Left to Right: Timothy Hagen, Johanna Borenstein, Ermily Tuan, Gina Luciani, Jim Walker
Not Pictured: Martha Long
 

Johanna Borenstein
Hometown: Boston, MA
A native of Boston, Johanna Borenstein is an avid chamber musician and orchestral player.  She has performed with dozens of orchestras across the country including the Asian-American Symphony, L.A.’s Debut Orchestra, Principal for the Stockton Symphony, and currently she is a substitute player for the San Diego Symphony.  A student at the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles, Johanna has soloed and performed extensively with the Colburn Symphony Orchestra including performances at LA’s Disney Hall and Zipper Hall.  She has also performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall and Jordan Hall in Boston.  She was the first flute to join and present a concert with Colburn’s Inaugural Chamber Music Society which included special performances with Colburn Faculty and guest artists such as LA concertmaster Martin Chalifour.  Johanna was a featured soloist in the Maestro Foundations performances of Bach Suite in B minor and the 5th Brandenburg concerto with Lucinda Carver. She has garnered two degrees in music: a Bachelors’ of Music at the Hartt School, a Masters degree at the San Francisco Conservatory, and is currently studying with Jim Walker at the Colburn School.  Previous mentors include renowned flutists Tim Day and John Wion.

Currently Ms Borenstein teaches a full studio across several LA counties and collaborates with several orchestras and chamber ensembles in concert.  She was featured in a collaborative audition workshop in Disney Hall for both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Colburn School.  Johanna has also been involved in the Colburn School’s “Outreach in Elementary Schools” music program and is an advocate for early childhood music education.

Timothy Hagen
Hometown: Lumberton, NC
Timothy Hagen is a professional studies student at the Colburn School. A balance of ambition and versatility mark his professional activities. His musicality has been recognized with several major awards, including the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship, the Leni Fé Bland Career Grant, and the Pasadena Instrumental Competition's Jack Smith Memorial Award for "Most Promising Talent." Hagen performs frequently across southern California as a founding member of the Tonoi Ensemble, as well as in various solo engagements. He has appeared in the flute sections of orchestras across the country, including the Winston-Salem Symphony (NC), the Long Bay Symphony (SC), the American Youth Symphony (CA), and the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (CA). He was also invited to perform as part of the 2006 Aspen Music Festival. In addition to his classical activities, Hagen has collaborated with some of today's leading pop artists, from Brad Paisley to Josh Groban to Michael McDonald.

Hagen devotes a great deal of time to teaching. He is a Teaching Artist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Long Beach Arts Council. He completed his Master of Music degree with honors at the University of Southern California and was elected to the honor societies of Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Kappa Phi upon graduation.

Martha Long
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Martha Long transferred to the Colburn School in 2007 from the Oberlin Conservatory. She also plays the traverso, and is fond of learning foreign languages. In her spare time she practices yoga, and is fond of elephants and stormy weather.

Gina Luciani
Information coming soon!

Emily Tuan
Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA
Currently an undergrad at the Colburn School Conservatory, Emily began her musical studies at the age of 5 beginning with the piano and continued at the age of 12 with the flute. She has been instructed under Catharine Derenzis and Dr. Martin Glicklich. Her most memorable accomplishment is her performance of the third movement of the Ibert Flute Concerto with the Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra, a perfect closing to her high school career. Along with her hobbies of entering competitions and performing for both familiar and unfamiliar faces, Emily finds an affinity for collaborating with her fellow Colburn colleagues to create improvised modern pieces. When she is not engaged in musical activities, Emily enjoys reading chick-lit novels and conservations over hot cocoa with her companions.