Meet Our Artists
Jennifer Tiboris, Executive Director (violin) and Lutz Rath, Artistic Director (cello)
Jennifer Tiboris’ passion for music has taken her all over the world. After graduating from college with a degree in English and serving as Concertmaster of New Jersey’s Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, she embarked on a professional career that has included performances with the Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, the National Opera Orchestra of Sofia, Bulgaria, the Bohulslav Martinu Philharmonic of the Czech Republic,
Dwight Beacham, organ
DWIGHT BEACHAM has played organ concerts for over forty years. He has given concerts all over the United States and in England. He has six organ recordings to his credit. This past April he played the accompaniment to the silent movie “King of Kings” here on the pipe organ at the Palace Theater. Most of Dwight’s contributions to the organ world have been “behind the scenes.” He has been employed by the largest digital classical organ company since 1975. As Vice President of Product Development/Engineering he was able to create projects like the Cavaille-Coll replica instrument that was recorded by Paris organist Naji Hakim and recently completed a digital replica of an Arp Schnitger organ originally built in 1693. Originally from Southern California, Dwight’s formal organ studies were with organist Lloyd del Castillo and continued on to receive his degree in Music from Chapman University in Orange, California. Starting at the young age of fourteen Dwight has been a church organist throughout his life. Dwight and his wife now reside in Honokaa, Hawaii.
Ray Broggini, violin
Ray Broggini, MD, studied violin in his youth with protege of Josef Gingold, Jeanette Meyer, in his hometown of Cleveland. He received his BA at Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music where he majored in biology and music. Throughout his “other” career in Medicine, he held a parallel career in music, performing with numerous ensembles in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was concertmaster of the Santa Rosa Baroque Sinfonia for 16 seasons and regularly played with Santa Rosa Symphony. He has played in chamber music workshops at Santa Rosa Junior College and Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. Since moving to Hawaii in 2004, Ray performs with the Kona Symphony groups, the Kamuela Philharmonic, and the University of Hawaii orchestras, and also teaches violin.
Lisa Lilja, Bassoon
Lisa Lilja graduated from the University of Hawaii Hilo with a degree in Performing Arts and has studied bassoon with Wayne Kawakami and Janet Polk. An active musician on the Big Island, Lisa performs with the Kona Music Society, the Kamuela Philharmonic, the Hawaii County Band, and in productions with The Palace Theater and the Kilauea Drama and Entertainment Network. She recently completed a tour as guest artist with the improvisatory ensemble Cordillera in Colorado.
Ignace Jang
An active soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, Mr. Jang is the concertmaster of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia in concert halls such as the Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Seoul Arts Center and the Sejong Cultural Arts Center in Korea. Recent guest solo appearances include the Honolulu Symphony under the baton of Music Director Samuel Wong, the Colorado Symphony with Music Director Marin Alsop, the Versailles Chamber Orchestra…
Quack Moore, piano
“QUACK” MOORE (a.k.a. Cheryl Hardwick) graduated from the Juilliard School of Music, spent 25 years with “Saturday Night Live” as Music Director/band member/composer, and was a two-time Emmy winner as a song writer for “Sesame Street”. Having left NYC to retire to Hilo in 2001, her life now revolves around the Palace Theater where she currently serves as the ‘Presiduck’ of the Board of Directors.
Susanella Noble, flute
Hailed as “Sparkling and entertaining” by The New York Times, and “Outstanding, magnificent” by The Arizona Republic, Susanella Noble was born in New York City and raised in Iowa. After completing her graduate studies at the University of Denver, she studied flute in France with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Maxence Larrieu, Alain Marion…
Michael Russell, violin
Michael Russell has been a part of the Big Island classical
music scene since the summer of 2003. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Russell was an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. His duties there included teaching violin and viola, coordinating the chamber music program, and conducting the University Symphony Orchestra. He was also a member of the Kennard Trio, the University’s Resident Piano Trio.
Veronica Salas, viola
Chilean violist Veronica Salas, earned her DMA from the Juilliard School where she studied with Lillian Fuchs. As recitalist, Ms. Salas has traveled to Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines where she played recitals and gave master classes. Ms. Salas has also given five New York recitals including her highly successful debut at Weill Recital Hall.
