Five is a Company!

Simon Maurer, violin, grew up in Switzerland in a family of six children, all of whom became professional musicians. He performs chamber music and solo throughout the eastern US, Europe and China. A founding member of Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, he has performed with them for over 24 years. He is also a member of the Trio Clavino and the Ravel Trio. He teaches violin, viola, cello and bass.

Agnes Maurer, viola, is a native of France. At the age of sixteen, she joined the Ensemble Instrumental Andrée Colson. In 1976, she came to the US and studied with Karen Tuttle at the Peabody Conservatory. She is Principal Violist with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia, with Allentown Symphony, with Anthracite Philharmonic, and with the Shippensburg Festival Orchestra.

Steven Framil, cello, is the music director & conductor of Camerata Philadelphia, is currently the Symphony Orchestra music director at Eastern University.

Daniel Lau, a versatile pianist, violinist and conductor, attended Loma Linda University, where he served as concertmaster of the orchestra and 1st violinist of the LLU String Quartet. Graduating with a BA in Piano Performance – high honors, he won the coveted Dean’s Award. He then attended the Peabody Conservatory, becoming a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda honorary society. His major teachers include Lillian Freundlich, Anita Norskov Olsen, Samuel Sanders, and Jerome Lowenthal. He is currently Assistant Professor of Music at Washington Adventist University.

Li-Ly Chang pianist, composer, chamber musician, has performed in Asia, Europe and US. This July she was invited to perform in Peking and Shanghai, China.

Program: String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 581, Faure – Piano Quartet in C Minor and John Corigliano – Gazebo Dances for piano duet with Li-Ly Chang.