A trio for violin, cello, and piano, featuring David Amado.
Featured Artists
Featuring Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D 898, Op. 99, with David Amado.
Dates & Locations
March 13, 2027
Blake Library, Stuart
2:00 pm
Duration
Approximately 1 hour, no intermission.
A versatile chamber and orchestral musician, violinist Dina Kostic is Principal Second Violin with the Atlantic Classical Orchestra, the Miami City Ballet Orchestra, Symphony of the Americas, and Nu Deco Ensemble, and is Assistant Concertmaster with The Symphonia, Boca Raton. She appears frequently with orchestras across the country, including Seraphic Fire, The Master Chorale, the Naples Philharmonic, the Sarasota Orchestra, and the Minnesota Orchestra.
A dedicated chamber musician, Dina is a founding member of Trio Paradigm, Artists-in-Residence for the St. Mary’s series in Stuart, and of Collins Quartet, the core quartet for Candlelight Concerts in South Florida. From 2003 to 2025, she was a core member of the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival, and appears on their critically acclaimed albums on the Klavier label. Dina previously held positions with the Florida Philharmonic, the New World Symphony, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and served as Adjunct Faculty at Barry University in Miami Shores from 2003 to 2024.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University and a Master’s degree from Northwestern University.
Award-winning cellist Ashley Garritson has built a distinguished international career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer. She currently serves as Principal Cello of the Miami City Ballet and the Atlantic Classical Orchestra and is a founding member of Miami’s Nu Deco Ensemble. Ashley has performed with the Chicago Symphony and Boston Symphony, collaborated with members of the Juilliard String Quartet and other renowned ensembles, and shared the stage with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Mstislav Rostropovich, Janos Starker, Lynn Harrell, and Pierre Boulez. Her solo appearances include performances with the Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Miami Symphony, Indiana University Wind Ensemble, and the University of Miami’s Frost Wind Ensemble, where she premiered Aaron Travers’ Cello Concerto, commissioned especially for her. A winner of several national and international competitions, Ashley has appeared at the Tanglewood, Kneisel Hall, and Yellow Barn festivals, and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Cello Performance from the University of Miami. Beyond the concert stage, she is also a life coach and passionate lover of horses, reading, cooking, and the healing and transformative power of music.
David Amado has been Music Director of the Atlantic Classical Orchestra since July 2016.
He was recently appointed Artistic Director of the Oregon Mozart Players, based in Eugene, Oregon. In June 2023, after leading the Delaware Symphony Orchestra for twenty seasons as Music Director, he was named the first Music Director Laureate in the DSO’s 120-year history.
