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Matthew Hinsley and Jennifer Rhyne first collaborated in 1995 during their studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. In their first year together, the duo enjoyed concert engagements around the Northeastern United States. One reviewer commented that the duo provided "some of the most beautiful music I've heard in a very long time." (New Castle Weekly) Both active as soloists, Hinsley and Rhyne are completing Doctoral degrees at the University of Texas at Austin, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, respectively. Rhyne, who performed with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra as a winner of their Young Artist Competition, has been a winner of the Texas Flute Society's Masterclass Performers Competition, a finalist in the Frank Bowen Flute Competition in Albuquerque, and won second prize in the Young Artist Competition of the Washington, D.C. Flute Association. Hinsley was a three-time national finalist in the American String Teacher's Association National Solo String Competition, twice winning second prize. In 2000 he won first prize in the Gibson Collegiate Artist Guitar Competition of the Music Teacher's National Association. The performance on his 1998 solo CD, Live, in Austin, was praised by the Austin-American Statesman for its "rare clarity and composure."