Luke Fleming, Founding Artistic Director
Praised by The Philadelphia Inquirer for his “glowing refinement,” violist Luke Fleming‘s performances have been described by The Strad as “confident and expressive…playing with uncanny precision,” and lauded by Gramophone for their “superlative technical and artistic execution.” Festival appearances include the Marlboro Music School and Festival, the Steans Institute at Ravinia, Perlman Music Program, the Norfolk and Great Lakes Chamber Music Festivals, the Melbourne Festival, Bravo!Vail, and Festival Mozaic. Formerly the violist of the internationally acclaimed Attacca Quartet, he has served as Artist-in-Residence for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and received the National Federation of Music Clubs Centennial Chamber Music Award. He was awarded First Prize at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and top prizes at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.
In 2015, Mr. Fleming became the Founding Artistic Director of both the Manhattan Chamber Players, a New York-based chamber music collective, and the Crescent City Chamber Music Festival. He currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Viola at the University of New Orleans School of the Arts. He is also a founding member of the Delaware-based Serafin Ensemble. He has performed as guest violist with the Escher, Modigliani, and Pacifica Quartets, the Eroica, Lysander, and Gryphon Piano Trios, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Decoda, Ensemble Connect, Sejong Soloists, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the New York Classical Players, and has given masterclasses at UCLA, Louisiana State University, Ithaca College, Columbus State University, Syracuse University, Melbourne University, and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, among others. Mr. Fleming has served on the faculties of the Atlantic Music Festival, Innsbrook Institute, Renova Music Festival, Festival del Lago, and Houston ChamberFest, and Fei Tian College and as Lecturer-in-Residence for Project: Music Heals Us.
Mr. Fleming holds the degrees of Doctor of Musical Arts, Artist Diploma, and Master of Music from the Juilliard School, a Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music in London, and a Bachelor of Music summa cum laude from Louisiana State University. He is represented with the Manhattan Chamber Players by Arts Management Group.
Daniella Greene, Festival Manager
Daniella Greene is a passionate violinist, teacher, and budding arts administrator. She is currently the teaching assistant for Professor Yvonne Lam at Michigan State University, where she is pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts. She is also on faculty at the MSU Community Music School as a Suzuki violin teacher. She received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Akron, and graduate degrees in Suzuki Pedagogy and Music Performance from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford.
An active performer, Ms. Greene has performed with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Connecticut Virtuosi Ensemble, Foot in the Door contemporary ensemble, and the Lions Gate Trio. She has also attended festivals such as Meadowmount, Kent-Blossom, Encore, and Festival del Lago in Mexico. During her time at the Hartt School, she taught chamber music through the Community Music Division, in addition to directing a Suzuki program at a local Montessori school and maintaining her own private violin studio. As an arts administrator, Ms. Greene has worked with educational programs and professional ensembles, and has previously held positions with the Hartt School, Lions Gate Trio, and Crescent City Chamber Music Festival.
Charlotte Tyhurst, Festival Manager
Cellist Charlotte Tyhurst was born and raised in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario and fell in ‘love at first symphony’ playing in the local youth orchestra. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver studying with Eric Wilson and a Master’s at the Université de Montréal, studying with Yegor Dyachkov. While she is a dedicated orchestral musician, having played in the Thunder Bay Symphony, the Kamloops Symphony, and the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, she also has a special place in her heart for chamber music, having been fortunate enough to perform at many festivals all across Canada from British Columbia to Newfoundland, as well as in Mexico and France. Ms. Tyhurst is currently completing a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law at McGill University, but the cello is never far from arms’ reach as she continues to pursue freelance work in her current home city of Montreal.
