Krista Bennion Feeney has enjoyed an unusually varied career much in demand as a soloist, chamber musician, music director, and concertmaster. Krista has been a member of the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble (serving for eight years as director of chamber music) and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s since 1983, where she performs frequently in the roles of concertmaster and violin soloist. She is currently involved in rediscovering and reviving a musical sound world from the past as the founding first violinist of the Serenade Orchestra and Quartet, playing music of the late-18th and early-19th centuries on historic instruments with original instrumental configurations. From 1999-2006, she was the music director of the unconducted New Century Chamber Orchestra based in San Francisco.

She has made several solo appearances with the San Francisco Symphony (making her debut in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in e minor at age 15), with the St. Louis Symphony, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra in the world premiere of Sol Tierra Luna (a concerto written for her by Terry Riley), the Mostly Mozart Festival, and the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and at the Kennedy Center, in addition to several historic instrument ensembles.

Highlights of the 2016-2017 season included performances of Lou Harrison’s Suite for Violin and American Gamelan, in which The New York Times review stated “…the violinist Krista Bennion Feeney spun out beguiling figurations and subtle melodic twists…” and Nardini’s e minor violin concerto and Paganini’s La Campanella on historic violin with the American Classical Orchestra. Of her performance in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, she was described by The Times as “…the superb violin soloist…”

She is the founding first violinist of the DNA Quintet, Loma Mar Quartet, and Ridge String Quartet (1979-1991), which, along with pianist Rudolf Firkusny, won theDiapason d’Orand a Grammy Award nomination in 1992 for its RCA recording of Dvorak’s Piano Quintets. The DNA Quintet, comprised of the Loma Mar Quartet with the addition of bassist John Feeney, has released world-premiere recordings of string quartets and quintets of Domenico Dragonetti on historic instruments to critical and popular acclaim, bringing this uniquely beautiful music to light after being hidden for more than 165 years in the British Library. The Loma Mar Quartet has also recorded original works written for the ensemble by Paul McCartney for EMI, and its members were recently featured as soloists in Arnold Schoenberg’s Concerto for Quartet and Orchestra with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, and with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s for Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance performances. Krista studied violin with Anthony Doheny, then Isadore Tinkleman and Stuart Canin at the San Francisco Conservatory, working later at the Curtis Institute with Jaime Laredo, Felix Galimer and Mischa Schneider.

In May 2014, The Times praised Krista’s playing of a violin sonata by Jean-MarieLeclair, saying: “Her deep notes were rich and melancholy … there was a tender exuberance in both tumbles of notes and sustained phrases … a dramatic interplay of ferocity and light slyness.”

Violinist Rhiannon Banerdt made her solo debut at age 14 with the New England Symphonic Ensemble in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has since made solo and chamber music appearances at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, New York's Weill Hall at Carnegie, and Boston's Jordan Hall, among others, with performances hailed by Edith Eisler of Strings Magazine as "real music- making-concentrated and deeply felt." Ms. Banerdt is a founding member of the Ulysses String Quartet, winners of the First Prize at the 2018 Schoenfeld International Chamber Music Competition, Grand Prize at the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, First Prize at the 2017 American Prize Chamber Ensemble, and Silver Medal at the 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. The quartet are currently the first ever quartet-in- residence at GBH music in Boston, and previously served as the Graduate String Quartet in Residence at the Juilliard School for 2019-2022 academic years.

A recipient of the 2012 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award, Ms. Banerdt was invited to perform with the quartet in Jordan Hall. Other collaborations have included performances with the Emerson Quartet, the Chiara Quartet, Kim Kashkashian, Paul Biss, and Frans Helmerson. Ms. Banerdt has participated in numerous eminent chamber music festivals including La Jolla Summerfest, Ravinia's Steans Music Institute, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Taos School of Music, and the Castleman Quartet Program. Ms. Banerdt holds the position of Assistant Concertmaster with the Cape Symphony. Ms. Banerdt is currently a member of the violin and chamber music faculty at the Bloomingdale School of Music on New York City's Upper West Side. In the fall of 2024, she served as visiting professor of violin at Syracuse University's Setnor School of Music. Previously she was a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Brooklyn College 2016-2019 and a fellow at the flagship music education organization Community MusicWorks in Providence, RI from 2013-2015.

A native of Los Angeles, Ms. Banerdt attended the New England Conservatory, where she received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees with honors as a student of Lucy Chapman and Paul Biss, and the CUNY Graduate Center, where she studied with Mark Steinberg.

Eli Eban was appointed principal clarinetist of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under Lukas Foss immediately after graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music. Shortly thereafter he joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the invitation of Zubin Mehta. During thirteen seasons with the Israel Philharmonic, he performed and recorded all the major orchestral repertoire with the world's leading conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Simon Rattle, Georg Solti, Kryzstof Penderecki, and Lorin Maazel.

Eban was the featured soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra on many occasions, and he has also performed concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Salzburg Camerata Academica , the City of London Sinfonia, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Louisville Orchestra, and the Israel Camerata/Jerusalem, among others. He tours extensively as a chamber musician, collaborating with renowned artists and ensembles. He has been guest artist with the Alexander, Audubon, Orion, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv and Ying quartets and was a frequent participant of the famed Marlboro Music Festival. While at Marlboro, Eban was selected by legendary violinist Sandor Vegh to be the first wind player to perform at the prestigious IMS Prussia Cove festival in England, drawing acclaim from the London "Guardian" for his "high-powered, electrifying performances". His subsequent recordings for Meridian Records, London, were cited by critics as being "full of life and highly sensitive". He has also recorded for the Saphir, Crystal and Naxos labels. He was a member of "Myriad" (a chamber ensemble formed by members of the Cleveland Orchestra) and has often traveled to Eastern Europe to perform and teach at the invitation of the European Mozart Foundation.

