this edition of the woodlawn ensemble …

Not only a concert series, but a collective. Each concert features a slightly different combination of players.

Here’s a little about the musicians for our February 24th concert.

Hannah Goldstick

VIOLIN
Founder of The Woodlawn Ensemble. Originally from Phoenix, she now resides in Jamaica Plain where she enjoys a long walk and a good album.
Full bio on the About page
Darwin Chang

VIOLIN
Darwin Chang is a Taiwanese violinist pursuing his Master’s degree at the New England Conservatory, studying with Donald Weilerstein. He began violin at age four and was admitted to The Yehudi Menuhin School at twelve, where he studied with Diana Galvydyte, Ning Kam, and chamber music with Ioan Davis and David Dolan. During his time there, he performed widely across the UK and Europe; notable performances include Bach’s Double Violin Concerto collaboration with Joji Hattori, as well as Leland Cheng and the Sinfonia Varsovia.
A devoted chamber musician, Darwin has performed as both violinist and violist alongside the Borromeo String Quartet, Charles Owen, and Ashley Wass, in venues such as Jordan Hall, Yellow Barn, and King’s Place London. He has spent past summers at Perlman Music Program and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.
Darwin plays a 1919 Carl Becker violin, generously loaned by The Colburn Foundation.
Samuel Andonian

VIOLIN
Praised by The Boston Musical Intelligencer for his “sonorous, sweet tone and masterful phrasing,” Armenian-American violinist Samuel Andonian is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is on faculty at the NEC Preparatory School.
As a chamber musician, Andonian has participated in the Marlboro Music Festival, the Perlman Music Program, Kneisel Hall, and Norfolk Chamber Music Festivals, and has performed with artists including Kim Kashkashian, Jonathan Biss, and members of the Juilliard, Cleveland, and Brentano string quartets.
Andonian is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and The Juilliard School.
New to JP, some of his favorite activities so far are running at the Pond and meeting a friend at Jadu or Galway House.
Cara Pogossian

VIOLA
JP-dwelling violist Cara Pogossian is an avid chamber musician having performed at numerous festivals, including Marlboro, Yellow Barn, Ravinia, Tippet Rise, and the Taos School of Music. She has toured with the Curtis Institute on multiple occasions, and will take part in her second Musicians from Marlboro tour later this season. Cara is the principal violist of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and enjoys performing with various ensembles in the Boston area.
Cara received her B.M. from the Curtis Institute of Music, and completed her graduate studies with Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory.
A perfect day in JP for Cara consists of: a London Fog from Cafe Siete, an Arboretum walk, striking gold at Goodwill, and perhaps a quick visit to the library (if she happens to be feeling motivated).
Maureen Sheehan

VIOLA
Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, violist Maureen Sheehan has developed a musical home in the Boston area as a collaborator and performer of chamber music old and new. A recent Master’s graduate of the New England Conservatory, Maureen has performed with Grammy-nominated Palaver Strings and A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra, as well as Harvard Baroque Orchestra and the Vista Philharmonic. She is also the violist of the Calandra Quartet, which earned distinction as an NEC Honors Ensemble and gave their debut performance in Jordan Hall in April 2024 with works by Lau, Schubert, and Haydn.
Maureen also plays Irish fiddle and is a pupil of fiddler Liz Knowles-O’Hare. While completing her Bachelor’s at Oberlin, she spent a semester abroad at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. There she was awarded the David Love scholarship for her analysis of cultural activism to preserve the Cobblestone Pub, a beloved home for traditional Irish music and culture.
Around Jamaica Plain, Maureen may be found sipping a pint of Guinness at the Brendan Behan or playing with her favorite neighborhood dogs, Cooper and Ghost.
Leland Ko

CELLO
Leland Ko (b. 1998), a cellist of Chinese-Canadian descent, has always had an overflow of energy. His restlessness has led him to various callings — from competitive tennis and marathon running to origami and baking — but so far he’s found that serving and connecting with others is what gives him his deepest sense of purpose.

Leland was born and raised in the Boston area, where he studied with Kirstin Peltz, Ronald Lowry, and Paul Katz. He holds claim to a first prize at the Concours OSM, the Concert Artists Guild Competition, and the Naumburg International Cello Competition. He earned a B.A. from Princeton University in German literature, before attending The Juilliard School for his M.M., studying with Minhye Clara Kim, Timothy Eddy, and Natasha Brofsky, and then returning to Boston to complete an A.D. at the New England Conservatory with Laurence Lesser, Yeesun Kim, and Donald Weilerstein.
Macintyre Taback

CELLO
Born in New York City, Macintyre Taback began his cello studies at the age of 11 as a part of his school’s strings program.
Mac is the founder of the Bennetts Point Cello Seminar in Charleston, SC, which held its first festival in January of this year. In addition, he has recently performed at IMS Prussia Cove, the Perlman Music Program, and Yellow Barn, and will take part in the Kronberg Academy’s ‘Chamber Music Connects the World’ in May 2024.
Mac has worked closely with musicians such as Steven Isserlis, Gary Hoffman, and the Brentano Quartet, and has recently collaborated with Erich Höbarth, Alasdair Beatson, and the Emerson,Borromeo, and St. Lawrence String Quartets.
A graduate of Eastman School and New England Conservatory, he is currently pursuing his DMA at the NEC under Laurence Lesser, Donald Weilerstein, and Vivian Weilerstein.