From left to right: Spencer Adler, Noémie Chemali, Alexander Goldberg, Nick Hammel, Aiden Jeng, Mei Liu, Sophie Lyman, Tsubasa Muramatsu
Announcing the 2025 Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival Fellows! Fellows will perform alongside faculty in the Artist Faculty Series, perform two winning works from the 2025 Call for Scores, and perform in community performances and events. Fellows will also have chamber music coaching responsibilities during the festival.
Spencer Adler is thrilled to return to GMCMF for his second summer as a fellow. His lifelong interest in music began at age three, listening to his grandmother play pieces from Debussy’s Children’s Corner. Since then, he has shared the stage with artists such as Midori, Jinjoo Cho, Jane Glover, Michael Stern, and JoAnn Falletta. He made his concerto debut in 2023 with the National Repertory Orchestra, where he also served as co-principal cellist. Recent performances include an appearance as guest soloist with The Sebastians. Praised for his "excellent technique and expressivity" in Periódico AM León, Spencer was also principal cellist of the Aspen Opera Theatre and the Yale Symphony Orchestra. Spencer earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Yale University in 2023, where he studied with Ole Akahoshi. His graduate studies with Richard Weiss at the Cleveland Institute of Music are generously supported by the John C. Jackson Endowed Scholarship.
Noémie Chemali enjoys a diverse career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, and writer. Praised for her “formidable technique” (The Flip Side) and her “technical and interpretive skills” (New Music Buff), Ms. Chemali has received awards from Chamber Music America, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Juilliard School, and the Barenboim-Said Foundation. Her performances have taken her across the United States, Canada, and Europe, performing in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Auditorium Conciliazione, Salle Bourgie, la Maison Symphonique de Montréal, the United Nations Headquarters, and others. Noémie is the violist and co-founder of Riwaya Ensemble, a New York based contemporary music ensemble that celebrates the rich heritage and artistic innovation of contemporary Middle Eastern classical music. She recently released her debut album of music by Lebanese composers, Opus 961 under the label Dreyer-Gaido. A graduate of McGill University, the McDuffie Center for Strings, and the Juilliard School, Noémie will be pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts at Stony Brook University in the fall.
Praised for his “fierce and sensitive” performances, Alexander Franco Goldberg is a dynamic American-Italian violinist known for connecting music to broader aesthetic and literary themes. Alexander has received honors including a Fulbright research award, Yale’s Concerto Competition, Head of College Cup, and Selden Award for “outstanding scholarly achievement and creative promise” and “verve, idealism, and constructive interest in music and the humanities,” as well as top prizes in competitions across Italy, Germany, and the USA. He has appeared as a soloist in venues such as the Berliner Philharmonie, Jordan Hall, and Woolsey Hall. Deeply committed to chamber and new music, he is a founding member of the Chigiana Chamber Ensemble and has performed with members of the Berg, Brentano, and Borromeo string quartets. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Violin Performance at the CUNY Graduate Center under the mentorship of Mark Steinberg of the Brentano Quartet.
Violinist Nick Hammel is currently pursuing his Master of Musical Arts in Violin Performance under Ani Kavafian at the Yale School of Music. He has also earned degrees at the University of Texas at Austin and the New England Conservatory, studying with Sandy Yamamoto and Donald Weilerstein. He has soloed with orchestras such as the Richardson Symphony, Austin Civic Orchestra, and the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra. Most recently, Nick won first prize in the 2025 Eastern Connecticut Symphony Instrumental Competition. Nick is also an active chamber music performer, and has performed with artists such as Sandy Yamamoto, Bion Tsang, Steven Tenenbom, and Anton Nel. His piano trio, Trio Sponte, won the Grand Prize at the 2024 Coltman Chamber Music Competition. They were also the 2023-24 Honors Ensemble at New England Conservatory.
Aiden (Yi-Hung) Jeng is a Taiwanese violist who brings expressive musicality and warmth to his performances. He earned his Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, where he was awarded the Eckstein Scholarship and Viola Prize, served as a Graduate Assistant, and held the position of Principal Viola in the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra. Aiden has performed with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the Northbrook Symphony, and has appeared at festivals including the National Repertory Orchestra, France MusicAlp, and VivaViola Hsin-Yun Huang ViolaFest. He is delighted to join the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival as a Fellow. His primary mentors include Helen Callus, Kuan-Chen Huang, and Weijing Michal of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In Fall 2025, he will begin his Doctor of Musical Arts studies at The Ohio State University with Professor Juliet White-Smith, as a recipient of the prestigious University Fellowship.
Violinist Mei Liu is a violinist currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the University of Texas at Austin, where she also earned her Master of Music under the mentorship of Professor Sandy Yamamoto. She holds dual bachelor's degrees in Violin Performance and Psychology from Arizona State University, studying with Dr. Katherine McLin. Mei has performed as Concertmaster and Principal Second Violin with ASU and UT Austin and is a substitute section violinist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra. As an active chamber musician and a member of the Soha Quartet, she recently won first prize in the Music Teachers National Association Chamber Competition and was nominated as a semi-finalist in the Plowman Chamber Music Competition. She has played in masterclasses for world-renowned musicians including Frank Huang, Midori, Norman Fischer, and members of the Miró, St. Lawrence, and Borromeo Quartet. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and playing candy crush.
North Carolina native Sophie Lyman, is pursuing her master’s degree at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with Peter Stumpf. Previously, she studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Melissa Kraut, and earned her bachelor’s degree with Brooks Whitehouse at UNCSA. Sophie earned third place in the Grand Teton Music Festival’s Scholarship Competition, and was a national finalist in the MTNA and Coltman Chamber Music Competitions. She soloed with the BYU Symphony Orchestra and the Idaho Falls Youth Symphony, and organized the Suzuki cello program at UNCSA’s Community Music School. She serves as assistant director of the Lamar Stringfield Music Camp. Having studied with cellist and composer Andrea Casarrubios, Sophie enjoys performing her works throughout the country and abroad. In past summers, Sophie has attended festivals in China, Czechia, Germany, and Spain, as well as the Heifetz Institute, the Credo Chamber Music Festival, and the Brevard Institute.
22-year-old Hong-Kong-raised Japanese violinist Tsubasa Muramatsu has appeared in many prestigious venues around the world including Koerner Hall in Toronto, The Duke’s Hall in London, Jordan Hall and Symphony Hall in Boston. She started the violin at age 6 and at 12, went on to study at The Yehudi Menuhin School in the UK under the guidance of Akiko Ono. Tsubasa has participated in Toronto Summer Music, Tanglewood Music Center, Ishikawa Music Academy, and others. An avid chamber and orchestra musician, she has worked with artists such as Astrid Shween, Merry Peckham, Hugh Wolff, Andris Nelsons, Jonathan Crow, The Borromeo Quartet, Yura Lee and John Williams. A graduate of the New England Conservatory, Tsubasa completed her Bachelor's degree under Ayano Ninomiya. She is currently continuing her Master’s studies at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music with Andrew Wan.