Amy Hersh, flute, has an active career that combines her love of chamber music, orchestral performance, and teaching.  The New York Times has written that Ms. Hersh “…plays the flute ….with directness and an ear for subtlety.”  She currently plays with the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra, the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, the Virtuosi Wind Quintet, and the Cara Quartet.  Ms. Hersh began her career playing piccolo with the Mexico City Philharmonic, and has played with the New Jersey Symphony,  for Broadway shows such as Les Miserables and Annie, and in numerous New York area orchestras.  She gave her New York debut at Weill Hall as an Artist’s International winning member of the “Venus Trio”, a group comprising flute, harp, and mezzo-soprano, and was a winner of the New York Flute Club competition.   Ms. Hersh received her Bachelors and Masters of Music from the Manhattan School of Music.  

 Elizabeth Condon, oboe, is an active freelance artist in New York, performing with the Long Island Philharmonic, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Jupiter Symphony and the Greenwich Symphony (CT).  In addition to performing with the Virtuosi Quintet, she has toured with Anthony Newman and the Quintet of the Americas and has performed as a chamber soloist in Europe.  In addition to her classical performances, she has also performed on Broadway with the Les Miserable orchestra and has worked with James Taylor, Dizzy Gillespie and Lena Horne.

Larry Tietze, clarinet, is a member of Twentieth Century Unlimited, the SUNY Contemporary Music Ensemble, New York Virtuosi, Hudson Valley Philharmonic and the NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players.  He has also performed with the New York Philomusica, Atlantic Sinfonietta, Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Virtuosi.  He formerly toured the U.S. as principal clarinet with the Goldovsky Opera and prior to that position was solo principal clarinet with the West Point Band.

Ian Donald, French Horn, originally from California, earned a degree in French horn performance from the University of Southern California, where he studied with James Decker. While in Los Angeles, he performed on numerous film and television recording sessions and appeared with ensembles including the San Diego Symphony, the New West Symphony, and the Fresno Philharmonic. Ian has toured throughout the United States as well as Central and South America with classical and popular music ensembles.  Since moving to New York City in 2003, Ian has enjoyed a diverse freelance career as an orchestral, chamber, and recording musician. He has performed in the orchestras of 50 Broadway productions and has also performed with the New York City Ballet, the New York City Opera, the American Symphony Orchestra, the American Ballet Theatre, the Harrisburg Symphony, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and various regional orchestras and chamber ensembles. He has also performed on a wide variety of recording projects.

James Jeter, bassoon, is the founder of the Virtuosi Quintet.  He has an international reputation as a soloist and chamber musician, with various performances in Europe, South America and Asia.  Formerly principal bassoon of the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, he has performed with St. Cecelia Orchestra (principal, NYC), the Metropolitan Opera, Opera Orchestra of New York, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Alvin Ailey Dance Co., New York City Symphony, Colorado Music Festival, Twentieth Century Unlimited (Santa Fe, NM)  and various orchestras in New York and abroad (Italy and Switzerland).  The Carnegie Hall Corporation sponsored Dr. Jeter in a solo recital as part of its “Debuts & Encores Series,” and he has been a featured concerto soloist with the Arcady Music Festival (ME), Connecticut Chamber Orchestra and the Biel Symphony (Switzerland).  In addition to recordings with the Quintet, he made a debut solo recording for Crystal Records.  In August, 2000, he performed a solo recital at the International Doublereed Society Conference in Buenos Aires.  In addition to an active NYC freelance schedule, he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at SUNY Stony Brook in May, 2000.  Indiana University (Bloomington) invited Dr. Jeter to perform as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music for its 2001 Summer Music Festival. He is a member of the Chamber Music Faculty at the 92nd Street Y Music School (NYC), and teaches privately in the city and online. Each summer he performs and teaches at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in western Michigan.  "Mr. Jeter proved a splendid player, with dapper phrasing, a diaphanous lower register, oboe-sweet high notes and a certain Mephistophelean elegance." - The New York Times