FACULTY*
Cynthia Darby, piano - former faculty San Diego State University, member of the Artaria Trio (period instruments), active performer, teacher and chamber music coach.
Randy Fisher, viola/violin - coach and festival performer, former faculty Colorado and Dominion Colleges and principal quartet member of four major symphonies.
Christine Frank, violin - member of the Southwest Chamber Music and Pacific Symphony. Former member of the Anacapa Quartet and the Oper Pacific. Active festival coach and performer.
Susan Freier, violin - member of the Ives Quartet, SF Contemporary Players, and performer/teacher at Rocky Ridge. Active private teaching studio.
Stephen Harrison, cello - professor of music Stanford, member of Ives Quartet, soloist with SF Contemporary Players, artist/faculty at Pacific Music Festival and Rocky Ridge.
Peter Henderson, piano - assistant professor of Music, Maryville University, former member of the Garth Newel Piano Quartet, acive chamber music coach, teacher, and performer in St Louis.
Robert Howard, cello - ensemble performer/teacher, San Francisco Symphony sub, Bach Soloist, festivals at Tanglewood, Spoleto, Verbier, and Academia Chigiana.
Peter Lang, violin - director Vancouver Chamber Players, former concertmaster of West Coast Symphony, chamber music performer and coach.
Scott Lee, viola - professor at U of Misouri, Kansas, faculty at Idyllwild, orchestral soloist and chamber music festival collaborator with world-class performers.
Emma Rubinstein, violin - assistant professor at BrighamYoung University - Idaho, former member of the Anacapa and Oxford String Quartet, active festival performer.
Tom Stauffer, cello - former professor of Music at San Diego State University, active performer and coach, former Fulbright Fellow and member of the Bloch Quartet.
The Da Ponte String Quartet - Ensemble in Residence Founded in 1991, the Quartet received grants in 1995 from CMA and the National Endowment for the Arts for a residency in Maine. Establishing themselves throughout New England, the Quartet appeared frequently on concert series , on US and Canadian public radio, and yearly on residency at the Unikversity of North Texas. They havew been involved with presenting new works of composers including Gia Comolli and David Del Redici.
Ferdnand Liva, violin Lydia Forbes, violin Kirsten Monke, viola Myles Jordan, cello
*Faculty to be added, as needed |