Ravel: Boléro; Daphnis Et Chloé; Ma Mère L'Oye; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales CD

Rees Allison, piano, was born in Brighton, England, educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and received a Fulbright Scholarship in 1965. He is chairman of the Music Department at Hamline University. He is also pianist with the Musical Offering Chamber Ensemble.

Julie Ayer, violin, studied with the world-renowned Josef Gingold at Indiana University. She is assistant principal second violin in the Minnesota Orchestra. She is the author of More Than Meets the Ear: How Symphony Musicians Made Labor History.

Tanya Remenikova, cello, was born in Moscow and graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where she studied with Mstislav Rostropovich. She has performed throughout Europe, China, and the United States as soloist and with orchestra and in recital. She is a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Music.

Thomas Turner, viola, studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Joseph DePasquale. After completing his studies, he was engaged as the principal viola of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra until 1994, when he joined the Minnesota Orchestra, also as principal viola. Jeffrey Van, guitar, has premiered over fifty works for guitar, including four concertos. He attended master classes given by Andres Segovia, studied with Julian Bream, and earned an M.F.A. degree from the University of Minnesota, where he is a lecturer in classical guitar.

The James J. Hill House is a National Historic Landmark offering guided tours, educational programs, concerts, and art exhibits. Designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, the red sandstone residence was completed in 1891 for the family of Great Northern Railway 'Empire Builder' James J. Hill. The two-story skylit art gallery showcased Hill's extensive collection of French landscape paintings and included a tracker organ designed by George S. Hutchings of Boston.