Cathy Young, viola
CATHY YOUNG came to Hawaii in 1992 to teach music using Suzuki’s “mother-tongue” method. She teaches private students violin, viola, and piano at the Young Music Studio and teaches instrumental and vocal music at the Malamalama Waldorf School. Last year she co-founded the Orchid Isle Youth Orchestra. Cathy plays violin and viola with the Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra, the University of Hawaii at Hilo Orchestra, and the Kona Symphony Orchestra; she also plays in various orchestras and chamber groups for Hawaii and Maui musical productions. She grew up in Alexandria, Va., graduated from Vassar College, and taught string music in Belize, Central America, as a Peace Corps volunteer. With two brothers and a sister, she performs with the Mulligan String Quartet when they can get together. Cathy’s husband, Daniel Young, is a chiropractor in Hilo; he studies cello. Their two children, Alden and Elizabeth, play violin and piano.
Ann and Paul Weber, piano and trumpet
ANN WEBER, one of the leading piano teachers in the Pittsburgh area, holds a degree in Piano Performance from the Carnegie Mellon School of Music. While at Carnegie Melon University, she was a student of Webster Aitken and continued her studies with Eunice Norton, renowned concert pianist and the student of legendary Artur Schnabel. Ann is a frequent guest soloist with the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra, is currently teaching students ranging in age from 7 to 70, and is active in Symphony South, an organization that supports the Pittsburgh Symphony and Children’s Concerts in the Washington, PA area. She has appeared in many festivals and conservatories including Oberlin, Yale, and Cincinnati, and she has concertized with the “Concert Artists”, a chamber music ensemble which toured the major cities and universities of the East Coast. Cheryl “Quack” Moore began piano studies with Ann at the age of 15 and is considered a “wonderful and dear friend” as well as one of her “most talented and successful students”. Ann and her husband Paul reside in Washington, PA and are the parents of three sons.
PAUL WEBER is the principal trumpet of the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra. He is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University and received his Master Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Roger Voisin of the Boston Symphony. During the summer he plays in a brass ensemble at Chautauqua and he is a founding member of the Thursday Morning Brass at Chautauqua. They perform throughout the season and monies raised provide a scholarship for a brass instrumental student of the Chautauqua Festival Orchestra. Paul is retired from Public School Music as Director of Instrumental Music and Conductor of Bands and Orchestra.
Jennifer Tiboris, Executive Director (violin) and Lutz Rath, Artistic Director (cello)
Jennifer Tiboris’ passion for music has taken her all over the world. After graduating from college with a degree in English and serving as Concertmaster of New Jersey’s Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, she embarked on a professional career that has included performances with the Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, the National Opera Orchestra of Sofia, Bulgaria, the Bohulslav Martinu Philharmonic of the Czech Republic,
Dwight Beacham, organ
DWIGHT BEACHAM has played organ concerts for over forty years. He has given concerts all over the United States and in England. He has six organ recordings to his credit. This past April he played the accompaniment to the silent movie “King of Kings” here on the pipe organ at the Palace Theater. Most of Dwight’s contributions to the organ world have been “behind the scenes.” He has been employed by the largest digital classical organ company since 1975. As Vice President of Product Development/Engineering he was able to create projects like the Cavaille-Coll replica instrument that was recorded by Paris organist Naji Hakim and recently completed a digital replica of an Arp Schnitger organ originally built in 1693. Originally from Southern California, Dwight’s formal organ studies were with organist Lloyd del Castillo and continued on to receive his degree in Music from Chapman University in Orange, California. Starting at the young age of fourteen Dwight has been a church organist throughout his life. Dwight and his wife now reside in Honokaa, Hawaii.
Ray Broggini, violin
Ray Broggini, MD, studied violin in his youth with protege of Josef Gingold, Jeanette Meyer, in his hometown of Cleveland. He received his BA at Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music where he majored in biology and music. Throughout his “other” career in Medicine, he held a parallel career in music, performing with numerous ensembles in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was concertmaster of the Santa Rosa Baroque Sinfonia for 16 seasons and regularly played with Santa Rosa Symphony. He has played in chamber music workshops at Santa Rosa Junior College and Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. Since moving to Hawaii in 2004, Ray performs with the Kona Symphony groups, the Kamuela Philharmonic, and the University of Hawaii orchestras, and also teaches violin.
