Hilary Janysek Piña

Dr. Hilary Janysek is an active flutist and educator specializing in chamber music, entrepreneurship, and positive psychology. In addition to Quintet360, she performs regularly with the McKinney Philharmonic Orchestra and the Austin Flute Choir. As a full-time teacher, Hilary serves as the assistant professor of flute and music history at Texas Lutheran University and has built a successful private studio of over 30 students based in Austin, TX. Her students have advanced to region, area, and state band competitions, and have won local Young Artist Competitions. Hilary holds a DA and MM in Flute Performance from Ball State University where studied with Dr. Mihoko Watanabe, held graduate assistantships in Music History and Music Education, and completed a certificate in Entrepreneurial Music.  She also holds a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Texas State University, where she studied with Dr. Adah Toland Jones.

Currently, Dawn is in her 6th year of teaching. She is in her 3rd year as an Assistant Band Director at Farley Middle School in Hutto ISD where she teaches flute, oboe, bassoon,clarinet, and assists with the Symphonic Band. Previously, she taught for 3 years in Austin ISD. Dawn also performs with Quintet 360 and Cedar Park Winds. Dawn graduated from Texas State University with a Bachelors in Music Education where she studied oboe under Dr. Davidson. During her time there she performed with the Wind Ensemble for 4 years, several chamber groups, and toured through Europe for two summers.

In her free time she enjoys spending time outdoors with her pup, Fenrir, while participating in various activities such as running, hiking, kayaking, or gardening.

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Dr. Hastings received her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in 2010 from the University of Illinois at Urbana­Champaign. While at the University of Illinois, Dr. Hastings maintained an active performing and teaching career. She was a member of the ProHa Clarinet Quartet which performed at the Vandoren Clarinet Ensemble Festival at the University of Northern Illinois in 2008 and at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington D.C. in 2009. She held the Bass Clarinet position in the Champaign­Urbana Symphony and was also seen performing with Sinfonia da Camera, a premiere orchestra in the Central Illinois area. From 2006-­2008, Dr. Hastings held one of the Teaching Assistant positions where she taught applied clarinet and the clarinet methods class for Undergraduate Music Education Majors. In February of 2013, she was the guest artist at Colorado Mesa University's Clarinet Day.  She currently plays principal clarinet with The Waterloo Wind Band and Balcones Chamber Orchestra here in Austin.

Dr. Hastings has performed at some of the top performance venues in the country including Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall in Boston, Symphony Center in Chicago, and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Dr. Hastings received her Bachelor’s Degree in 2003 in her home state of Florida at the University of Miami. In 2005, she completed her Master’s degree at Boston University. Her principal teachers include J. David Harris, Ethan Sloane and Dr. Margaret Donaghue. Dr. Hastings currently teaches in Lake Travis ISD, Hutto ISD, and Georgetown ISD.

Bassoonist Adam Drake is an active musician across the central Texas region.  Based in Austin, Adam teaches a large studio of middle and high school bassoon students.  While a student at The University of Texas, Adam performed with the University’s Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and on many recitals and chamber concerts at the Butler School of Music.  His past summer experiences include the National Music Festival, Brevard Music Center’s Institute, and the opportunity of performing as bassoonist for the American Wind Symphony Orchestra’s 55th season.  Adam is also a dynamic chamber musician - he has competed and put on performances across the nation, and was awarded a summer chamber music residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.  Adam is also bassoonist for prismatx ensemble, a contemporary chamber ensemble in Austin that puts on provoking multi-sensory concerts and art experiences.In May 2017, Adam was awarded a Master of Music degree from The University of Texas’s Butler School of Music.  His former teachers and other musical inspirations include Kristin Wolfe Jensen, Jeff Keesecker, and Amanda Swain.

Eileen Kane, a horn player and music educator, has cultivated an extensive horn studio with students from RRISD and LTISD. Over the past eleven years, Ms. Kane has taught private horn lessons to a wide variety of students from the beginner to collegiate level in the states of TX, MI, OH, and PA. Students from her horn studio have experienced success at regional, state, and international levels. She earned a MM in Horn Performance at the University of Akron, studying horn under Dr. Tung and Professor Fink, while teaching horn and music history classes as a graduate assistant. Additionally, Ms. Kane holds a BS in Music Education and a minor in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. As a huge advocate for chamber music, Ms. Kane has directed numerous horn choir classes, created a “Horn Day” in RRISD, is coaching a HS horn quartet for the 2022 IHS competition, and is on faculty at the Austin Horn Camp. In her free time, Ms. Kane enjoys performing with the Austin Brass Collective, Q360, and various other groups.