PETER WEITZNER, double bass, performs as orchestral and chamber musician and as soloist has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony and performed the New York premiere of Sheila Silver’s Chant for double bass and piano. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Weitzner is currently the curator and host of the BPL Chamber Players in residence at the Central branch (Grand Army Plaza) of the Brooklyn Public Library. He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Orion Quartet, Enso String Quartet, Trio Solisti, New York Chamber Ensemble, Yale at Norfolk, Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, New York Philomusica, Garden City Chamber Music Society and the Sherman Chamber Ensemble. For ten years Mr. Weitzner toured the world as a member of the Giora Feidman Trio. He is also a charter member of the Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium, an arts education advocacy group comprised of arts related non-profits, musicians and educators. His work can be heard on the Nonesuch, Albany, Pro Gloria Musicae, New World Records, Musical Heritage Society, Delos, Grenadilla, and Berkshire Bach Society record labels.