A native of the Chicago area, Jane currently lives and performs in Montréal, Québec, Canada, as she pursues her Master’s degree in Viola Performance at McGill University. In addition to her Canadian adventures, she also performs with several orchestras in West Michigan and the Ann Arbor area. Jane began her orchestral studies with the Midwest […]
Robbie Herbst is a Chicago-based violinist and writer. He began his studies at the age of five in New Orleans, and he holds degrees from Dartmouth College and the University of Colorado at Boulder. His principal teachers include Claude Sim, Sally O’Reilly, and Charles Wetherbee. Robbie has spent summers at the Bowdoin, Aspen, and Mendocino […]
Violinist Jesús Linárez began his musical studies in Venezuela, at the Music Conservatory “Vicente Emilio Sojo.” Linárez worked with Maestro Jose Francisco del Castillo for 7 years at the “Academia Latinoamericana de Violin” and was a member of the Venezuelan orchestra organization, “El Sistema”, serving as a principal with the 2017 National Youth Orchestra of […]
A native of Hiroshima, Japan, Maya Shiraishi began violin studies at age four. After completing high school and undergraduate studies at Tokyo College of Music, she moved to Chicago to attend Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts. While studying at Roosevelt, Maya performed with the Chicago Civic Orchestra, the nation’s premier training program for […]
Currently a member of the Varo String Quartet, violinist Hannah Christiansen performs regularly with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and has appeared in recent seasons with Ensemble Dal Niente, the Ulster Orchestra (Belfast, Northern Ireland), Washington Island Music Festival, SouthEastern Young Artists, F-PLUS, and the International Contemporary Ensemble in addition to her work from 2017-2021 with […]
Oxana Sourine started playing violin at age 5. She studied with Turchaninova, Beshkina, and Belenky. After graduating from the Moscow State Conservatory, she was invited to play with Orchestra de Baja California, Mexico. That was the beginning of her musical adventure overseas. With the orchestra, as well as smaller music ensembles, she performed throughout Mexico. […]
Jennifer is a native of New York where she began her violin studies at age three. She earned her Bachelors of Music degree in Music Education and Music Performance from Hope College and has completed numerous graduate courses at Michigan State University. Jennifer teaches orchestra in the Grand Rapids Christian Schools and is the former […]
A native of Grand Rapids, Adam Liebert began his musical interests early, but it wasn’t until he heard and witnessed a performance of Pictures at an Exhibition at a concert for 5th graders that he found his true calling and chose the violin. After only two years of playing, he won a spot in the […]
Since the age of four, Jacie Robinson has enjoyed studying the violin. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University where she studied under Charles Avsharian and Dmitri Berlinsky. Jacie has attended the Meadowmount School of Music in New York, and in 2005 had the opportunity to tour and perform with Dmitri Berlinsky as […]
A native New Yorker, violinist Gene Hahn made his debut at Carnegie hall where he was invited to perform as a guest soloist at the age of 13. He then continued to perform regularly at Carnegie as a member of the New York Youth Symphony. During this time he also performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto […]
