Alice Weinreb

Alice Kogan Weinreb, flutist, joined the National Symphony Orchestra in 1979 under music director Mstislav Rostropovich and continued to perform with the NSO for 43 years under Leonard Slatkin, Christoph Eschenbach, and Gianandrea Noseda. Following her graduation from Brandeis University, Ms. Weinreb won a Fulbright Fellowship for study in Paris at l’École Normale de Musique, where she won the Premier Prix in flute. She is a founding member of the Capitol Woodwind Quintet and Eclipse Chamber Orchestra and performed for 24 summers at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She has premiered concertos for flute and orchestra by Truman Harris and David Teie and works for solo flute by Margaret Brouwer.

Dasha Gabay

Pianist Dasha Gabay received her BA degree from M. Mussorgsky Music College in St. Petersburg and MM degree from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory in Russia. She studied with renowned teachers and professors Galina Fedorova, Tamara Fidler, Sofia Vackman, and Sergei Urivaev. Throughout her concert career, she has performed in some of the great halls of Russia. As an accompanist, she has performed in many All-Russian and International competitions, where she has been awarded “The Best Accompaniment Diploma” three times (1995, 1997, and 1998), and participated in several recordings for St. Petersburg Radio and Television. Since immigrating to the United States in December 1998, she has been a faculty member at Levine Music and maintains a private studio in Fairfax Station, VA. In addition, she has been performing extensively throughout the Washington, D.C., area as a chamber music collaborator and accompanist. Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Dasha has been working with her friends and colleagues on organizing benefit concerts to support the humanitarian needs of the Ukrainian people, and will continue doing so for as long as it is needed.

Douglas Rogers

Douglas Rogers received his B.M. in Guitar Performance and M.M. in Guitar Performance and Pedagogy, and completed training in Suzuki Guitar. A frequent performer across the Mid-Atlantic, Douglas has been a featured guest on WHRO’s Silver Moonbeams. For more than a decade, he has lent his time and talents to charity, including performing at a benefit recital for remote regions of Haiti. Douglas has been on the Levine faculty since 2004, where he teaches guitar, Suzuki guitar, and group Suzuki guitar classes. He also teaches at the Alexandria Suzuki Guitar Institute.

Gersh Chervinsky

Gersh Chervinsky is a virtuoso violin soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and teacher. He has performed with renowned musicians including Joshua Bell, Amit Peled, and Dana Marsh. He has performed at venues such as the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, and the Friedberg and Griswold Concert Halls at the Peabody Conservatory. Gersh regularly collaborates with the Washington Bach Consort, the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, the Apollo Orchestra, and the Baltimore Baroque Band, where he serves as associate concertmaster. He is a dedicated teacher and maintains a private violin studio in Rockville, directs the Jewish Orchestra of Youth in Silver Spring, and is the head of the string department at the European Academy of Arts in Virginia.

Irina Kats

Irina Kats enjoys a career as a teacher, chamber musician, and accompanist. According to The Washington Post, she is a “splendidly able accompanist with considerable emotional power.” Ms. Kats’s career started in Russia, where she graduated with honors from Astrakhan Conservatory, and then received her PhD in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Kazan Conservatory. After moving to the US, Ms. Kats joined the Levine Music faculty in 1998. She relaunched her career, appearing at numerous venues in the Capital area, including the Kennedy Center, as well as at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall with violinist Mihai Craioveanu. Since 2012, Ms. Kats has also been on the faculty of the Illinois Chamber Music Festival and summer camp.

Jimmy Ren

Dr. Jimmy Ren began his musical training at the music school of the Central Conservatory of China. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory, and both his Master/Doctoral degrees from the University of Maryland. As a soloist, Dr. Ren took first prize in the University of Maryland’s Concerto Competition in 2019 and made his debut with the orchestra in 2022. As a chamber musician, he was a member of the University of Maryland Fellowship Woodwind Quintet from 2017-2019, with whom he had the opportunity to collaborate with the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet and Yo-Yo Ma. Dr. Ren has previously served as acting principal bassoon with Annapolis Symphony and as second bassoon with Allentown Symphony. He also made appearances with several orchestras in the D.C. area, including National Symphony, Kennedy Center Opera, Baltimore Symphony, Harrisburg Symphony and more. His primary teachers including Joseph Grimmer and George Sakakeeny. Dr. Ren currently serves as the bassoonist with the United States Army Field Band and Alexandria Symphony. He has also been in the faculty at the Levine School since 2024.

