fourth corner, formed at the Peabody Institute in 2007, is becoming a staple of the chamber music scene there, performing in several concerts; they were one of two performing groups in a wind chamber music masterclass given by Baltimore Symphony Orchestra principal oboist Katherine Needleman. In addition to performing standard repertoire, they also champion works of new composers. This spring, they will be premiering a piece, commissioned for them, written by fellow Peabody student and composer, Roger Zare. This summer, they will be featured as the group in residence at the Savage Mountain Summer Arts Academy and Chamber Music Series.

Sarah Schneider - flute




Gregory Marsh - clarinet
Gregory Marsh, a New Jersey native, started playing the clarinet when he was nine years old, and has been performing ever since. He received his Bachelor’s of Music Degree in Music Education from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in May of 2007. While at TCNJ, his clarinet studies were with Roger W. McKinney (former principal clarinetist of the Trenton Symphony Orchestra). Being an active performer, Mr. Marsh played with several ensembles, including the Symphony Orchestra, Woodwind Quintet, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, and Opera Orchestra.

For the duration of his undergraduate education, he was awarded the Hy Frank Memorial Music Scholarship for “a well-rounded musician.” In April of 2006, Mr. Marsh performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 with the TCNJ Symphony Orchestra as the winner of the 2005-06 TCNJ Concerto Competition. During that same year, he was inducted into the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.

Mr. Marsh is currently a first year graduate student at The Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, pursuing a Master’s of Music Degree in Clarinet Performance. His current clarinet studies are with Steven Barta (principal clarinetist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra). In his short tenure at Peabody, he has already established himself as a principal player in the Wind Ensemble, as well as an active participant in several chamber groups, including the fourth corner wind trio, an octet, and performing in composition/conducting recitals.

For more information about Gregory Marsh, please visit his website -
http://pcm.peabody.jhu.edu/~gmarsh/

Imani Mosley - bassoon
Imani Mosley is a professional bassoonist originally from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is currently studying at the Peabody Institute of Music after receiving a degree in performance from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. While living in New York, she performed with several orchestras and chamber groups. In 2005, she played bassoon on a special for PBS and appears on the Amici Forever concert DVD. In the same year, she played in the New York premiere of Bruce Saylor's opera, Orpheus Descending, orignally premiered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. An avid chamber musician, her wind quintet Clarendon Wind Quintet studied and performed with musicians from such groups as the North Carolina Symphony, eighth blackbird, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Dorian Wind Quintet. In 2003, they were semifinalists in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. She recently finished a touring performance of Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat and worked with the Quintet of the Americas at the NYU Summer Institute for Wind Chamber Music.

Ms. Mosley began playing bassoon at eleven years old, receiving accolades from the North Carolina Central District Bandmaster's Association and Music Educators Association while in secondary school. She worked with musicians from the North Carolina Symphony, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Greensboro and Appalachian State University. Upon graduation from high school, she received her Arts Department Music scholarship for excellence in music education and a continued career in music. While at Appalachian State University, Ms. Mosley received an AppalPie Scholarship for her promising work in music education and at Queens College, received the Excellence in Woodwind Studies Award.

Ms. Mosley is also a singer/songwriter; classically trained and trained in jazz, she has performed at Alice Tully Hall and has toured throughout the south and midwest. Growing up in the theatre, she has been a part of several operas and musicals on stage, in the pit and behind the stage. In addition, she has formed several piano rock groups over the years and continues to collaborate with musicians from Nashville and New York.

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fourth corner, formed at the Peabody Institute in 2007, is becoming a staple of the chamber music scene there, performing in several concerts; they were one of two performing groups in a wind chamber music masterclass given by Baltimore Symphony Orchestra principal oboist Katherine Needleman. In addition to performing standard repertoire, they also champion works of new composers. This spring, they will be premiering a piece, commissioned for them, written by fellow Peabody student and composer,... (read more)