American cellist Theodore Mook is a versatile performer, comfortable in avante-garde, classical, historical, and commercial styles. He has been a particularly active proponent of new music since 1980. After almost 30 years in New York City, he now lives in a converted 19th Century Church in rural Rhode Island, where he teaches and hosts a concert series, SwitchArts. He has taught at the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School.




John Sumerlin, violin.
A first violinist with the American, Dallas, Cincinnati, Honolulu, and Santa Fe Opera orchestras, he has appeared in recitals and as soloist with orchestra in the US, Canada,Mexico, and Europe. Formerly first violinist of the Harrington String Quartet in Texas.

Widely established as a chamber musician with Renaissance, Baroque, experimental, and collaborative music making, violinist Laura Gulley is a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic and teaches Suzuki at the RI Philharmonic Music School and studio violin at Providence College. She has performed throughout the US, Europe and Taiwan, and has contributed to CD’s released by WGBH and Telarc.



Violist and educator Gillian Gallagher studied chamber music with the Juilliard, Guarneri, Emerson, and Tokyo String Quartets. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees at The Juilliard School and has been on faculty at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, New York's Center for Arts Education, and the Berklee College of Music Summer String Program. Well-versed in many different styles of music, Gillian has performed and recorded with a broad variety of ensembles such as the avant-garde classical band Hotel Elefant, Taylor Mac's 24-hour History of Popular Music, the JACK and Attacca Quartets, and violinist and composer Mark O'Connor. Recent performances include concerts at the Park Avenue Armory, National Gallery of Art, and the Philharmonie de Paris with the new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound. Gillian studied viola with Sue Nazzaro, Mitchell Stern, Heidi Castleman, Misha Amory, and Hsin-Yun Huang.
Originally from Saratoga Springs, NY, Gillian currently lives in Providence, RI.