Ensemble Resonance came together at week-long international music conference focusing on the music of Gurdjieff / de Hartmann near
San Francisco in June 2000. The group is comprised of 3-6 musicians from both the USA and France, depending on the repertoire being explored. Ensemble
Resonance has made several visits to both sides of the ocean, rehearsing, recording and concertizing. Their acclaimed CDs, 'Resonance I and II', are
compiled from live concerts and studio sessions at the Rochester Folk Art Guild. The American members are part of The Rochester Folk Art Guild, an
organization dedicated to searching for the wisdom contained in the music and crafts traditions of the world. During the 2007 season they will give
three performances at the Guild as part of the new concert series "Legacies" - the result of a grant awarded by Rockefeller Philanthropy Associates, through
the New York State Music Fund.
Paul Schliffer was a pupil of Robert Willoughby at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and later worked with the renowned flute virtuoso
Marcel Moyse. Paul is a founding member of the early Rochester Folk Art Guild music group Three Musicians, and can be heard on their recordings.
He often collaborates with acclaimed flutist Carol Wincenc, with Matthew Shubin and the Pittsford Camerata, and Michael Hunter, concertizing widely in the
United States and abroad.
Matthew Shubin was principal bassoonist of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra from 1970-1975 and then joined the Cleveland Orchestra as
associate principal. Over the years he has appeared at the summer music festivals of Tanglewood, Aspen, Blossom, and Apple Hill, and taught on the music
faculties of Macalestar College and Baldwin Wallace College. He currently teaches and plays at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music in New Hampshire,
and is often heard with Ensemble Resonance and the baroque chamber group Pittsford Camerata. Matthew has performed and taught all over the globe, most
recently in Chengdu, China, Quito, Ecuador, and Paris, France.
Michael Hunter studied piano with Myron Myers and has degrees in performance and musical literature from Rhodes College and graduate study in
musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Michael has worked as accompanist and vocal coach in the studio of Marjorie Lawrence, a
leading soprano with the Paris and Metropolitan Operas. He appears frequently in chamber music concerts with Matthew Shubin and Paul Schliffer.
