Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sanchez hails from Allentown, PA, and began his cello studies at the age of eight under the wing of current Puerto Rico symphony cello principle Miguel Rojas. At age 10, Andres made his first solo debuts with the Midwest Clinic of Chicago and the Ocean City Pops Orchestra, which was followed by his Carnegie Hall debut alongside the Arconet Chamber Orchestra three years later.  An alumnus of the Heifetz Institute, Andres has also performed as a Heifetz On Tour artist and the Heifetz Ensemble in Residence [HEIR] program. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with cellist Peter Wiley and Carter Brey. Read More

A native of North Carolina, pianist Allison Freeman is equally established as a soloist and collaborator. She earned her Master’s degree at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University as a student of Boris Slutsky, and completed her undergraduate studies with Alvin Chow at Oberlin Conservatory.  As winner of the Richard R. Deas Concerto Competition, Allison has appeared as soloist with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra. She was also named a winner of the Oberlin Concerto Competition, and appeared as soloist with the Oberlin Orchestra. While at Oberlin, Allison was a recipient of the Rudolf Serkin Prize, the Faustina Hurlbutt Prize, and the Pi Kappa Lambda Prize.