SilverWood
San Diego
 
Biographies
 
 
SilverWood Quartet
 Diane Wilson    Michael Fenick    Gary Tuttle    Robert Sandstrom
 
SILVERWOOD draws its strength from its members’ diverse backgrounds, playing a variety of musical styles, including classical, popular, Celtic, jazz, and other international styles. The group performs throughout southern California.  At the Los Angeles Museum of Art they played as part of a Russian-Jewish music presentation for the exhibition of the works of Mark Chagal.  In May of 1998, SilverWood was featured as the Irish band providing entertainment preceding a performance of "Riverdance" in the San Diego Civic Theatre.  The following June they presented Scottish music for the Scottish Highland Games festival in Vista.  The band performed with the San Diego Repertory Theatre in their 1997-1999 productions of "A Christmas Carol."  SilverWood has given live TV performances on KUSI, KFMB, and NBC; and they have appeared live on KFMB radio.  Their music has also been aired on KPBS radio.
 
 SilverWood Trio
     Gary Tuttle           Diane Wilson           Michael Ballard
 
MICHAEL BALLARD (bodhran, bones, spoons) has a background of dance plus instrumental and choral music.  He has been a regular performer at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire and other similar events.  He was a volunteer and then a staff member, for a total of nine years, at the Summer Solstice Traditional Dance, Music, and Story-telling Festival.  His percussion has appeared on four albums by three different artists, live programs with Glenn Morgan (Celtic), Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles (classical, Scottish), and Clancy Dunn (Aussie), and other events ranging from Klezmer to mariachi to rock and roll.
 
MICHAEL FENICK (mandolin, guitar, banjo) played guitar and banjo for the Drama Desk award-winning musical "Floyd Collins," in its 1999 production at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.  The previous year he performed in the Broadway tour production of "Chicago" at the Civic Theatre in San Diego.  For seven years he was a member of the popular sextet Mandolin Madness, for which two of his compositions are featured on the group’s recording.  Mike has won first place in the Temecula Valley Mandolin Contest and the Julian flatpick contest.  He studied classical guitar with Fred Benedetti and Robert Wetzel.
 
ROBERT SANDSTROM (violin).   Bob’s formal studies in violin have afforded him the opportunity of playing with various symphonies and chamber music and theatre orchestras.  But he’s equally at home playing rousing fiddle tunes for folk groups.  Bob presents a diverse repertoire of music—classical, Irish, bluegrass, romantic ballads, Broadway and motion pictures, and  Baroque.  "Music," he remarks, "is a wonderful thing!  It has provided me years of enjoyment while performing in some remarkable locations and meeting very nice people."
 
GARY TUTTLE (acoustic guitars) provided period music for Octad One’s production of "Much Ado About Nothing."  He brings 30 years’ performance experience to SilverWood, including many appearances as part of the guitar duo Cedar and Rosewood.  Gary teaches guitar privately to college students and the general public.  He studied with Celin Romero of The Romeros and performed in master classes with Pepe Romero, Frederick Noad, Christopher Parkening, and Manuel Barrueco.
 
DIANE WILSON (flute, piccolo) is the principle flutist and a featured soloist of the San Diego Concert Band.  She has also performed with several orchestras, including the La Jolla Civic Orchestra and the Grossmont Symphony Orchestra.  Having studied under San Diego Symphony’s principal flutist Damian Bursill-Hall, and also under Judith Bentley, student of the late William Kincaid, Diane is a private flute instructor for students of all ages.
 
For information, call Diane at 619-286-4227
or email diane@silverwood-music.com
 
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