fourth corner is an unconventional wind trio (flute, clarinet, bassoon) residing in Baltimore, Maryland. Formed at the Peabody Institute in 2007, fourth corner is becoming a staple of the chamber music scene there, performing in several concerts; they were one of two performing groups in a wind chamber music masterclass given by Baltimore Symphony Orchestra principal oboist Katherine Needleman. In addition to performing standard repertoire, they also champion works of new composers. In 2008, the trio premiered two new works, commissioned by and written for fourth corner by composers Roger Zare and Paul Mathews.
members
Sarah Schneider - flute
Gregory Marsh - clarinet
Gregory Marsh, a New Jersey native, started playing the clarinet when he was nine years old, and has been performing ever since. He received his Bachelor’s of Music Degree in Music Education from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in May of 2007. While at TCNJ, his clarinet studies were with Roger W. McKinney (former principal clarinetist of the Trenton Symphony Orchestra). Being an active performer, Mr. Marsh played with several ensembles, including the Symphony Orchestra, Woodwind Quintet, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, and Opera Orchestra.
For the duration of his undergraduate education, he was awarded the Hy Frank Memorial Music Scholarship for “a well-rounded musician.” In April of 2006, Mr. Marsh performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 with the TCNJ Symphony Orchestra as the winner of the 2005-06 TCNJ Concerto Competition. During that same year, he was inducted into the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.
Mr. Marsh is currently a second year graduate student at The Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, pursuing a Master’s of Music Degree in Clarinet Performance. His current clarinet studies are with Steven Barta (principal clarinetist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra). In his short tenure at Peabody, he has already established himself as a principal player in the Wind Ensemble, as well as an active participant in several chamber groups, including fourth corner, an octet, and performing in composition/conducting recitals.
Imani Mosley - bassoon
Imani Mosley is a professional bassoonist originally from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is currently studying at the Peabody Institute of Music after receiving a degree in performance from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. While living in New York, she performed with several orchestras and chamber groups. In 2005, she played bassoon on a special for PBS and appears on the Amici Forever concert DVD. In the same year, she played in the New York premiere of Bruce Saylor's opera, Orpheus Descending, originally premiered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. An avid chamber musician, her wind quintet Clarendon Wind Quintet studied and performed with musicians from such groups as the North Carolina Symphony, eighth blackbird, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Dorian Wind Quintet. In 2003, they were semifinalists in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. She was a part of a touring performance of Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat in 2007 and has worked with the Quintet of the Americas at the NYU Summer Institute for Wind Chamber Music.
Ms. Mosley began playing bassoon at eleven years old, receiving accolades from the North Carolina Central District Bandmaster's Association and Music Educators Association while in secondary school. She worked with musicians from the North Carolina Symphony, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Greensboro and Appalachian State University. Upon graduation from high school, she received her Arts Department Music scholarship for excellence in music education and a continued career in music. While at Appalachian State University, Ms. Mosley received an AppalPie Scholarship for her promising work in music education and at Queens College, received the Excellence in Woodwind Studies Award.
Now in her second year at Peabody, she has performed with both the Symphony and Concert Orchestras as principal, assistant principal and associate principal in addition to performing in Conductors Orchestra and Camerata, Peabody's new music student chamber ensemble. In addition to working on her Masters in Bassoon Performance under the study of Phillip Kolker, Ms. Mosley is also working on a Masters degree in Musicology. Her specialty is American and British music from 1890-1945.