David Jones joined the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra as Principal Clarinet in 1998. He has also performed extensively with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as well being a member of the Contemporary Music Forum and a featured artist with the American Chamber Players and the 20th Century Consort. Comfortable in many different musical situations, Mr. Jones has worked with Tony Bennett, Jose Carreras, Rosemary Clooney, Placido Domingo, Aretha Franklin, Yo-Yo Ma, The Manhattan Transfer, Jessye Norman, Luciano Pavarotti, David Sanborn, Rod Stewart and The Temptations as well as the national tours of Kiss Me Kate, Cinderella, Annie, Cabaret, A Chorus Line, The King and I, Showboat, West Side Story and The Wizard of Oz. He can also be heard on numerous radio and television commercials. Mr. Jones attended Northwestern University where he studied with Robert Marcellus, Clark Brody and Russell Dagon.

Catherine Wethington, coloratura soprano, has captivated audiences in North America and Europe with her “sumptuous coloratura and other-worldly pianissimi” (Herald Tribune). Opera Canada Magazine describes Ms. Wethington as having the “vocal power, dramatic finesse... [and] vocal fireworks” necessary for bel canto opera.

Ms. Wethington was awarded First Prize in the 14th City of Brescia Tribute to Maria Callas International Competition, along with the Callas Award and the Verdi Award - claiming all three top prizes of the competition. She also received the Song Prize in the Marie Karja Opera Competition in Tirana, Albania, and Third Place in the Concorso Lyric

Internazionale Gigli-Franci competition in Rome, Italy. Wethington has performed with the St. Luke's Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and with the Baltimore Symphony at Strathmore Music Center. She has been a featured soloist with the Choral Arts Society of Washington, Children's Chorus of Washington, McLean Symphony, North Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra, National Albanian Opera Orchestra, La Música Festival, Choral Artists of Sarasota, and Live Arts Maryland.

Opera credits include The Pearl Fishers, Luisa Miller, Il Corsaro, La Sonnambula, Rigoletto, Suor Angelica, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Gianni Schicchi, Aleko, and Orphée aux Enfers, The Medium, Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Albert Herring, and more!

Ms. Wethington is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Catholic University of America

Yejin Lee is an active soloist and chamber musician based in the United States. She has been invited to perform in many prestigious venues, including her solo debut at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in New York, the Cultural Art Center in Jaen, Spain, the Tyler Recital Hall in Florida, and the Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, Korea. Her performances have also been featured and broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM from the Cleveland Play House. She has appeared as a soloist with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Chamber Orchestra and the Accord Symphony Orchestra.

Yejin has claimed awards at prestigious competitions, including the Dallas International Piano Competition, Kingsville International Piano Competition, and Wideman International Piano Competition. She has also performed at leading music festivals and masterclasses at the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, the Banff Music Festival, the Gijon Music Festival in Spain, and PianoTexas International Academy & Festival.

Yejin graduated with honors from the Oberlin Conservatory, earning degrees in both piano performance and vocal accompanying under Haewon Song and Philip Highfill. She later completed her master’s and doctorate degrees under Boris Slutsky at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Shecontinues to receive invaluable mentorship from Lambert Orkis, further cultivating her artistry.

She currently serves as a piano faculty member at the Washington Conservatory of Music and as a professorial lecturer at George Washington University. As a staff pianist at Shenandoah University, she actively collaborates with students in both solo and ensemble performances. In addition to her academic roles, Yejin maintains a private teaching studio and is dedicated to music education as a member of MTNA and NVMTA.

As the founder and artistic director of Matinee-M, a house concert series in McLean, VA, she is also committed to bringing classical music into the community through intimate and engaging performances.

Flutist Lauren Sileo performs as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player and has appeared throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. 

Northern Virginia native Lauren Sileo was accepted to The Juilliard School with the highest honor of Presidential Distinction and was the only undergraduate flutist worldwide to be accepted for her year. In 2004, Sileo was chosen to perform Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune with the Juilliard Orchestra. Ms. Sileo graduated in 2005.

Sileo began her flute studies at the age of 9 with her stepfather, Bruce K. Brown. Her principal teachers include soloist Carol Wincenc and Robert Langevin of the New York Philharmonic, with whom she studied at Juilliard and summer masterclasses at Orford Arts Centre in Quebec.

Ms. Sileo has been performing regularly with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2009. During the BSO's 2017-18 season, Sileo served as Acting 2nd Flute. In August 2018, Sileo toured with the Baltimore Symphony, performing at the Edinburgh International Festival (Scotland), the International Concert Series at the National Concert Hall in Dublin (Ireland), and the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall (England).

Lauren Sileo is Principal Flute of the National Philharmonic, a position she has held since September 2025.  Ms. Sileo also stays busy in the Washington Metropolitan area and has performed with the Maryland Lyric Opera, National Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Opera, PostClassical Ensemble, Baltimore, Richmond, Maryland and Annapolis Symphony Orchestras.