MEMBERS OF THE SILVERWOOD TRIO​

Michelle Barraclough, flute

Michelle is a native of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. She holds a BFA in Flute Performance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from Catholic University. Michelle performs locally with the Greater Harrisburg Concert Band, York Symphony Orchestra, Central PA Oratorio Singers, and the Susquehanna Chorale. Michelle is currently Adjunct Professor of Flute at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA, where she teaches lessons, pedagogy, and coaches flute ensemble. Michelle lives in Elizabethtown, PA with her husband and daughters.

Kirstin Myers,
oboe

Oboist Kirstin Myers holds degrees in Music Education and Oboe Performance from IUP and in 1999 she graduated summa cum laude as a full scholarship recipient from Michigan State University with a Masters in Oboe Performance.  Since 2000 she has been on the faculty of Millersville University and York College of Pennsylvania and in 2016 was also appointed as oboe professor at Lebanon Valley College. In addition to her collegiate appointments, she is the oboe instructor at York College's YCPrep Community School and maintains a private studio at her home in the Lancaster area. Her students have gone on to win positions in LLMEA County, PMEA District, Regional, State and All-Eastern Bands & Orchestras. She currently performs with the York Symphony Orchestra, Berks Sinfonietta, Reading Pops Orchestra, Trio Jolie, The Silverwood Trio and a newly formed piano/oboe duo, Double Keyed. 

Brenda Johnson, 
cello

Brenda earned her B.S. in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a dual major in cello and piano.  She graduated summa cum laude with a Masters in Music Education from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia. She is currently the high school/middle school orchestra director for Northeastern School District, and teaches privately in York.  Brenda is the 2020 recipient of the Pennsylvania/Delaware American String Teacher Association Director of the Year Award, 2020 recipient of the WITF Teacher Impact Award, and the 2018 recipient of the Shippensburg University Outstanding Educator Award.  Brenda is a cellist with The Silverwood Trio, and the cello/guitar duo, Ten Strings. She was a cellist with the York Symphony Orchestra for over ten years.  Brenda currently resides in York with her husband and two sons.

​"We were fortunate to have The Silverwood Trio perform in our daughter's wedding.  They certainly set the mood with elegance and we received so many compliments!  As a fellow musician, I can certainly attest to the fact that these women are extremely talented, well-schooled, and add 'class' to any occasion."      -Joyce and Steve Burkey


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