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Besides their principal instruments, Susan and Elise perform on piano and Laura also performs on horn, making for nearly limitless combinations of the three instruments. These three friends share their talents with audiences and promote the works of living composers as well as enlivening the classical repertoire with their wit and charm. The group presented three world premieres in their inaugural season.

Here is what Composer Carol Worthey has to say about the composition:

L. Elise Carter, flute, performed her debut solo recital at Weill recital hall in Carnegie hall in 2005. She followed up this performance with another performance in 2007 at Weill recital hall as part of Artist International’s Alumni Series. As well as her solo endeavors, Ms Carter is a member of the Uptown Flutes which debuted at Carnegie hall in 2002 and the Apollo Quintet which was a New York fixture for ten years. She performs regularly with the Garden State Philharmonic and Verismo Opera, the Blue Hill Troupe, the Ibex Chamber Orchestra and others. She has given concerts in New York City venues such as Central Park Summer Stage, Trinity Church Noonday Series on Wall Street and St John the Divine.

    Soloing, Ms. Carter has performed the Mozart Flute Concerto in G, the Griffes Poem, and the Vivaldi piccolo concertos with the North Jersey Symphony and the Christ Church Orchestra. She can be heard on CDs such as Into the Next Dimension with guitarist and composer Dave Calkins which was heard widely on National Public Radio; A Flute Renaissance, An Uptown Christmas and 21st Century Gems with the Uptown Flutes; and Waiting for Love, a children’s cantata by G. Chiusano and M. Hochman.

    As well as a performer, Ms Carter is an award-winning composer, and is published by Falls House Press. Her composition Gypsy Dance was chosen as the audition piece for the National High School Flute Choir Competition in 2007. Her composition entitled Triptych for Flutes was premiered by the National High School Flute Choir at the 2009 National Flute Convention. She has studied with Katherine Hoover for composition and has studied flute with Stephanie Jutt, Linda Wetherill, Thomas Robertello, Julius Baker, Bart Feller and Diva Goodfriend-Koven. Ms Carter received her bachelor of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is music director at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dumont, NJ, and was the subject of the documentary entitled: Debut: the Road to Carnegie which can be found at www.calkinsmedia.com.

    Ms. Carter is Adjunct Professor at Drew University and President of the New Jersey Flute Society.

Susan LaFever, horn, has been a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician in concerts throughout the United States, Western Europe, Mexico and Japan. Reviewed by the New York Times, she was called "bold and striking" with "a confident lyric quality".

    As a recitalist, Ms. LaFever has appeared at the American Landmark Festivals at Federal Hall, St. Bartholomew’s Tuesday Chapel Concerts, and the Noonday Concert Series at St. Paul’s Chapel, all in Manhattan. Outside of Manhattan, she has performed at the Brooklyn Museum Sunday Afternoon Concert Series, Queens College and Downtown Music at Grace, White Plains, NY, among others.

    Soloing with orchestras, Ms. LaFever has been in front of such groups as the Doansburg Chamber Orchestra, Rutgers University Orchestra, South Orange Symphony Orchestra and with Bergen Youth Orchestra who asked for a return engagement.

    Ms. LaFever performs extensively as a chamber musician, and as a member of various groups, has played in major metropolitan concert halls and on TV and radio, including Weill (Carnegie) Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, Town Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, and Royal Albert Hall in London. She appeared live on CBS as part of the musical opening the 2005 Women’s Tennis Finals at center court, US Open with Idina Menzel, star of Broadway’s Wicked, and Il Divo, pop/classical male vocal group. She has also been heard live on WAMC's "Performance Place" hosted by Paul Elisha in Albany, and on national TV in Mexico City.

    A graduate of the University of Nebraska and Manhattan School of Music, Ms. LaFever is Principal Horn of the Doansburg Chamber Ensemble and Third Horn of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra. She is a former co-principal of the Sarasota Opera, former fourth horn of the New Jersey Opera Festival and she has subbed on Broadway in The Lion King, The Sound of Music and Cats. Ms. LaFever maintains a private studio and has given master classes at the University of Iowa, Western Illinois University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara as well as performances at the Northeast Horn Workshops '06, '08, '10 and Kean University.

Laura Ravotti, piano, has been performing professionally since 1986, starting in Nashville, TN, where she was rehearsal accompanist for the Nashville Ballet, staff accompanist at Vanderbilt University, and a substitute horn player with the Nashville Symphony. Ms. Ravotti then went on to perform in Branson, MO  where she backed up such entertainers as Bob Hope, Wayne Newton, Andy Williams, Sherri Lewis & Lambchop, Lorrie Morgan and Brenda Lee.  In 2000, Laura moved to New York City where she played on Broadway in Cats , Off-Broadway in Phantom of the Opera, Nunsense Amen and toured with West Side Story in Taiwan. She has performed at numerous halls such as Town Hall and Carnegie Hall and has played with the NJ Pops and Greenwich Symphony.

    Currently, Ms. Ravotti is the pianist/organist for the Taghkanic Chorale, as well as serving as the assistant conductor. For the past 8 years, Laura has been the Music Dept. Chairperson at the Academy of Mount St. Ursula in the Bronx. Presently, Laura is Director of Music at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Croton-on-Hudson, NY and also manages a private studio where she gives instruction on piano and horn and is a sought-after coach for up-and-coming young voice and string virtuosos.

    Ms. Ravotti is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University, where she received her BFA in piano performance with a minor in horn. She also holds a Master’s degree in piano performance from Bowling Green State University.

