Violin

Alana Pritchard Carithers

Alana Pritchard Carithers, violin, graduated in 1999 from Northwestern University with a Master of Music degree in violin performance and pedagogy. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance from Bob Jones University in 1997. During her time at Northwestern, she served [...]

Chun To Jun Liang Du

Violinist Jun Liang Du's fine talent is the answer to the prayers of his devoted Christian parents who tutored him intensively on both violin and piano at the age of four. Born in China, Du gave his first public performance on the violin at the age of six. After [...]

Mary Irwin

MM Northwestern University. Teachers include James Ceasar, Jerry Lucktenberg, Marge Pardee and Josef Gingold. 18-year symphony career with the Wichita Symphony, the Knoxville Symphony, and 12 years with the Columbus Symphony. Ms. Irwin has performed solos [...]

Gert Kumi

The Mehuhin Academy, MM The Juilliard School. A native of Albania, violinist Mr. Kumi has performed as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician all across Europe, Africa and North America. Mr. Kumi started playing the violin at the age of eight. Soon after, he began to win national recognition [...]

Song Xie

Song Xie is a long-time soloist, chamber musician and section leader of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. His solo competition awards include the Chinese National Violin Competition, LSU Young Artist Concerto Competition, and he was a finalists at the Chautauqua Festival Young Artist Competition in New York.[...]

Bruce Wilkison

B.Mus. University of Michigan. Studied with Paul Makanowitzky and Ruggiero Ricci, as well as Ivan Galamian, Stuart Canin, and David Cerone at the Meadowmount School of Music in New York. Mr. Wilkison joined the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra in 1984 as a member of the first violin section [...]

Lenore Wilkison

B.Mus, San Francisco State. Studied with Dan Kobialka of the San Francisc Symphony at Santa Cruz and later at San Francisco State. Summers were spent at the Tanglewood Festival in Massachusetts. Post-graduate work at USC completed her schooling, and in 1976 she won a position with the Phoenix [...]

Ellen Maria Willis

Ellen-Maria Willis, violin, is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She studied primarily with Fredell Lack and Szymon Goldberg, has performed as soloist with various orchestras including the Houston Symphony, has played in numerous recitals, and has performed in chamber ensembles both in the United States and in Europe. As an orchestral musician, Mrs. Willis has [...]

David Reimer

Bio to come.

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