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Montclair, NJ 07042
USA

(908)267-2619

CMS-NJ is an organization comprised of young professional musicians. Throughout the year, we will provide the community with chamber music concerts as well as partnering with public schools and other non-profits. Part of our educational outreach will be introduce and promote chamber music to students of all ages with various clinics, master classes, and recitals.

Current Artists

Robert Radliff - violin

A native of New York, Robert Radliff is a dynamic and expressive violinist, performing across the New York City area and beyond. His diverse career spans solo and lecture recitals, chamber music and string quartet performances, symphony orchestras, and commercial music events.

Robert earned his Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD, where he studied under Violaine Melancon of the Peabody Trio. He continued his graduate studies at Montclair State University, receiving a Master of Arts and a Graduate Artist Diploma in Performance under the mentorship of Weigang Li of the Shanghai Quartet. While at Montclair, he also served as the Graduate Assistant for the university’s orchestra.

As a featured soloist, Robert has performed with numerous orchestras across the East Coast, California, and Florida. He has shared the stage with legendary musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Jaime Laredo.

Robert is an active orchestral musician, playing with the New Jersey Symphony, the Binghamton Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, and the New Jersey Festival Orchestra.

Ruotao Mao - violin

Violinist Ruotao Mao is an active soloist, chamber musician while holding numerous

concertmaster posts in the tri-state area. His playing was described by The Classical New Jersey as "virtuoso display of world-class magnitude." and "The level of playing has reached far beyond mere technical competence."

A native of Beijing, China, Mr. Mao graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music with “distinction in performance” award. He earned his Master Degree in Music from the Mason Gross School of the Arts where he studied under violinist Arnold Sternhardt of the Guarneri String Quartet. He also studied with Dorothy Delay, Paul Kantor and Masuko Ushioda. As a chamber musician, he is one of the founding members of the former Beijing Piano Quartet, winner of “Artists International Chamber Music Series” with appearances in Weill Hall of Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center and also the highly acclaimed Amabile String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at Rutgers University(2000-2002). As a concerto soloist, he appeared with orchestras such as the Jupiter Symphony, NEC Symphony, Corelliard Chamber Orchestra, the Brunswick Symphony Orchestra, Riverside Symphonia, Edison Symphony, the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Bay-Atlantic Symphony, Arcadian Symphony Orchestra and Two Rivers Chamber Orchesta among many others. In 2004, Mr. Mao premiered a violin concerto by Ernie Stires in Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall. He had performance tours in Korea, China and  Colombia, South America. He performed on WNYC, WETS and WDVR-FM broadcasts and is a recording artist for the CRI and Beijing Broadcast Labels.

Mr. Mao serves as the concertmaster of the Riverside Symphonia, the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, Garden State Philharmonic  and the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra. Mr. Mao has taught violin and chamber music at The Lawrenceville School, The College of New Jersey and Princeton University.

Lucy Voin - violin

Lucy Voin is a multi-genre, internationally touring violinist. Comfortable in a variety of settings, Lucy has held chairs within recording sessions and orchestras, theatre productions, has led chamber ensembles, and taken the helm as a soloist.

To highlight some of her accomplishments, Lucy regularly performs and records with the GRAMMY Award-winning 8-Bit Big Band (Charlie Rosen), was part of the Drama Desk Award-winning off-Broadway production of Amid Falling Walls, can be heard on the soundtrack of the Amazon Prime Video series Expats starring Nicole Kidman (Lulu Wang), and holds the principal violin seat for the 2025 The Wonder Years’s Burst & Decay III Tour. Her TV appearances include Jimmy Kimmel Live with guest artist Misty Copeland & Saturday Night Live with guest artists Gorillaz. Lucy is also an active substitute musician on Broadway. 

At age 14, Lucy and her family moved to New York City from her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, with the purpose of studying with the acclaimed violinist Michael Gilbert (previously New York Philharmonic). She then went on to earn her Bachelor of Music degree from the prestigious Mannes School of Music, where she studied with renowned violinist and pedagogue Aaron Rosand and Daniel Phillips of the Orion Quartet.

Lucy currently performs on a Fabienne Gauchet violin made in Montreal, Quebec in 2020.

Ashlyn Olson - violin

Violinist Ashlyn Olson, originally from Connecticut, began her musical journey on violin and piano at the age of four. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Boston University in 2012 with a Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance, studying under Yuri Mazurkevich and Leonid Sigal. Continuing her education, she earned a Master’s degree in 2014 and a Certificate in Performance in 2016 at DePaul University in Chicago, where she studied with violinist Ilya Kaler. Ashlyn is an active performer in the greater New York City area, where she collaborates with various orchestras, chamber ensembles, and contemporary music groups.

