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Alys Terrien-Queen has demonstrated her versatility and wide musical interests in solo and chamber recitals throughout the United States and on live broadcast. A well-known Boston performer, she has given recitals at Jordan Hall, Sanders Theatre, the Boston Public library, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner and Danforth museums. Her versatility and depth of focus are demonstrated in a wide range of repertoire. She is a founding member of the ONYX chamber ensemble, with whom she toured for ten years. With soprano Maria Ferrante, she formed the duo FireStar and recently released their first CD, Sea Tides & Time, hailed by The Boston Globe as “superb”.

In addition to her performing career, Terrien-Queen teaches pedagogy at the New England Conservatory of Music and maintains a thriving private piano studio. She has taught courses in music learning at the Longy School of Music and was an assistant professor at Wheaton College for ten years. She is the recipient of grants from the Mellon Foundation and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund in support her artistic and scholarly pursuits. She has been a member of the Cognitive Development Research Group and of Project Zero at Harvard University and a music research group at New England Conservatory; and creator of the Arts Propel practice project at the Brookline Music School. Terrien-Queen has written articles on music learning for Keyboard Companion and American Music Teacher; and lectured for such groups as the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association and New England Piano Teachers' Association. She received her training at Juilliard, Barnard College, New England Conservatory of Music, the University of Nice in France, and was a fellow at Tanglewood.

Donna Gross Javel was a teenager when she was selected by the Leschetisky Association to perform at Carnegie Recital Hall under its auspices. Subsequent performances of solo and chamber music have occurred in such diverse venues as the Esterhazy Palace in Austria, the Frank Lloyd Wright Zimmerman House in New Hampshire and Ventfort Hall in Lenox, Massachusetts. A frequent Boston area performer, shel has appeared on many local concert series such as the Brookline Library Recital Series, the First Sundays Concert Series in Chelmsford, and the Classical Piano Concert Series at the Parish Center for the Arts in Westford. Her performance on "Morning Pro Musica" was broadcast live from WGBH radio in Boston and hosted by Robert J. Lurtsema. She has also performed on piano and celeste with the Boston University and Indiana University percussion ensembles.

Having received an M.M in piano performance from Indiana University, Gross Javel is also strongly committed to sharing her broad experiences with her students. She has served on the faculty of the Dana Hall Music School and the Brookline Music School where she was awarded the special status of "gifted teacher" by the school's memorable director, Larry Zukof. The school additionally supported her efforts by awarding her two faculty enrichment grants, one of which enabled her to study at the Moscow Conservatory Summer Piano Institute. Other achievements in the area of music education include co-founding and directing the Summer Chamber Music Program in West Chester, Pennsylvania, a program which evolved into the Community Music Program; a cooperative effort between West Chester University and the community. She also served as Assistant to the Director of the Young Artists Piano Program at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Donna Gross Javel serves as an adjudicator for local piano competitions and festivals and maintains a private piano studio in Waltham, MA.
 
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