Meet the extraordinary musicians who will perform in the Winter 2026 concert in the Four Seasons in Music series:
Kathryn Lockwood, Viola and Artistic Director originally from Down Under, leads an active career as Musician, Educator and Artistic Director. She initially traveled to the US to study for one year in Los Angeles at USC…that was 30 years ago and she is still here! Kathryn first moved to Chicago and then to New York which is now her home. Her childhood dreams to be a chamber musician came true first as the violist of Pacifica Quartet, then the Lark Quartet. And now the very unique viola and percussion duo with her husband, Yousif Sheronick. For the last five years Kathryn has been keeping busy as artistic director of the Four Seasons in Music concert series at the Sands Point Preserve, Long Island, NY, where duoJalal is in residence. Kathryn is currently tenured faculty at and at the John Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, previously serving on the faculty at University of Massachusetts/Amherst, Rutgers University in NJ, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Music Institute of Chicago, and National Music Camp in Australia. Recently appointed Curator of the Immersive Residency Program at Montclair State University, she oversees weeklong residency visits of internationally renowned artists and groups.
A dynamic and versatile percussionist, Yousif Sheronick grew up in Iowa in a Lebanese family. Having studied classical percussion through a Masters degree at Yale, Yousif went on to study music from Brazil, India, Africa and the Middle East which he seamlessly incorporates into his playing. Yousif’s unique skills in both World and Classical music have led him to perform with a diverse range of ensembles and musicians including Philip Glass, Yo-Yo Ma, Laurie Anderson, Ethos Percussion Group, Lark Quartet, Silk Road Ensemble, Branford Marsalis, Sonny Fortune, Glen Velez and Paul Winter. In demand as an educator, Yousif has conducted residencies and master classes at top universities including Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, University of Michigan, the Queensland Conservatorium and National University in Australia. With increasing demand from drummers around the world, Yousif established his online frame drum school www.framedrumschool.org which has enrolled over 1100 students from 69 countries. A feature article in Drum! Magazine highlighted Yousif’s versatility in an article titled “At The Corner of the World”.
duoJalal (Ensemble in Residence) “are fearless seekers and synthesizers of disparate instruments and cultures” raves the Toronto Star. Like the marriage between Kathryn Lockwood and Yousif Sheronick, their music represents an organic amalgam of cultural traditions and musical styles. Audiences are enthralled as an Australian violist ignites her instrument with passion – one minute embodying a medieval rebec, the next a contemporary violist playing Philip Glass. Yousif, of Lebanese descent, dazzles as he manipulates multiple sounds on an array of hand drums followed by intoxicating melodies on vibraphone. duoJalal moves from Classical to Klezmer, Middle Eastern to Jazz, with a skillful confluence that is natural, exploratory, and passionate. duoJalal has performed throughout the United States, Australia and Brazil regularly performing world premieres of works composed or arranged for the group by Philip Glass, Andrew Waggoner, Derek Bermel, Kenji Bunch, Evan Ziporyn, Eve Beglarian and John Patitucci. Kathryn and Yousif are co-artistic directors and ensemble in residence of the Telluride MusicFest. A festival housed in a gorgeous mountain home situated at 10,000 feet!
WINTER GUEST ARTISTS:
Praised for her “beautiful tone and nuanced phrasing” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), violinist Rebecca Fischer is sought after as a highly expressive, intuitive performer. Rebecca is the concertmaster of Baroklyn, an ensemble run by pianist Simone Dinnerstein, and a core member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra. One half of The Afield, a multidisciplinary collaboration combining new and original compositions for violin and voice with video and other media, she has performed around the world. As first-violinist for 18 years with the Chiara Quartet, she recorded and premiered many works and held residencies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harvard University. Rebecca teaches at the Mannes School of Music and serves as Executive Director of Greenwood Music Camp. Her book of essays The Sound of Memory: Themes from a Violinist’s Life was released in April of 2022. She holds degrees from Columbia University and The Juilliard School.
Karla Donehew Perez, Violin, is a founding member of the GRAMMY-winning Catalyst Quartet as well as an acclaimed soloist, educator, and creative collaborator with numerous world-class artists and ensembles. Since the 2010 founding of the Catalyst Quartet, Donehew Perez has dazzled audiences as a key contributor to the ensemble’s “intense vitality and finesse” (Gramophone). She has performed as a soloist with multiple major U.S. orchestras and chamber ensembles, earning honors including an MPOWER Grant from the Sphinx Organization, as well as grants from Chamber Music America and New Music USA. She is currently a professor of violin studies at the Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Christine Lamprea is a dynamic artist with a reputation as a firebrand cellist with a “commitment to the highest standards” (Palm Beach Daily News). Recent performances include the Schumann concerto at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, the premiere of a concerto written for her by Jeffrey Mumford, as well as a last minute replacement for Lynn Harrell with Symphony Silicon Valley. As a recitalist, Christine recently performed premieres of her own arrangements of Colombian music for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the Colombian Ambassador to the United States. Other credits include Illinois’ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Florida’s Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, and the Washington Performing Arts Society. Ms. Lamprea began her concert career in 2013 upon winning Astral Artists’ National Auditions, the Sphinx Competition, and the Schadt National String Competition. She has since performed with orchestras such as the Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, and the San Antonio Symphony. In 2018, she received the Sphinx Medal of Excellence for her contributions to the field as an artist of color.
Lauded for his “admirable suppleness and beauty of tone” (Allan Kozinn) Bixby Kennedy is one of the most versatile clarinetists of his generation. He has performed concerti with orchestras including the Minnesota Orchestra, Houston Symphony, and New Haven Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Bixby has performed throughout the US and Europe in venues including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Kennedy Center, Marlboro Music Festival, and is the clarinetist for the “explosive” chamber ensemble Frisson. An advocate for contemporary music, in Fall 2025 he joins the storied New York New Music Ensemble which specializes in the contemporary and forward thinking repertoire of our time. He has appeared as a guest artist with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and his performances were featured on national radio broadcasts. As an orchestral musician, Bixby has performed with the MET Opera, NY Philharmonic, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and The Knights in addition to regular engagements with New Haven Symphony Orchestra. On period instruments, Bixby has performed classical repertoire on original and replica instruments throughout the US. He is an alumni member of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect and works as a teaching artist throughout the US. As an arranger, his works have been performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Schumann, Frisson, Ensemble Connect, and Symphony in C. He loves traveling, trying new foods, laughing, hiking, playing tennis, and spending time with his family. Bixby is represented by Thomas Parker and performs on Backun instruments.