JULIE SCOLNIK is a concert flutist and the founding artistic director of Mistral Music, a chamber music series which since 1997 has been known for its virtuosic artists, imaginative programming, and the personal rapport she establishes with her audiences. Since her treatment and recovery from breast cancer in 2005, Scolnik has found ways to play and organize benefit concerts which raise funds for support for underserved women with the disease. The most recent include two full orchestral concerts with the world- renowned Sir Simon Rattle in Jordan Hall, Boston and at the Hotel de Ville de Paris, for the League Contre le Cancer. She has been a guest speaker at the Harvard Medical School twice a year since 2009. She lives in Boston with her husband, physicist Michael Brower, and her two cats, Daphne and Chloë. They have two adult children, also musicians: pianist Sophie Scolnik- Brower and cellist Sasha Scolnik-Brower. The three of them perform frequently together. Ms. Scolnik has released three commercial solo CDs, one entitled 'Salut d'Amour & Other Songs of Love,' with her daughter, and the other, "Bejeweled: Short Concert Gems" with harp. She just released the complete Bach flute Sonatas with her daughter in September. PARIS BLUE is her debut memoir, and is resonating across boundaries. All information at www.JulieScolnik.com
Andrew Lawrence is a graduate student and MA candidate at American University in Washington DC where he is pursuing a graduate degree in international diplomacy and national security. Andrew’s writing has appeared in front of academic panels, on the desks of members of congress and everywhere in between. He has also ghost written for members of congress and foreign ambassadors as well as countless colleagues and friends. Andrew lives by the belief that life is a celebration and in that spirit practices enthusiastic musicianship, expressive painting, and generous cooking and hosting. Academic and artistic pursuits as well as his many travels from Budapest to Rome to Moscow have shaped his openness to new experiences and his easy going and adaptable disposition.
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