Eli Eban was a visiting professor at the Eastman School of Music for two years before joining the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where he holds a distinguished ranks' Rudy professorship. His former students are pursuing active solo careers and have won orchestral positions in Israel, Denmark, Korea, Poland, Singapore, and South Africa. In the USA they can be heard in the symphony orchestras of Indianapolis, New Mexico, Toledo, the New World Symphony and in the premier service bands in Washington, D.C. He divides his time between teaching at the Jacobs School of Music, touring as a soloist and chamber musician, and serving as the principal clarinetist of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. His summers are spent performing and teaching at the Sarasota Music Festival and playing principal clarinet in the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.

Described as ”one of the finest oboe players in the country" - The Jerusalem Post; ”Expressive, wonderful player” – SZ Magazine, Germany; ”Virtuoso and Elegant” – Double Reed Magazine, Germany; and ”Outstanding”  and "the star soloist of the evening"– The New York Times -- Roni Gal-Ed is a first prize winner at the International Lauschmann Oboe Competition in Mannheim, Germany, and a recipient of scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, and from the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.

Ms. Gal-Ed has worked with leading conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Valery Gergiev, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Christian Thielemann, Sándor Végh, and Yoel Levy. As a chamber musician she collaborated with distinguished musicians such as Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaj Znaider, Johannes Moser, Mathieu Dufour, Alex Klein, Dale Clevenger, Karl Heinz Steffens, Klaus Thunemann, the Jerusalem String Quartet, and the Carmel String Quartet. A recording of a concert with the Carmel String Quartet was broadcast live on The Voice of Music in Israel, and twice on WQXR. Ms. Gal-Ed has also recorded the Hindemith Oboe Sonata and Serenade for the German radio station, Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt, as part of Hindemith's 100th birthday celebrations in Germany. Other recordings include the premieres of Oded Zehavi's "Erelim" (as a soloist with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra), and of Avner Dorman's "Jerusalem Mix."

Roni Gal-Ed has been a regular participant in music festivals around the world, including the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, the PRO Festival Rolandseck, Germany, the Verbier Music Festival, Edinburgh Music Festival, and the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado.

Endorsed by both the Oboe Maker company Buffet Crampon and Légère Reeds, Roni proudly represents them around the world.

From 2001 to 2003, Ms. Gal-Ed played with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under James Levine.  In 2003 she became the Principal Oboist of the Bavarian Kammerphilharmonie, a position she held until 2007.  In addition, she played, toured and recorded as a guest Principal Oboist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer for eight years. She performed and toured with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Bremen Kammerphilharmonie, and was a frequent guest Principal Oboist with the Stuttgart and Munich Chamber Orchestras. In November 2019 she toured and recorded with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Back in her native Israel, she served as the Principal Oboist of the Israeli Opera for one year, and then as Associate Principal with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Since moving to New York in 2009, Ms. Gal-Ed has continued to be an active Oboist, performing as a member of the American Ballet Theater Orchestra and the Jupiter Chamber Concerts Series. In 2018, she performed the U.S. premiere of Matthew Greenbaum's oboe concerto "the jig is up" at Lincoln Center. In 2022 she became the Oboist of the world renowned Dorian Wind Quintet.

Ms. Gal-Ed has studied with Paul Dombrecht at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. She then joined one of Europe’s leading oboe programs at the Musik Hochschule in Munich, under the leadership of the late Günther Passin, where she graduated with a Master’s degree.

Liri Ronen is a versatile and experienced young musician, who’s accumulated diverse styles and influences over years of performance, writing and arranging. He started playing French Horn at age 9, quickly followed by guitar and eventually piano. Playing classical music as well as folk and rock songs has led to a merged curiosity of music that exhibits the best of both worlds. Liri began to write music in high school, and while attending Bard College Conservatory for a classical performance degree, he also studied composition, orchestration and arrangement, and film scoring with Composer team James Sizemore and Howard Shore. He’s collaborated on numerous projects with the Film department at Bard as well as independent projects. In 2019 he started the “Oldies Band” club at Bard, which performed live covers of classic songs from the 50’s through the 70’s. Playing a mix of covers and originals has led to the creation of one of his iconic sets - affectionately called “The Chesterfield Supper Club” (after the iconic 40’s radio show hosted by Jo Stafford). This performance, which has been gracing weddings, gatherings and events across the Hudson Valley, includes classic recognizable songs and forgotten nostalgic tracks alongside original music that evokes a similar atmosphere.

Liri’s original music falls anywhere between rock or folk songs to full orchestral compositions; In the summer of 2022 his piece for Horn and Piano “Verdant Place” was featured in the International Horn Society Symposium, and in the summer of 2023 he ventured on a road trip tour with the band Fuel Allowance, in which they busked in the streets of iconic American cities to make enough gas money for their next destination, encircling the entire United states from East to South to West to North and back again.

His greatest inspirations include: Maurice Ravel, Richard Strauss, The Beach Boys, The Association, Love, Jo Stafford & Paul Weston, Geva Alon, Kaveret and the Mendelssohn family.