Artist Biographies

 

Kyle Adams is a baritone in the Choir of the Church of the Holy Apostles. He received his Masters degree from the Mannes College of Music in 1999 under Josef Raieff. He began formal piano study under Harold Brown of Boca Raton, Florida, and has also studied with Vlado Perlemuter in Paris. He received his Bachelor's Degree in piano from Mannes, and performed with the college orchestra in 1997. Kyle is currently on the Techniques of Music Faculty at Mannes. 

Gregory Eaton is Director of Music and Organist of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Brooklyn Heights, where he has served since 1993. In June of this year, he was made the full?time musician in the church, and now presents weekly organ concerts every Wednesday. He also holds the post of Lecturer in Church Music at the General Theological Seminary, where he has been since 1984. Mr. Eaton is one of the founding members of Chelsea Winds.

David Hurd is Director of Music at The Church of the Holy Apostles and Professor of Church Music and Organist at The General Theological Seminary, New York City. A graduate of New York's High School of Music and Art, his principal music studies were at the Juilliard School, Oberlin College, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He received first prizes in organ playing and in improvisation at the International Congress of Organists in 1977. He also received the diploma for improvisation of the Stichting Internationaal Orgelconcours, Gouda, The Netherlands, where he was a finalist in 1981. He concertizes throughout North America under the representation of Phillip Truckenbrod. Dr. Hurd is also a composer with many compositions published separately and in a variety of anthologies and hymnals.

Urara Mogi has performed widely throughout the United States, Canada, and her native Japan. A recipient of numerous awards in solo and chamber music, Urara's many recitals have consistently been presented to critical acclaim. Among those with whom she has studied are Lewis Kaplan, Hamao Fujiwara, and Toshiya Eto; she currently studies with Felix Galimir at the Mannes College of Music.

A student of the Antonia Brico and John Holmes, Barrie Mosher is an accomplished composer, music educator, and performer on oboe and English Horn (although he admits to being a relative newcomer to performance at this level on the recorder). He has served orchestras and chamber ensembles in Colorado, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; his orchestral, chamber, and choral compositions have been well received by audiences throughout New England; and he has taught music in public and private schools for thirty years. Presently, he serves on the faculty of the Buckley School, where he teaches computer applications. 

While Lucinda Mosher is a relative newcomer to performance at this level on the recorder, she has been performing on many woodwind instruments since childhood, particularly as a clarinet soloist in high school, and as a bassoon major in college. She has taught instrumental and choral music for over thirty years, and is also an accomplished organist. Currently, however, she is a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Theology at General Theological Seminary, and teaches for the Department of Religious Studies at St. Francis College (Brooklyn). 

Anita Randolfi teaches recorder and chamber music at the Mannes College of Music, and the Diller/Quaile Music School. Her most recent work as a performer is heard on the sound track of the film "Lynn's Wake"; she can also be heard with the Recorder Orchestra of New York on their new CD "First Impressions." 

Chelsea Winds was formed early in 1993 when Gregory Eaton, David Hurd and two students at The General Theological Seminary began to meet with some regularity to play recorder quartets. The name Chelsea Winds soon was adopted by the group as it performed at seminary events and in concert. Since its formation Chelsea Winds has welcomed new participants and presented several concerts employing as many as seven players. 

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