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Besides their principal instruments, Susan and Elise perform on piano and Laura also performs on horn, making for nearly limitless combinations of the three instruments. These three friends share their talents with audiences and promote the works of living composers as well as enlivening the classical repertoire with their wit and charm. The group presented three world premieres in their inaugural season.

Here is what Composer Carol Worthey has to say about the composition:

L. Elise Carter, flute, performed her debut solo recital at Weill recital hall in Carnegie hall in 2005. She followed up this performance with another performance in 2007 at Weill recital hall as part of Artist International’s Alumni Series. As well as her solo endeavors, Ms Carter is a member of the Uptown Flutes which debuted at Carnegie hall in 2002 and the Apollo Quintet which was a New York fixture for ten years. She performs regularly with the Garden State Philharmonic and Verismo Opera, the Blue Hill Troupe, the Ibex Chamber Orchestra and others. She has given concerts in New York City venues such as Central Park Summer Stage, Trinity Church Noonday Series on Wall Street and St John the Divine.

    Soloing, Ms. Carter has performed the Mozart Flute Concerto in G, the Griffes Poem, and the Vivaldi piccolo concertos with the North Jersey Symphony and the Christ Church Orchestra. She can be heard on CDs such as Into the Next Dimension with guitarist and composer Dave Calkins which was heard widely on National Public Radio; A Flute Renaissance, An Uptown Christmas and 21st Century Gems with the Uptown Flutes; and Waiting for Love, a children’s cantata by G. Chiusano and M. Hochman.

    As well as a performer, Ms Carter is an award-winning composer, and is published by Falls House Press. Her composition Gypsy Dance was chosen as the audition piece for the National High School Flute Choir Competition in 2007. Her composition entitled Triptych for Flutes was premiered by the National High School Flute Choir at the 2009 National Flute Convention. She has studied with Katherine Hoover for composition and has studied flute with Stephanie Jutt, Linda Wetherill, Thomas Robertello, Julius Baker, Bart Feller and Diva Goodfriend-Koven. Ms Carter received her bachelor of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is music director at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dumont, NJ, and was the subject of the documentary entitled: Debut: the Road to Carnegie which can be found at www.calkinsmedia.com.

    Ms. Carter is Adjunct Professor at Drew University and President of the New Jersey Flute Society.

Susan LaFever, horn, has been a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician in concerts throughout the United States, Western Europe, Mexico and Japan. Reviewed by the New York Times, she was called "bold and striking" with "a confident lyric quality".

    As a recitalist, Ms. LaFever has appeared at the American Landmark Festivals at Federal Hall, St. Bartholomew’s Tuesday Chapel Concerts, and the Noonday Concert Series at St. Paul’s Chapel, all in Manhattan. Outside of Manhattan, she has performed at the Brooklyn Museum Sunday Afternoon Concert Series, Queens College and Downtown Music at Grace, White Plains, NY, among others.

    Soloing with orchestras, Ms. LaFever has been in front of such groups as the Doansburg Chamber Orchestra, Rutgers University Orchestra, South Orange Symphony Orchestra and with Bergen Youth Orchestra who asked for a return engagement.

    Ms. LaFever performs extensively as a chamber musician, and as a member of various groups, has played in major metropolitan concert halls and on TV and radio, including Weill (Carnegie) Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, Town Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, and Royal Albert Hall in London. She appeared live on CBS as part of the musical opening the 2005 Women’s Tennis Finals at center court, US Open with Idina Menzel, star of Broadway’s Wicked, and Il Divo, pop/classical male vocal group. She has also been heard live on WAMC's "Performance Place" hosted by Paul Elisha in Albany, and on national TV in Mexico City.

    A graduate of the University of Nebraska and Manhattan School of Music, Ms. LaFever is Principal Horn of the Doansburg Chamber Ensemble and Third Horn of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra. She is a former co-principal of the Sarasota Opera, former fourth horn of the New Jersey Opera Festival and she has subbed on Broadway in The Lion King, The Sound of Music and Cats. Ms. LaFever maintains a private studio and has given master classes at the University of Iowa, Western Illinois University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara as well as performances at the Northeast Horn Workshops '06, '08, '10 and Kean University.

Laura Ravotti, piano, has been performing professionally since 1986, starting in Nashville, TN, where she was rehearsal accompanist for the Nashville Ballet, staff accompanist at Vanderbilt University, and a substitute horn player with the Nashville Symphony. Ms. Ravotti then went on to perform in Branson, MO  where she backed up such entertainers as Bob Hope, Wayne Newton, Andy Williams, Sherri Lewis & Lambchop, Lorrie Morgan and Brenda Lee.  In 2000, Laura moved to New York City where she played on Broadway in Cats , Off-Broadway in Phantom of the Opera, Nunsense Amen and toured with West Side Story in Taiwan. She has performed at numerous halls such as Town Hall and Carnegie Hall and has played with the NJ Pops and Greenwich Symphony.

    Currently, Ms. Ravotti is the pianist/organist for the Taghkanic Chorale, as well as serving as the assistant conductor. For the past 8 years, Laura has been the Music Dept. Chairperson at the Academy of Mount St. Ursula in the Bronx. Presently, Laura is Director of Music at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Croton-on-Hudson, NY and also manages a private studio where she gives instruction on piano and horn and is a sought-after coach for up-and-coming young voice and string virtuosos.

    Ms. Ravotti is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University, where she received her BFA in piano performance with a minor in horn. She also holds a Master’s degree in piano performance from Bowling Green State University.