Join us for a show about music, bringing you great musicians and fantastic sound from Audio Recording Studio.

In this episode: our host and producer, Liz Huff, and our guests, violinist Kim Gomez, violist Lisa Boyko, and cellist Bryan Dumm - all three are members of The Cleveland Orchestra (CTO at Blossom runs July 3-September 11), as well as various chamber music ensembles including Cleveland Chamber Collective (concert on 8/29/21 with Lisa and Kim). Audio engineering by Bruce Gigax. Theme music by Ryan Charles Ramer, video for archives by Nate Lockwood, cover art by Alexandra Harsha, VO by Randall Fusco. If you want to support the show, go to PayPal @AndNowTheMusic, and thank you!

Program: J. S. Bach - Solo work for violin, two movements; W. A. Mozart - Adaio and Rondo from Duo in G-major for violin and viola; Ernst von Dohnanyi - March and Finale from Serenade in C-major for string trio.

A member of The Cleveland Orchestra since 1990, Kim Gomez studied at the Peabody  Conservatory, then earned a bachelor of music degree and an artist diploma from the  Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was a concerto competition winner. Her  teachers have included David Cerone, Josef Gingold, Daniel Heifetz, Virginia  Schneider, David Updegraff, Donald Weilerstein, and Mimi Zweig. 

Ms. Gomez has appeared on three occasions as a soloist with the Louisville Symphony  Orchestra and solo appearances with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the  Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Ms. Gomez  grew up in a musical family; her mother, Dorothy Nolen, was a singer. 

Ms. Gomez and her husband, James, have five children: Dorothy, James Jr., Manuel,  Mariana, and Cecilia. Ms. Gomez enjoys running, reading, and singing in her church  choir. 

Lisa Boyko joined The Cleveland Orchestra in 1991, after serving as a member of the  New Orleans Symphony, Toronto Symphony, and the Minnesota Orchestra. Born in  Cleveland and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Ms. Boyko studied for two years in Vienna at  the Musikgymnasium and the Hochschule für Musik. In 1985, she received a bachelor  of music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), where she was a student  of Robert Vernon. 

Ms. Boyko has appeared as alumni soloist with the Cleveland Institute of Music  Chamber Orchestra in the Cleveland premiere of Darius Milhaud’s Concertino d’été and  continues to perform regularly in solo recitals and chamber...