The Ensemble
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Chris Nemeth
Chris Nemeth, Violin
Chris is a (sometimes) violinist. He has performed throughout United States, Latin America, Europe, and Canada, has participated in numerous festivals including the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (Blue Hill, Maine) the Ravinia Festival (Chicago, IL), and the International Youth and Music Festival (Vienna, Austria), and has been heard on Missouri Public Radio, WFMT (Chicago), and National Public Radio.
He recently relocated from Chicago to Sedgwick, ME with his wife (Tara), 2 girls (Marie, Vivi), and their dog (Zola).
Since moving to Maine, Chris has been regularly performing with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, The Baroque Orchestra of Maine (BOOM), the 45th PARALLEL ensemble, the Passamaquoddy Bay Symphony, as well as a cadre of local artist (Max Treitler, Heidi Powell, Trond Saverud, Marisa Solomon, Paul Sullivan, Tim Garrett, Laura Gallucci, Lucas Richman, Bob Hipkins, and Phil Kell).
In addition to playing the violin, Chris is a founding partner of HarborHouse Partners, a business advisory firm focused on helping Maine-based companies. He’s a big fan of cooking, tennis, English Premier League soccer, and Nordic noir crime dramas … particularly in the middle of the long, dark Maine winter.
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Laura Gallucci
Laura GaIlucci, Viola
Laura Gallucci teaches 50 students at Laura Gallucci String Studio, 1460 Hammond St., in Bangor. She is Principal viola of the Bangor Symphony, and freelances with a variety of top level groups in Maine. She is a member of the 45th Parallel Ensemble. She is co-founder of the hard folk band, St. Huckleberry, in which she has played electric viola, violin, fiddle, bass and piano. She and her husband, singer / songwriter Michael Gallucci have co-written and recorded more than 100 original pieces of music. She is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music where she studied with violist James Dunham of the Cleveland Quartet.
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Timothy Garrett
Timothy Garrett, Cello
Solo, chamber, and orchestral cellist, Timothy Garrett's eclectic career has taken him from Carnegie Hall to outdoor rock festivals, little jazz clubs, recording studios, theaters & countless other concert venues. He has been faculty or otherwise participated at the Bowdoin international music festival, the Bar Harbor music festival, the Winter Harbor music festival, the Pierre Monteaux school and the Medomak conductor's retreat to name a few. Mr. Garrett has collaborated with such notable musicians and Grammy award winning groups as Mannheim Steamroller, Ray Lamontagne, Rustic Overtones, Rachel Barton Pine & various members of professional orchestras and chamber groups from across the world. Mr. Garrett has taught at the Portland Conservatory of Music, the Maine Coast Waldorf school and since 2009 at RDL strings in Bangor, Maine. Timothy is the cofounder of the 45th Parallel Ensemble, a string trio dedicated to unearthing rarely heard masterpieces. Mr. Garrett has been a member of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra for over 20 years and also maintains an active freelance & private studio schedule. Other activities enjoyed are running a chess club, coaching cello groups & learning about history, politics, philosophy, and gardening.