which she graduated with an M.A. for Foreign Languages in Conference Interpretation and Translation. Petra has performed with … Read more
Peggo Horstmann Hodes (Northern Lights Vocal Ensemble) holds an M.A. in Elementary Education from Lesley College and an M.M. in Vocal Pedagogy from the New England Conservatory. She has been a soloist with the New Hampshire Symphony, Granite State Symphony, Concord Chorale, and the Musicians of Wall Street, and has premiered works written for her by William … Read more
Matt Langley (saxophones (remote only)) has studied with Lou Marini of Saturday Night Live, David Baker, Ted Dunbar, and Stan Strickland. He has recorded extensively with the Charlie Kohlhase Quintet, his own group, Color, with pianist Pandelis Karayorgis’ group System of 5, and with Mike Effenberger’s weirdturnpro. Mr. Langley has also shared the stage or recording studio … Read more
Maria Isaak (bassoon, Purple Finches, chamber ensembles) received a Master’s degree in Bassoon Performance from the New England Conservatory and studied choral music at the International School for Kodály Studies in Hungary, where she earned her Kodály Specialist Certificate. As a bassoonist, she has performed with the Portland Symphony, Indian Hill Symphony, Nashua Symphony, and the NH … Read more
Liz Faiella (folk, jazz, & popular music department chair, fiddle, folk ensembles) received her B.A. summa cum laude from Dartmouth College. A Music School alumna, she performs Celtic and New England music with her brother, guitarist Dan Faiella, at premier New England folk venues including Club Passim, the Boston Celtic Music Festival, the New England Folk Festival, … Read more
Lisa Maxwell (French horn) earned a BFA in Music at the University of Connecticut. She has performed in New England in classical and musical theatre ensembles that include the Merrimack Valley Philharmonic, MetroWest Symphony Orchestra, Reading Symphony, Musique Du Bois (woodwind quintet), Pentucket Players, Seacoast Rep and more. Ms. Maxwell is the former Executive Director of the … Read more
Lindsey Schust (percussion and composition) graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Music from Brandeis University and an M.A. in Music Composition from Tufts University. Since then she has studied with African and Afro-Caribbean master drummers from Mali, Nigeria, Guinea, Senegal, Ghana, Trinidad, Haiti, and Cuba, as well as composition with award-winning composers David Rakowski, Yehudi Wyner, … Read more