Alice Brovan, piano performs as a soloist and chamber musician.  She was Dean of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and served on the faculties of Cardinal Stritch University, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Continuing Studies division.  Ms. Brovan has performed extensively throughout the Midwest as a member of the Bliss/Brovan Piano Duo and Music From Almost Yesterday contemporary chamber music ensemble.  Currently she performs with the Trio con Brio piano trio, the Sebastian Piano Duo and the Fountain Hills Chamber Players.
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Patricia Cosand, violist is a graduate of California State University at Fresno, where she studied violin. She also received a Master of Music degree from Arizona State University, where her teacher was William Magers. A member of the Phoenix Symphony for ten years, she is currently principal viola of the Arizona Opera Orchestra, and co-owner of the Mesa Violin Studios. Patricia is married to pianist Walter Cosand and they reside in Tempe.
Mark Engelsman, cello holds a Bachelors and Masters in cello performance from Arizona State University.  He has studied with Takayori Atsumi, Claus Adam, and Pierre Fournier.  He was a member of the Phoenix Symphony cello section for 13 years, the Flagstaff Festival Orchestra, and performed with the cello quartet Los Celistas .  He has performed as a soloist with the Mesa Symphony Orchestra and was principal cellist with the San Marcos Symphony for five years. Mr. Engelsman, who is in the residential real business is principal cellist with both the Mesa Symphony and Musica Nova Orchestra
Joan Evans, flute began studying flute at the age of eight and was a member of band, wind ensemble, and orchestra throughout her school years.  She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education with emphasis on flute performance from the Crane School of Music-SUNY Potsdam in New York State.  After several years of teaching, she took a job in human resources, where she spent the major part of her career.  Joan has most recently been working in Fountain Hills as a paralegal and administrative assistant.  In addition to performing with the Fountain Hills Chamber Players, Joan is the assistant director of the Fountain Hills Community Chorus.  She is an avid reader and loves to spend time with .her three cats
Nikolaus Flickinger, oboe/English horn received a Master’s degree and was the oboe Teaching Assistant at Arizona State University in 2007.  Before Arizona, Nikolaus attended the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, where he received his Bachelor’s degree.  Currently he performs as principal oboe of the Musica Nova Orchestra and second oboe for the Mesa Symphony Orchestra.  He has also performed with the Phoenix Symphony and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic.  Nikolaus’s main teachers have been Martin Schuring and Mark Ostoich.

Joshua Gardner, clarinet has a D.M.A. Degree from Arizona State University.  He received the Bachelor degree in Music Education and Clarinet Performance from the University of Kentucky.  Currently he is collaborating with the Vocal Tract Visualization Laboratory at the University of Maryland Dental School to map tongue motion during multiple articulation on the clarinet using ultrasound. In July 2008, Gardner won first prize in the International Clarinet Association Research Competition with a presentation entitled Ultrasonographic Investigation of Clarinet Multiple Articulation. He is co-author of the clarinet method book, Extreme Clarinet, which focuses on extended techniques such as multiple articulation, circular breathing, and upper-register tone production. He is also the clarinet instructor at Glendale Community College. Gardner performs with several chamber groups, including the Fountain Hills Chamber Players and the Mill Avenue Chamber Players. He has performed with Arizona Opera, Ballet Tucson, and the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra.

Lois McElligott, piano is a PhD chemist by profession and a Grant Coordinator and Curriculum Specialist at Fountain Hills Unified School District. She has served as accompanist for many choirs and is currently the pianist with the Fountain Hills Community Chorus. She also plays for other groups, including the Fountain Hills Community Theater and East Valley Theater for Youth. She has performed at Lincoln Center in New York with the Fountain Hills High Flight Choir.
Edith Roberts, violin received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She also did graduate work at the University of New Mexico and Yale, and twice represented Cleveland at the International String Congress. Her teachers included renowned violinists Sydney Harth and Broadus Earl. Until moving to Fountain Hills in 1995, Edith taught violin and strings at various schools and musical institutions in the Cleveland area, and performed extensively in solo recitals, chamber music, and orchestral programs. She served as concert master in a number of orchestras over the decades, and was active in several musical organizations. Currently Edith is a member of Trio Con Brio and has also played with the Flagstaff Symphony, Musica Nova, and the Fine Arts Strings Orchestra. She and husband Dave will be dividing their time between AZ and OH, to spend more time with family, especially since the birth of their first grandchild!
Julie Schlafer, bassoon has a D.M.A. and M.T.E.S.L. from Arizona State University and M.M. and B.M. degrees from the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music.  She is a native of rural New York State, where her early musical training included playing the violin for her parents’ cows.  She later switched to bassoon and as a bassoonist has performed around the country and around the world with groups including the Phoenix Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Sarasota Music Festival, Texas Music Festival, and Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy.  In addition to performing with the Fountain Hills Chamber Players, she currently performs with the Red Mountain Winds and other area ensembles. She is also a freelance editor and teaches English and English as a second language privately and in local colleges.
 

Ted Scropos, cello began studying cello at age 8. By age 12 he was the youngest member of the American Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra. After retiring from a career in architecture, he resumed playing cello, dividing his time between Arizona and Florida. Currently he performs with the Fine Arts Strings Orchestra in Scottsdale, and the Musica Nova Baroque Orchestra.

Cathy Worcester, violin studied at Boise State University with Kathryn Mitchell, and at Arizona State University with Eugene Lombardi.  She has a Bachelor of Music in violin performance from Arizona State University, and a master’s degree in violin performance from Indiana University where she studied with Josef Gingold.  She has served as concertmaster of the Mesa Symphony Orchestra, Arizona Opera, and the Sun Cities Symphony of the West Valley.  Ms. Worcester performs with the Opus 2 duo ensemble and enjoys freelance and string quartet playing.  In addition, she teaches a large studio of private students.