Lisa Lilja, Bassoon
Lisa Lilja graduated from the University of Hawaii Hilo with a degree in Performing Arts and has studied bassoon with Wayne Kawakami and Janet Polk. An active musician on the Big Island, Lisa performs with the Kona Music Society, the Kamuela Philharmonic, the Hawaii County Band, and in productions with The Palace Theater and the Kilauea Drama and Entertainment Network. She recently completed a tour as guest artist with the improvisatory ensemble Cordillera in Colorado.
Ignace Jang
An active soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, Mr. Jang is the concertmaster of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia in concert halls such as the Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Seoul Arts Center and the Sejong Cultural Arts Center in Korea. Recent guest solo appearances include the Honolulu Symphony under the baton of Music Director Samuel Wong, the Colorado Symphony with Music Director Marin Alsop, the Versailles Chamber Orchestra…
Quack Moore, piano
“QUACK” MOORE (a.k.a. Cheryl Hardwick) graduated from the Juilliard School of Music, spent 25 years with “Saturday Night Live” as Music Director/band member/composer, and was a two-time Emmy winner as a song writer for “Sesame Street”. Having left NYC to retire to Hilo in 2001, her life now revolves around the Palace Theater where she currently serves as the ‘Presiduck’ of the Board of Directors.
Susanella Noble, flute
Hailed as “Sparkling and entertaining” by The New York Times, and “Outstanding, magnificent” by The Arizona Republic, Susanella Noble was born in New York City and raised in Iowa. After completing her graduate studies at the University of Denver, she studied flute in France with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Maxence Larrieu, Alain Marion…
Michael Russell, violin
Michael Russell has been a part of the Big Island classical
music scene since the summer of 2003. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Russell was an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. His duties there included teaching violin and viola, coordinating the chamber music program, and conducting the University Symphony Orchestra. He was also a member of the Kennard Trio, the University’s Resident Piano Trio.
Veronica Salas, viola
Chilean violist Veronica Salas, earned her DMA from the Juilliard School where she studied with Lillian Fuchs. As recitalist, Ms. Salas has traveled to Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines where she played recitals and gave master classes. Ms. Salas has also given five New York recitals including her highly successful debut at Weill Recital Hall.
Cathy Young, viola
CATHY YOUNG came to Hawaii in 1992 to teach music using Suzuki’s “mother-tongue” method. She teaches private students violin, viola, and piano at the Young Music Studio and teaches instrumental and vocal music at the Malamalama Waldorf School. Last year she co-founded the Orchid Isle Youth Orchestra. Cathy plays violin and viola with the Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra, the University of Hawaii at Hilo Orchestra, and the Kona Symphony Orchestra; she also plays in various orchestras and chamber groups for Hawaii and Maui musical productions. She grew up in Alexandria, Va., graduated from Vassar College, and taught string music in Belize, Central America, as a Peace Corps volunteer. With two brothers and a sister, she performs with the Mulligan String Quartet when they can get together. Cathy’s husband, Daniel Young, is a chiropractor in Hilo; he studies cello. Their two children, Alden and Elizabeth, play violin and piano.
Ann and Paul Weber, piano and trumpet
ANN WEBER, one of the leading piano teachers in the Pittsburgh area, holds a degree in Piano Performance from the Carnegie Mellon School of Music. While at Carnegie Melon University, she was a student of Webster Aitken and continued her studies with Eunice Norton, renowned concert pianist and the student of legendary Artur Schnabel. Ann is a frequent guest soloist with the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra, is currently teaching students ranging in age from 7 to 70, and is active in Symphony South, an organization that supports the Pittsburgh Symphony and Children’s Concerts in the Washington, PA area. She has appeared in many festivals and conservatories including Oberlin, Yale, and Cincinnati, and she has concertized with the “Concert Artists”, a chamber music ensemble which toured the major cities and universities of the East Coast. Cheryl “Quack” Moore began piano studies with Ann at the age of 15 and is considered a “wonderful and dear friend” as well as one of her “most talented and successful students”. Ann and her husband Paul reside in Washington, PA and are the parents of three sons.
PAUL WEBER is the principal trumpet of the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra. He is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University and received his Master Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Roger Voisin of the Boston Symphony. During the summer he plays in a brass ensemble at Chautauqua and he is a founding member of the Thursday Morning Brass at Chautauqua. They perform throughout the season and monies raised provide a scholarship for a brass instrumental student of the Chautauqua Festival Orchestra. Paul is retired from Public School Music as Director of Instrumental Music and Conductor of Bands and Orchestra.
