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Christine Grossman, Co-Principal
Christine Grossman is Principal Violist of the Kansas City Symphony. She has participated in the Quartet Program, the Perlman Program, and the Schleswig-Holstein, Taos, Lake Tahoe, Deer Valley and Great Lakes Chamber Music Festivals. Christine was previously a member of the California Quartet, and a finalist in the Concert Artists Guild Competition and the Chesapeake Competition. She received both her bachelor and graduate degrees in viola performance from the Juilliard School, where she studied with Heidi Castleman, Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang. |
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Rachel Kuipers, Co-Principal
Rachel Kuipers has performed in concert venues across the USA, Italy, Austria and China. Her appearances include the Ascoli Piceno Festival, Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove, Bay Chamber Concerts, the Rochester Chamber Music Society, International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, Taos Music Festival, the Perlman Music Program, and the Ost-West Musikfest. Rachel graduated from Rice University in 2008 with a bachelor of music degree in viola and a concentration in German literature. She is currently pursuing a diploma with Roberto Díaz at the Curtis Institute of Music. |
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Dmitri Bovaird
Dmitri Bovaird is a member of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He performs regularly with the Pasadena Symphony, Long Beach Symphony and the Los Angeles Master Chorale at Walt Disney Concert Hall. He has also been highly active in the film and recording industry.
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Laura Kuennen-Poper
Laura Kuennen-Poper has held faculty positions at the Oberlin Conservatory, California Institute of the Arts, the University of California–Irvine, and the Colburn School of the Performing Arts. Prior to moving to Oberlin, she was, for more than a decade, a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Assistant Principal Violist of the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, and a member of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Laura is a member of the Canton Symphony Orchestra.
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Tiffany Richardson
Tiffany Richardson is an active performer and teacher in Northern Virginia and holds degrees from the University of Maryland and the New England Conservatory of Music. She was a former member of the Lyric String Quartet. Most recently she has performed at the Kennedy Center with her trio, Virginia Virtuosi. As an orchestral musician, she has performed with the New World Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, the Richmond Symphony, and the Spoleto Festival. She has studied with Daniel Foster, Michael Tree, Carol Rodland and Ralph Field. |
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Gareth Zehngut
Gareth Zehngut is a violist with the San Diego Symphony. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School. Gareth has traveled and performed chamber music across the United States, including performances at the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall. He has also performed in Austria, China, France, Germany, Israel and Switzerland.
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