The Playmates Quartet
The Playmates Quartet
The Playmates perform upbeat concerts that include classical, jazz, world and original music.
Concerts are available in Recital and Orchestral Formats.
The Playmates are now available as a sextet and welcome flutists Lish Lindsey and Diane Kay-Clark. The more flutes, the merrier!
Check out our Playmates and Friends Concert with Lish and Diane here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEX7pgL2xv4&t=161s
Pamela Whitman
Pamela Whitman has been the Principal Flutist of the Ocean City Pops Orchestra since 1989. She is an active chamber musician and recording artist. She founded the touring world-rock band WorldColor. The band brought together musicians from around the globe to promote peace. Her three-year cultural exchange program with Nepal included collaborations with Nepal’s leading musicians and included broadcasts, recordings, tours and documentaries. Artists for a Better World honored Pamela with an award for her humanitarian work as a musician. She has starred at such diverse venues as The Brooklyn Academy of Music; The Birendra International Convention Center (Kathmandu); Xinghai Concert Hall (Guangzhou); The House of Blues (Hollywood); The Himalayan Hard Rock Cafe and more. She has performed in the Costa Rican Rainforest; on Indian Reservations and at spiritual centers and Performing Arts Centers. In April of 2022 she performed in Peru in collaboration with Incan Son, including Peru's leading pan flutist Clemente Cesar Villalobos Leiva. She has recently toured Indian Reservations in South Dakota and Arizona with Dakota flutist Bryan Akipa.
Scott Breiner
Scott J. Breiner is a gifted pianist, organist and choirmaster. He has been the Music Director at Grace Lutheran in Somers Point, New Jersey, since 2007. He serves as musical director and accompanist for choruses and musical theater groups in the Northeast. Scott is a member of the American Guild of Organists. He has served as guest conductor and guest organist with the Ocean City Pops Orchestra. In July 2005, he became the director and one of the founders of the Cape Shore Chorale, a chorus consisting of sixty local singers based in Ocean City. Scott performs regularly at Atlantic City’s Convention Hall on the World’s Largest Pipe Organ.
Rich Kurtz
Rich Kurtz plays upright bass in the Bay Atlantic Symphony and electric bass with many East Coast bands. Rich owns and operates the award-winning music studio Cadence Music. Rich is one of the most experienced bassists working today, having performed thousands of recorded appearances and live concerts. He has performed with Ray Charles, George Benson, Luciano Pavarotti, Peter Cetera, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Feinstein, Andrea Bocelli and more. Rich holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Performance and Education.
Jason Koenig
Jason Koenig plays drums and percussion in theatre, orchestral, chorale and small ensemble settings throughout South Jersey, Philadelphia, and New York City. His “beat” has included The Masterworks Choir and Orchestra, Grace Music and Arts Foundation, Cape Shore Chorale, and the historic Bucks County Playhouse Theater in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
Lish Lindsey
Lish (rhymes with “wish”; she/her) Lindsey is the principal piccoloist with the Capital Philharmonic Orchestra of NJ, principal flutist with the Eastern Wind Symphony, resident flutist with the Endless Mountain Music Festival, the contemporary music ensemble Random Access Music, Exit 4 Wind Quintet, and UpTown Flutes (contrabass). She also plays dragon flute with the Tokyo to NY and Queens New Music concert series in NYC.
Lish is an adjunct music professor at Columbia University and the New York City College of Technology, is president of the New York Flute Club, and serves on the board of the New Jersey Flute Society and the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia.
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Diane Kay-Clark
Diane Kay-Clark is a professional flautist whose career has spanned over 40 years performing in many ensembles and as a soloist in various venues in and around the Philadelphia area. A recipient of the William Kincaid Scholarship, Diane advanced her studies with John Krell (Philadelphia Orchestra). She was awarded a full scholarship from the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY where she studied classical and jazz flute. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Applied Flute Performance. She completed her Master of Music Education degree at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Diane held the position of Woodwind Specialist and Director of Bands for the School District of Philadelphia for over 35 years making her the first African-American female band director of magnet schools for Philadelphia. She has played with various notable groups such as The Savoy Opera Company, Philadelphia Boy’s Choir and Chorale Orchestra and the Ocean City Pops. Venues include the Heidelberg Castle in West Germany as principal flute with The Open-Air Festival Orchestra, The Academy of Music, Longwood Gardens, The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul and Suzanne Roberts Theatre to name a few. Her original recordings can be heard on TuneCore Records which can be found on all streaming platforms.