Faculty
Dr. Daniel Shomper
Founder, Director
Daniel Shomper is an active performer, chamber musician and teacher. The Baltimore Sun has praised his ‘virtuoso playing’ and complimented his ‘masterful performance’ and ‘lyrical expression.’ He has performed at venues such as the Kennedy Center, the National Art Gallery, and the Washington Arts Club, among others. Additionally, he has performed concerts and in prestigious music festivals in the United States and abroad, including venues in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Prague, Budapest, Helsinki, and Quebec.
Dr. Shomper is avid chamber musician. He is a member of the Annpolis Chamber Players, a founding member of the Riverhawk String Quartet, a member of the Tapestry Cello Ensemble, which performs a broad range of music written and arranged for cello quartet. Daniel is the Founder and Director of the World Class Chamber Music Series at Anne Arundel Community College, which features performances by the Riverhawk String Quartet, solo recitals from faculty, and other collaborations.
Daniel Shomper is also an active soloist and recitalist, regularly performing concerts for solo cello, collaborations with piano and concerto performances.
Recent notable performances include being a featured soloist on the 2018 AACC Orchestra tour of Spain, performing Victor Herbert’s second cello concerto in venues in Madrid, Avila and Seseña Nuevo.
Dr. Shomper is passionate advocate for new, contemporary, and underperformed works. He is the Founder and Director of the New Music Maryland concerts at Anne Arundel Community College, which in two previous concerts has commissioned and premiered four works of solo cello, and featured the chamber music of Elliott Carter. The spring 2019 concert will feature new works by faculty members of AACC.
Dr. Shomper is passionate teacher. He is on faculty at the Annapolis Symphony Academy, the Riverhawk Summer Institute, the Annapolis Cello Festival, maintains a robust private studio, directs a cello ensemble of his students, and is Adjunct Faculty at Anne Arundel Community College.
He is a member of the Annapolis Symphony, performs regularly with the Charleston Symphony and many other orchestras in the DC and Baltimore area.
Dr. Shomper received his DMA from the University of Maryland where he studied with David Hardy, Peter Wiley and the Guarneri Quartet, Kenneth Slowik and Evelyn Elsing.
For more information visit danielshomper.com
Dr. Nicole Boguslaw
Co-founder
Dr. Nicole Boguslaw has been playing cello since the age of eight and has been teaching for the past fifteen years. She earned her doctorate in cello performance from the University of Maryland in 2022, and taught at the university level both there as well as at Anne Arundel Community College. As an orchestra musician, she is a section cello member of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, and has played with the Washington National Opera Orchestra, the Maryland Symphony, Alexandria Symphony, and the Apollo Orchestra. In 2016 she won San Francisco Academy’s concerto competition and soloed with the SF Academy orchestra. She has performed while touring across Europe, the Caribbean, and North America. Recently she collaborated with artist Jonathan Latiano for his installation Love to the Letter and the Letters Spelled Death at the Boston Sculptors Gallery. She currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland where she frequently plays in her piano trio, Rock Creek Trio.
The Annapolis Chamber Players
Formed in 2004, The Annapolis Chamber Players is a collective of Baltimore-Washington, DC-Annapolis musicians who come together to play chamber music. Members regularly play with ensembles such as the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, U.S. Naval Academy Band, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Great Noise Ensemble, and Trio Simpatico. From duos to octets, Baroque to 21st century, the Players’ professional and relaxed style brings classical favorites and lesser-known chamber music gems for winds, strings, and keyboard to life.
In addition to our performances at a variety of locations and venues, the Players are dedicated to music education. Most of us hold advanced music degrees and enjoy sharing what we love with students of all ages. In 2015 we launched our Annapolis Chamber Music Project, a weeklong music festival offering Master Classes, performance classes, lessons, small ensemble coaching sessions, and recitals.
Nancy Baun
Founder, Director of Tapestry
As a chamber musician, Nancy Baun has performed at Carnegie's Weil Hall and Merkin Hall, as well as in Switzerland, France, Italy, Iceland, and Canada. A founding member of the Grammy nominated Eaken Piano Trio, she appears on twelve recordings including the Naxos International label. A student of Orlando Cole, she has appeared with over ten orchestras and appeared in master classes for Lynn Harrell and Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg, the last as a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival. A committed educator, Nancy has taught at numerous colleges, elementary music for over a decade, and presented cello workshops in over nine states. Her credits also include Executive Producer for the PRI series “Home for the Holidays,” Co-Director of the Falletta International Guitar Competitions, NYC's WQXR Radio Record Award, and a national Young Audiences grant. Nancy also tours with the Ravel Trio.