Masha Feygelson

Masha Feygelson has performed as a vocalist, pianist, and chamber musician both in the United States and abroad. She received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Piano Performance from George Mason University, where she studied with Dr. Anna Balakerskaia.

Masha teaches at Levine Music and Mason Arts Academy at GMU, as well as privately. In addition to teaching and performing, she also works as an accompanist and church pianist in the D.C. metropolitan area.

Philippe Brunet

Philippe Brunet, D.M.A., has been an active performer and educator across North America and Europe, appearing as an orchestral musician, chamber musician, and soloist. He has performed with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, The Florida Orchestra, the Naples Philharmonic, the Southwest Florida Orchestra, and for four seasons as a member of the Miami City Ballet Orchestra. He has also been heard at prestigious festivals such as the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, the Aspen Music Festival, the Dartington International Music Festival, the Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale, and the Atlantic Music Festival. Philippe is also a member of the Parkway Brass, an innovative brass quintet that performs in the Mid-Atlantic region. He is on the faculty at Levine Music and NOVA Community College, where he maintains a private teaching studio and coaches chamber music.

Robert Little

Dr. Robert Little has performed with the Houston Symphony, the United States Air Force Band, the Virginia Grand Military Band, Mpingo Clarinet Quartet, Levine Music Woodwind Quintet, Capital Symphony, and the Fairfax Wind Symphony. He completed his Bachelor of Music Education degree at Sam Houston State University. While completing his Master of Music at the University of Houston, he served as a teaching fellow. He was a second-round finalist in the ARD International Music Competition in Munich. After joining the Air Force Band, he completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The Catholic University of America. He has been recognized by the Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts for mentoring, advising, and inspiring the youth of the Commonwealth of Virginia. He currently teaches band through Levine Music at Saint Peter School on Capitol Hill. He also conducts the City of Falls Church Concert Band.

Sasha Beresovsky

Sasha Beresovsky is a graduate of New York University and Indiana University, studying most recently with Ivo Kaltchev and Jeffrey Swann. He has appeared regularly at The Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria as part of the Summer Chamber Music Series of the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association, presenting Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations in 2015. Other performances have included solo recitals at the Victor Kosenko and Mikhail Bulgakov museums in Kyiv, the Rhodes Scholar House in Oxford, UK, the Arts Barn in Surry, ME, and Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto with conductor Nathaniel Meyer and the Belmont Festival Orchestra. Sasha loves reading through the duo music of Franz Schubert with pianist friends and taking long walks along the C&O Canal.

William Hurd

William Hurd, violin, is an active chamber musician and teacher in the Washington, D.C., area. Since 2001, William has been a member of the United States Air Force Strings and has performed numerous times at the White House, Vice President’s Residence, State Department, Kennedy Center, and Grand Ole Opry. Several of William’s recordings with the Covington String Quartet can be heard on Deutsche Grammophon’s Beethoven: The New Complete Edition, released in 2020. William enjoys teaching children ages 4-18 as a Suzuki violin instructor at Levine Music and at the Herndon Suzuki School and has previously served on the faculty of the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College. William holds degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music, has participated in and performed at workshops hosted by the Juilliard and Emerson String Quartets, and has received Suzuki teacher training at institutes in the U.S. and Canada.

William Richards

William Richards is a graduate of Temple University and holds a Master of Music degree from the Catholic University of America. He performed as principal percussion and featured soloist for The United States Army Band (Pershing’s Own) in Washington, D.C., for 20 years. He has performed with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra since 1984, as well as with the National and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras. Mr. Richards has performed for the world’s greatest ballet companies, including the Bolshoi, Mariinsky (Kirov), American Ballet Theatre, and the Royal Ballet. Mr. Richards was the head of the percussion department at Howard University in Washington, D.C., from 2000 to 2022.

Zoe Kushubar

A native of South Carolina, Dr. Zoe Kushubar has developed a versatile career in the DMV over the past four years. From playing Cuban charanga, pop, and R&B to researching Eastern European folk traditions, Zoe is passionate about studying different musical styles to forge deeper connections with her students, colleagues, and listeners. In addition to joining Annapolis Symphony Orchestra last year, Zoe is establishing herself in the fields of historical performance and chamber music. She regularly plays with the Smithsonian Academy Orchestra, and she recently attended the Carmel Bach Festival as a Fellow with her period ensemble, Euterpe Quartet. She has most recently collaborated with ensembles including the Washington Commanders Marching Band, the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Handel Choir of Baltimore, Three Notch’d Road, INSeries, District Strings, and the Live Wire String Quartet. In addition to performing, Dr. Kushubar is on the string faculty at Opal Music Studio and the International School of Music.