Raleigh Camerata - About Our Musicians

Our Musicians:

Dr. Kelly Nivison, Baroque flute, Artistic Director, is the Co-Director of Bands at Ravenscroft School, and performs regularly with the Durham Symphony, Carolina Philharmonic, Mallarme, and North Carolina Baroque Orchestra. She has previously performed with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, Indy Baroque Orchestra's Ensemble Voltaire, and the Bourbon Baroque Orchestra as well as several modern orchestras and ensembles. Kelly is a frequent guest artist at local universities, and has performed and given master classes at Methodist University, UNC-Greensboro, East Carolina University, and for the Raleigh Area Flute Association. She has won the National Flute Associations Graduate Research Competition (2018), been a semifinalist in the NFA’s Baroque Flute Artist competition, and won second place in the Indy Baroque Orchestra’s concerto competition (2014). She received her doctorate in historical flute performance at the Early Music Institute at Indiana University in 2017, and additionally holds degrees from Florida State University (MMus) and Appalachian State University (BMus). Dr. Nivison also teaches flute, saxophone, and piano privately in the Raleigh, NC area.

Jennifer Streeter, harpsichordist, has performed throughout the United States and Europe with critically acclaimed ensembles such as the North Carolina, Indianapolis, and Seattle Baroque Orchestras, Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble, Alkemie, Raleigh Camerata, and as concerto soloist with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic, North Carolina Baroque, and Indiana University Baroque Orchestras. She has been a featured artist at the Bloomington, Magnolia, and Amherst Early Music Festivals and on the nationally syndicated radio show Harmonia. She holds masters’ degrees in harpsichord and recorder from the Early Music Institute at Indiana University, studying with Elisabeth Wright and Eva Legêne. Originally from Europe, she now calls Cary, NC home where she is a freelance performer, recorder and harpsichord teacher, and Myofascial Release therapist.

Free-lance musician Allison Willet followed in the footsteps of her grandmother, who was also a violinist. She began playing the violin at age 6, but was eager to learn many more instruments including the clarinet and piano. Allison graduated summa cum laude from Appalachian State University in 2006 with a degree in violin performance. She completed a master's degree in 2008 in violin performance at the graduate school of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In addition to modern and baroque violin, treble, tenor, and bass viola da gamba, Allison performs on viola d'amore, a rare 14-stringed instrument.
Allison is a founding member of the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra and Raleigh Camerata. She performs frequently with numerous ensembles, including the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, Magnolia Baroque, the Bach Society of Charleston, and SC Bach. Allison has appeared as a soloist with the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Salisbury Symphony, and NC Theatre. She maintains a private studio from her home in Wake Forest, NC, and occasionaly serves as guest lecturer at universities and colleges. Allison is also a yoga instructor, and finds that yoga supports the lifestyle of an active musician.

Matvey Lapin, Baroque violin, enjoys multifaceted career as a recitalist, chamber music performer, orchestra leader and teacher. His professional engagements brought him around the world, including most of the Europe, Japan and Korea. Russian native, he accomplished his conservatory training in St. Petersburg, and currently is completing his DM in violin performance at IU Jacobs School of Music, minoring in historical violins and music history.A former member of Grammy-nominated St. Petersburg String Quartet, Matvey collaborated with such musicians as Alex Kerr and Barthold Kuijken, among others. Duo Amabile, a chamber music duet formed with his wife, pianist Katya Kramer-Lapin, performs intensively across US and in Europe. As a historically informed performer, Matvey performed with Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Ensemble ad Libitum. Demanded teacher, Matvey currently teaches violin and viola for Virginia Tech Outreach Program and Renaissance Music Academy of Virginia. He is a faculty member of the Ameropa International Chamber Music Festival and Courses in Prague, Czech Republic.

Our Orchestra

Violin:
Allison Willet
Matvey Lapin
David Wilson
Janelle Davis
Gabriel Richard
Andy Bonner
Molly Barnes
Erika Cutler

Viola:
Joey O'Donnell
Suzanne Rousso
Marta Howard
John O'Brien

Cello:
Sarah Lodico Wines
Lisa Liske
Chris Nunnally

Violone:
Robbie Link

Flute:
Kelly Nivison
Barbara Norton
Chuck Wines

Oboe:
Sarah Huebsch Schilling
Will Thauer
Sung Lee

Clarinet:
Dominic Giardino

Bassoon:
Kelsey Schilling
Chuck Wines

Horn:
Chris Caudill
Rachel Niketopolous

Harpsichord and Organ:
Jennifer Streeter