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
Flutist Sarah Schneider is currently a Masters Student at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Before her studies began at Peabody, Ms. Schneider studied with Deanna Hahn-Little at Middle Tennessee State University in her home town of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. While at MTSU, Sarah won the National Flute Association’s Masterclass Performers Competition, received second place in the Beethoven Club Young Artist Competition, and won the Kentucky Young Artist Competition. In 2008, Ms. Schneider made it to the finals of the Music Teacher’s National Association Young Artist Competition in Toronto, Canada. While in Tennessee, Sarah performed with all of the McLean School of Music large ensembles, most notably with the MTSU Wind Ensemble in South Korea and China.
Sarah has performed in numerous masterclasses across the United States with such flutists as Trevor Wye, Alexa Still, Marianne Gedigian, Robert Lengevin, and most recently at the Kennedy Center for Emmanuel Pahud. While working on her Masters degree at the Peabody Conservatory with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra principal flutist Emily Skala, Sarah has performed with the Peabody Concert and Symphony Orchestras, as well as has been called a number of times to substitute with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In summer 2008, Ms. Schneider was chosen to participate in the National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition. Since fall 2008, Ms. Schneider has been the applied flute professor and instrumental repertoire teacher at the Community College of Baltimore County, Essex.
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 and Concert Orchestra, 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 received her Masters degree in Bassoon at the Peabody Conservatory after receiving a Bachelor's 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 chamber 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 National 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 and has been performing since. Upon graduation from high school, she received the Rita Goodman Scholarship (Enloe High School) 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 and at Queens College, received the Excellence in Woodwind Studies Award. She is a recipient of the Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Orchestral Scholarship at the Peabody Institute as well as the Grace Clagett Raney prize in Chamber Music for her work with fourth corner.
While studying with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra prinicpal bassoonist Phillip Kolker at Peabody, she performed with both the Symphony and Concert Orchestras as principal, assistant principal and associate principal as well as performing in Conductors Orchestra and Camerata, Peabody's student new music ensemble. She is currently finishing a Masters in Musicology at Peabody with a speciality in early 20th century British and American music. Her thesis focuses on the women of Benjamin Britten's operas and her research interests include émigré composers, contemporary opera and the aesthetics and philosophy of music.