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Sam Weiser

October 20, 2022

Sam Weiser, a member of the award-winning Del Sol Quartet, has studied and performed chamber music with many of today’s greatest musicians and pedagogues. Sam is a graduate of Tufts University, the New England Conservatory, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His teachers include Ian Swensen, Lucy Chapman, James Buswell, and Patinka Kopec. Sam...

David Steele

November 17, 2018

I arrived in the SF Bay Area in 1987 to attend the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to receive my MA in violin performance. I’ve played in various local orchestras and venues over the past 30 years including the California Symphony. When I’m not playing my violin, I’m working full time as an IT tech...

Michelle Maruyama

November 17, 2018

Michelle Maruyama began violin lessons at age 4 after seeing Itzhak Perlman on Sesame Street. She received a Bachelor’s in Violin Performance and Master’s in Chamber Music Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied violin with Ian Swensen and was heavily influenced by Mark Sokol. Studying chamber music of the 2nd...

Christina Knudson

November 17, 2018

American violinist Christina Knudson has performed throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Ms. Knudson currently resides in Kawasaki, Japan and can be heard performing with Tokyo-based groups such as IlluminArt Philharmonic and Ensemble Miraco. She continues to maintain her position with California Symphony by traveling to America a few times a year to perform. Ms....

Laurien Jones

November 17, 2018

Laurien Jones was born in Spokane, WA. At age 9 she began taking free violin lessons, funded by the public schools. After two years, she found that she that she continued to love playing the violin. Her first private teacher was Robert Armstrong who was as much a nurturer as he was a fine teacher....