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Cello
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Christina Soule, Principal
Christina has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Joffrey Ballet and as principal cello with the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra and the Boston Ballet. She performs regularly with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Pasadena Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and as principal cello of the Santa Monica Symphony.
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Kathleen Balfe
Kathleen Balfe was First Prize winner of the 2002 Edgard Feder Young Artist Award in New York City, winner of a Fulbright Grant in 2000, and Grand Prize winner in the American String Teachers Association National Competition in 2000. A California native, the past five years have found her in Spain, performing with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife (2003-2007), and more recently in Granada, Principal Cellist of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Kathleen has performed chamber music in many countries. She helped to found the Messiaen Ensemble in the Canary Islands in 2003, and has collaborated in numerous chamber music performances with her orchestra colleagues over the past five years. An alumna of the New World Symphony and Tanglewood, Kathleen completed her bachelor’s degree in cello performance with Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory and studied for 12 years with Irene Sharp at the San Francisco Conservatory.
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Trevor Handy
Trevor made his solo debut with the Boston Symphony at age 15. As a member of the Griffon String Quartet, he won Grand Prize at the 1991 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He has been a member of numerous orchestras across the country and currently pursues a freelance career in Los Angeles, where he is a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
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Judith Johnson
Judith Johnson is a member of the Pasadena Symphony and frequently performs with the Pacific Symphony. She has also performed with Opera Pacific, the Ojai Festival, the Carmel Bach Festival, the Joffrey Ballet, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Strawberry Creek Festival at Malibu. She plays on television and motion-picture soundtracks, and performs in chamber groups for school concerts.
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Andrew Smith
Cellist Andrew Smith is an Associate Professor of music at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he performs regularly in the southwest as a member of The Cerberus Trio. He is an original member of the Camerata Deiá, a group founded in 2001 to be the resident ensemble with The Festival Internacional de Deiá, a summer festival in Mallorca, Spain. He is also a founding member of The Adriatic Chamber Music Festival, a summer music program in southern Italy, where he has taught and performed since its inception in 1998. Prior to his appointment at UNLV Mr. Smith played with the Nicoletti String Quartet in Santa Barbara where he also performed regularly with the Santa Barbara Symphony and the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra.
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Susie Yang
Susie Yang made her solo debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age 11 and has since established herself as an avid soloist, orchestral and chamber musician. Susie has performed as soloist with the New World Symphony and Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra among others. She was a principal cellist of the New World Symphony, under music director Michael Tilson-Thomas. In 2009, Susie was invited to play with the Kansas City Symphony for the remainder of their 2009 season. She has performed at Sarasota Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Spoleto, Taos and the Yellow Barn Summer Festival. Susie received her Bachelor's degree from The Juilliard School and her Masters degree from New England Conservatory.
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Bass
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David Parmeter, Principal
After graduating cum laude with a B.A. in Double Bass Performance and Music Composition from UCLA, David served as Principal Bass of the Young Musicians’ Foundation Debut Orchestra in 1994-1995. He performs regularly with the Los Angeles Opera, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the Pasadena Symphony, is on many major motion-picture soundtracks and performed for two summers at the Spoleto Festival in Italy.
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Kenneth Hustad
Kenneth Hustad is Co-Principal Bass for the San Luis Obispo Symphony and performs with the Santa Barbara and Santa Maria Symphonies, the Cuesta Master Chorale, Pacific Repertory Opera, the San Luis Obispo Vocal Arts Ensemble, the Cal Poly Baroque Orchestra, and the Tolosa Strings Quintet. He is a string coach for the San Luis Obispo Youth Symphony and bass instructor at Cuesta College and Cal Poly. Ken also performs with several local jazz groups.
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