Jordan Fusco - viola

A native of New Jersey, violist Jordan Fusco is an active performer, freelancer, and teacher in the North Jersey and NYC area.  She has performed in a wide array of genres from orchestral to musical theater to pop.  A passionate chamber musician, she is co-founder of Chamber Music Society of North Jersey.  She has performed overseas on several occasions, including a recent chamber performance in Hanover, Germany.  Jordan has had the opportunity to play at many of the area’s prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Weil Recital Hall, and Alice Tully Hall.  Jordan holds a bachelor’s degree in violin and an artist diploma in viola from Montclair State University, studying with members of the Shanghai Quartet.  She obtained her master’s degree in viola performance from Mannes College under the tutelage of Paul Neubauer.  Recent engagements include performances with the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra as well as the Montclair Orchestra/Apex Ensemble.  In addition to performing, Jordan maintains an active private studio in the North Jersey area.  Several of her students have participated in New Jersey Region and All-State orchestras, and some have gone on to study music at the collegiate level. 

Mitsuru Kubo - viola

New Jersey violist, Mitsuru Kubo was raised in a musical household in Seattle, chose the viola as her “forever” instrument, then traveled abroad to study at the Sun Hwa Performing Arts School in Seoul, South Korea. Mitsuru went on to study with Helen Callus at UC Santa Barbara, after which she earned her Graduate Diploma at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD.

Along with chamber music, orchestral playing, and featured soloist gigs, Mitsuru enjoys her career as a private teacher, wife, and mom of two.

Jordan Enzinger - cello

With a versatile background in solo, chamber, and orchestral music, Dr. Jordan Enzinger is a dynamic performing cellist in the New Jersey, New York City, and Philadelphia areas. He regularly performs in the area’s finest venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kimmel Center. Dr. Enzinger is a member of the cello section of the American Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with numerous ensembles in the area, some of which include the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New Jersey Symphony, Princeton Symphony, Princeton Festival Orchestra, and the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra. 

Aside from Dr. Enzinger’s performing career, he is in demand as an avid teacher. He currently serves as cello faculty at Seton Hall University, as pedagogy faculty at Rutgers University, as cello and chamber music faculty at Kinhaven Music School, and as chamber music faculty at the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Chamber Music Institute. Dr. Enzinger is a certified cello instructor with the Suzuki Association of the Americas, and maintains his private cello studio in East Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Enzinger’s students have performed in Carnegie Hall, won numerous prestigious national and international competitions, and have received collegiate music scholarships. Visit masteringthecello.com for more information about Dr. Enzinger’s private cello studio. 

Paul Vanderwal - cello

Paul Vanderwal is a cellist and multi-instrumentalist that is comfortable playing multiple styles and genres of music. Born and raised in New Jersey, Paul has had the pleasure of performing with the Kronos Quartet, the American Repertory Ballet, the Bradshaw-Buono Duo, and early music’s American Bach Soloists in San Fransisco. He has performed in the Netherlands, Germany, and China, and has performed at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium and Weill Recital Hall. Paul has also participated in multiple east coast tours with alternative groups throughout the years, and has been part of newly commissioned works for piano and cello, and string quartet. Paul has a Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree from Montclair State University, where he studied with Nicholas Tzavaras, formerly of the Shanghai Quartet.


Giuseppe Fusco - artist director

Clint Edwards - arranger

Clint Edwards is a composer, arranger, and pianist. His compositions and arrangements have been performed around the world, including NYC’s Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, WQXR, Joe’s Pub, The Green Room 42, and The Eugene O’Neill Theater Conference, as well as in concert venues throughout England, Holland, Australia, Germany, South Korea, and Poland. He is the winner of the 2019 Broadway World Award for Best Independent Album Release. As a pianist, he regularly gives more than 350 performances a year in the NYC metropolitan area.

For more information please visit: www.ClintEdwardsMusic.com

Chris Badami - audio engineer

Chris Badami is a Grammy-nominated producer/engineer/mixer and drummer with over 25 years experience in the industry.  He is the owner and Chief Producer / Engineer at Portrait Recording Studios, in Pompton Plains, NJ where he works with artists in all genres of music.  A musician himself, through his work both performing and, in the studio, Badami has earned 4 RIAA certified gold records, numerous Grammy considerations as well as #1 and top 10 slots on various billboard charts throughout the world.  Heading into 2024, Badami's work producing, engineering, mixing, mastering and performing has earned over 230,000,000 streams across all major platforms worldwide. www.portraitrecordingstudios.com www.chrisbadami.com