The flute studios of Lisa Cella and Lori Kesner present Our Space, a newly created series centered on pedagogical issues of performance and style and the work of young rising stars in the flute world. This series culminates with a concert given by the Angora Ensemble. Their program will feature:

• Piano Trio in D minor, Op.49 — Felix Mendelssohn
• Assobio A Jato (The Jet Whistle) — Heitor Villa-Lobos
• Deux poèmes de Ronsard, Op. 26 — Albert Roussel
• Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) — George Crumb

Flutist Eric Maul is quickly establishing himself as a champion of chamber music, both new and old. He has performed works such as the Debussy Trio, the Bach Coffee Cantata, Barber Summer Music, and many other. In addition to performing the classics, Eric has been apart of commissioning and/or premiering a wide variety of new music pieces. As a member of Ensemble Encanto, he was apart of the ‘Voces de Lorca’, a project setting the children’s poem of Fredrico Lorca to the music of composers such as Douglass Buchanan, Stephen Yip, and Sean Brennan. He was part of the world premiere Frances Pollock ‘God As She Makes This Earth’, a piece for Soprano and chamber orchestra. A Citizen Artist, Eric believes music can and should be used to help the local community. Eric holds a Bachelors of Music from the Peabody Institute and a Masters of Music from the New England Conservatory. His teachers include Laurie Sokoloff, famed international virtuoso Marina Piccinini, and ‘American Treasure’ Paula Robison. He currently lives in Boston, MA. 

Mezzo soprano Delaney Rosen, who has been praised in The Baltimore Sun for her “tender tone”and “sensitive phrasing” is quickly establishing herself as an adept singer of both opera and art song. Her repertoire includes Rebecca Nurse in The Crucible, Mallika in Lakme, Adalgisa in Norma, Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the title role in Carmen, the alto solo in The Verdi Requiem, Ravel’s Chansons Madecasses and Sheherazade and Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn. She has performed with Washington National Opera, Baltimore Concert Opera, Lyric Opera Baltimore, The Art Song Preservation Society of New York, Opera AACC, and Peabody Opera Theater. She is a graduate of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where she studied with acclaimed divas Marianna Busching and Phyllis Bryn-Julson. She currently studies with mezzo soprano Theodora Hanslowe, and lives in Baltimore with her cat, Misty. 

Pianist Hui-Chuan Chen leads a diverse career as a chamber musician and educator. She was the awards winner of the Wonderlic piano competition in Baltimore, The International Music festival in Siena, Italy, Kaohsiung City Competition, Taiwan, National Taiwan Normal University Piano Competition and Kawai Piano competition, Taiwan. After finishing her Doctoral of Musical Arts degree at Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Hui-Chuan devoted herself as a teacher. She taught at Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and Peabody Preparatory. She also served as board member for JoyStar, a Baltimore-based education center as board member and faculty. She is currently faculty at University of Maryland Baltimore County and Washington Conservatory of Music, Washington D.C.