Janet Martins, Violin

JANET MARTINS

Following the lead of her two older siblings, Janet began playing the violin at the age of 5. Currently a software programmer by profession, she is still an active musician in the community. The list of orchestras she's played with include the NH All-State Orchestra, Tufts Symphony Orchestra, Cambridge Symphony, and the Melrose Symphony Orchestra. An avid lover of chamber music, she has performed with the Tufts chamber players, Lexington Music Club, CSO Chamber Players, Fusion String Ensemble, and the Brockton Symphony Chamber Players. She also serves as a music minister at the Paulist Center in Boston. She currently studies violin with Zoia Bologovsky.

Allison Lacasse, Flute

ALLISON LACASSE

Allison Lacasse has been a music teacher in the Chelmsford Public Schools for five years. She maintains an active flute studio of over a dozen young flutists and continues to advocate for new student ensembles and performing opportunities. Recently, her teaching career has brought her to the Peabody Conservatory, where she was invited to be a guest lecturer for a music education course.

Allison is an active orchestral flutist and chamber musician in the Greater Boston area. She has performed on flute and piccolo for a number of local orchestras, including the Boston Civic Symphony, North Shore Philharmonic, Arlington Philharmonic, Fall River Symphony, Newton Symphony, New Hampshire Philharmonic, Lowell House Opera Company, Brockton Symphony, and the South County Chamber Orchestra. She has performed in notable performance halls such as Jordan Hall and Symphony Hall. Her chamber ensemble participation include concerts with the Fusion String Ensemble, the New York University Summer Chamber Music Institute in 2010, and the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival at Juilliard in the summer of 2012. 

Allison received Bachelor of Music degrees in Music Education and Performance from the University of Rhode Island (2007) and a Master of Education degree from Cambridge College (2009).