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   Avalyn ......."beautiful breath of life"

 There is nothing quite like 2 clarinets and bassoon playing Bach, Handel, Albeniz, Joplin, and de Falla.  

            The reeds blend beautifully into one unique sound.

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Christine Fell
Christine has serenaded audiences for many summers on the Phillips Exeter Academy Library's concert series and recently with the Merrimack Valley Symphony.  She studied music at Ithaca College and SUNY College at Purchase, NY.  Christine considers herself fortunate to have studied with the world-renowned clarinetist, (the late) David Weber, who had a beautiful sound and bel canto approach to playing.
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Nancy Fiske
Nancy loves playing chamber music and considers it a conversation among good friends. She has performed in many chamber concerts throughout the Greater Boston area, as well as on WGBH Radio and WMUR TV.. She graduated with honors from The Boston Conservatory of Music and studied privately with Cal Opperman and Naomi Drucker in New York. Nancy also plays recorders and performs with several local groups including The Boston Recorder Orchestra, Pipers for Peace, Fiske'nFell Clarinet Duo with Christine, and Jumpstart Contra Dance Band where she tries to keep up with the fiddlers!  She lives in Fremont with the best cat in the world.
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Maria Isaak
Maria received her masters in music from New England Conservatory in Boston.  She has worked as a freelance bassoonist throughout New England including with Portland Symphony, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Musicians of Wall Street, Walker Chamber Series, Central Mass Symphony, New Hampshire Philharmonic, Great Waters Music Festival, Boston Philharmonic, Bangor Symphony, Great Bay Symphony Orchestra and many others.  In addition, she performed concerti and played with orchestras in California, China, and Chile.  Maria currently sits on the faculty of the Concord Community Music School and Saint Paul's School.  Maria makes her home in Durham, NH with her husband Nick, where they are working to raise their 3 children, dogs, cats, and ducks.
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