Special thanks to all the choir, Lynanne Wilson, Bouvard Hosticka, and Paul Walker for their generous donation of time and talent to this evening’s performance.

Lynanne Wilson, cellist, has been a member of the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra since 1977 and performs as well with the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra, The Oratorio Society of Charlottesville–Albemarle, the Virginia Consort, for the Wednesday Music Club, and for various local churches. In addition to the Piedmont Chamber Players, her chamber music involvement includes a piano duo, The Skyline Trio, and various performances on baroque cello locally and around the state. She is the cellist for the recording Music in the Age of Jefferson, recorded on baroque instruments in the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. She began a Suzuki cello program in Charlottesville in 1982.

Bruce Penner, percussionist, received college degrees in music as a performer, educator, and composer in Kansas and Buffalo, New York. Since coming to Charlottesville, he has studied the music of West African and Caribbean cultures.

Linda Hanson, Minister of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church since 1983, is Music Director of the Westminster Organ Concert Series. She earned Bachelor of Music and Master of Sacred Music degrees from Boston University, where she studied with Max Miller and John Ferris. She is a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists and past dean of the Charlottesville/Albemarle chapter. She studied Alexander Technique with Sandra Bain Cushman and composition with Alice Parker. She is delighted to be joined by these many fine playmates for this performance.