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Fred Shoup [violin/viola]
Having retired from the Foreign Service of the U.S. State
Department and then re-retired from teaching English as a second
language at Washington-area universities, Fred Shoup now
spends most of his time playing and studying chamber music. He
organizes the programs of the Rock Creek Chamber Players.
Favorite Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
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Taka Ariga [cello/piano]
Though it was a conscious decision not to pursue music
professionally, Taka considers music the core essence of his life.
While earning engineering degrees at Johns Hopkins University,
he had a wonderful relationship working with the late Stephen
Kates of whom he studied with at Peabody Conservatory. Also an
avid pianist, Taka previously studied keyboard with Jane Bastien
and George Luchtenberg.
Favorite Composer: J. S. Bach
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Midge Carlton [flute]
Co-principal flutist in the Jewish Community Center orchestra
in Rockville, Maryland, also has performed with the Washington
Savoyards, Hexagon, Music in the Inner City, and the
flute/clarinet/piano trio Caprice. She holds a magna cum laude
degree in music from Carleton College in Minnesota.
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Billie Anderton [viola]
After graduating form the Birmingham (Alabama) Conservatory,
pursued graduate studies at American University with Raphael
Hillyer among others, and she has coached with the Tokyo and
Guarneri string quartets. She has served as leader of the Galliard
String Quartet, as concertmaster of the Alexandria Symphony, and
as a teacher both of individual students and string ensembles at
the Northern Virginia Community College. She maintains a private
teaching studio, and she performs on violin and viola as a member
of Friday Morning Music Club ensembles.
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