TRIO CON BRIO is comprised of three artists who combine their individual talents and bring to the ensemble a wealth of experience through their extensive and diverse international careers as performers and teachers. They have been performing together since 1993 and are on the faculty of the Florida State University School of Music. Widely known and respected, the trio tours regularly, playing concerts and presenting master classes in various venues throughout the country. Their 1998 Carnegie/

TRIO CON BRIO offers a unique blend of musical personalities. All three musicians are members of the artist faculty at Florida State University and maintain active performance schedules. These three experienced artists - each of whom has been successful as a soloist, orchestral player and chamber musician - represent musical collaboration of the highest order. Their repertoire consists of standard and little-known works of composers literally from A to Z, spanning three centuries and including world premiers. They provide a wonderful musical treat for the ear with solos, duos in various combinations, and trios.

Frank Kowalsky, clarinetist, has performed as principal clarinetist with orchestras throughout the United States, including the Naples Philharmonic, Tallahassee Symphony, and Northwood Orchestra (MI), and is in demand as a recitalist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. Recent activities include a tour to England as guest soloist with the FSU Wind Ensemble and concerts with the Opperman Reed Trio on the east coast and in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. A member of the faculty at the Interlochen Arts Academy for ten years, he has been Professor of Clarinet at FSU since 1984. His students have won national and international competitions and hold positions in major orchestras and on college an university faculties throughout the country. Dr. Kowalsky holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music and Catholic University

Lubomir Georgiev, cellist, joined the FSU faculty in 1993, following his position as principal cellist in the Sacramento Symphony. Mr. Georgiev graduated from the Bulgarian State Conservatory in Sofia and received the Artist Diploma from Indiana University, where was a student of Janos Starker. He has been soloist and principal cellist with the Sofia Philharmonic, appeared as guest artist with major orchestras and on Bulgarian radio recordings, and has won national and international awards and competitions, both as a cellist and as a composer. Mr. Georgiev is a frequent guest performer at festivals in Bear Valley, California; Desert Foothills, Arizona; and Varna, Bulgaria. He has also performed with the Dohnanyi Piano Trio on tour and in Carnegie/Weill Recital Hall.

Carolyn Bridger, pianist, has concertized extensively as both soloist and collaborative artist. Her engagements have taken her throughout the United States, (including concerts with both the Dohnanyi Piano Trio and the Opperman Reed Trio in Carnegie/Weill Recital Hall), Canada, Europe, South America, the Azores Islands, and Southeast Asia. She has appeared as soloist with the Atlanta, Baltimore and Tallahassee Symphonies and received the Schubert Prize for Accompanying in Austria. In demand as a teacher and chamber music coach, Dr. Bridger has presented master classes as far away as Malaysia and the Dalmatian Islands, and has taught at the International summer School in Stari Grad (Croatia), the Grand Teton, Red Lodge and Tidewater Music Festivals. Following teaching positions at Emory University, UNC-Chapel Hill and Delta State, Dr. Bridger joined the FSU faculty in 1976. She is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Indiana University, and the University of Iowa.