Jacobs School of Music Recent String Alumni Accomplishments
Chamber Music
Dior Quartet
Noa Sarid & Tobias Elser (vns), Darryl Manley (vla), Joanne Yesol Choi (cello)
9th Plowman Chamber Music Competition
First Prize
Verona Quartet
Jonathan Ong & Dorothy Ro (vns), Abigail Rojansky (vla), Warren Hagerty, (cello)
Quartet in Residence Oberlin College
Cleveland Quartet Award
2015 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition winner
2015 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition Third Prize
2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition Second Prize
Other top prizes at: Coleman Chamber Music Competition, Chesapeake International Chamber Music Compeitition, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and the 8th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
Zorá Quartet
Dechopol Kowintaweewat & Seula Lee (vns), Pablo Munoz Salido (vla), Zizai Ning (cello)
2015 Young Concert Artists International Auditions First Prize
42nd Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Grand Prize and Gold Medal
2015 Coleman National Chamber Music Competition Coleman-Barstow Prize
Violin
Alexander Ayers - Section, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Boissonnault - Assistant Concertmaster, Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Alex Martin - Acting Assistant Concertmaster/Section First Violin, Utah Symphony
Ann Fink - Section, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Hart - Associate Concertmaster, Louisiana Philharmonic
Alexander Boissonnault - Assistant Concertmaster, Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Alex Martin - Acting Assistant Concertmaster/Section First Violin, Utah Symphony
Ann Fink - Section, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Hart - Associate Concertmaster, Louisiana Philharmonic
Byul Seo - Section, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Chao-Kai Lin - Section, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Norway
Daniel Aizenshtadt - section violin at Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
David Radzynski - Concertmaster, Israel Philharmonic
Delco Tenev - Section, Colorado Symphony
Delyana Lazarova - Concertmaster, Montgomery Symphony and Artist in Residence, visiting artist teacher Alabama State University School of Music
David Radzynski - Concertmaster, Israel Philharmonic
Delco Tenev - Section, Colorado Symphony
Delyana Lazarova - Concertmaster, Montgomery Symphony and Artist in Residence, visiting artist teacher Alabama State University School of Music
Edgar Donati - First Violin, Kodak Quartet
Eliot Heaton - Concertmaster, Michigan Opera Theatre
Erica Hudson - Dallas Symphony Orchestra Van Zweden Scholar
Eliot Heaton - Concertmaster, Michigan Opera Theatre
Erica Hudson - Dallas Symphony Orchestra Van Zweden Scholar
Ethan Balakrishnan - Section, Orchestre symphonique de Québec
Eun Gun - Section, Korean Broadcasting Symphony
Hannah Linz - Section, Florida Orchestra
Hannah Yim - Assistant Concertmaster, Louisiana Philharmonic
Holly Huelskamp - Concertmaster, Theatro Municipal De Santiago De Chile
Hyewon Kim - Section, Calgary Philharmonic
Eun Gun - Section, Korean Broadcasting Symphony
Hannah Linz - Section, Florida Orchestra
Hannah Yim - Assistant Concertmaster, Louisiana Philharmonic
Holly Huelskamp - Concertmaster, Theatro Municipal De Santiago De Chile
Hyewon Kim - Section, Calgary Philharmonic
Itamar Zorman - International Soloist, Professor of Violin, Eastman School of Music, 2014 Borletti-Buitoni Award, 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 2011 First Prize Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition
Loren Silvertrust - Section, Buffalo Philharmonic
Loren Silvertrust - Section, Buffalo Philharmonic
Lydia Umlauf - Section, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jihye Choi - Fellow, Montgomery Symphony Orchestra
Julie Wunderle - Section, Utah Symphony Orchestra
Karen Wyatt - Section, Utah Symphony Orchestra
Julie Wunderle - Section, Utah Symphony Orchestra
Karen Wyatt - Section, Utah Symphony Orchestra
Karen Gomyo - International soloist
Katherine Kobylarz - Section violin at Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Mariana Cottier-Bucco - Section, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Mariana Cottier-Bucco - Section, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Megan Zapfe - Section, The Austin Symphony
Michael Waterman - Section First Violin, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Michael Waterman - Section First Violin, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mia Laity - Section, Sarasota Orchestra
Miika Gregg - Section First Violin, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Nathan Giem - Former Concertmaster, Tokyo Philharmonic
Noah Bendix-Balgley - First Concertmaster, Berlin Philharmonic
Nora Scheller - Section, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Paul Hauer - Section, Milwaukee Symphony
Peter Vickery - Assistant Concertmaster, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Rena Kimura - Section, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Miika Gregg - Section First Violin, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Nathan Giem - Former Concertmaster, Tokyo Philharmonic
Noah Bendix-Balgley - First Concertmaster, Berlin Philharmonic
Nora Scheller - Section, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Paul Hauer - Section, Milwaukee Symphony
Peter Vickery - Assistant Concertmaster, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Rena Kimura - Section, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Sidonie Bougamout - Principal Second Violin, Suisse Romande Symphony Orchestra, Switzerland
Susan Paik - Section, Colorado Symphony
Timothy Kantor - Assistant Professor of Violin, University of Arizona
Thomas Rodgers - Principal Second Violin, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Veronique Mathieu - Assistant Professor of Violin, The University of Kansas
Won-Hee Lee - Section, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Susan Paik - Section, Colorado Symphony
Timothy Kantor - Assistant Professor of Violin, University of Arizona
Thomas Rodgers - Principal Second Violin, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Veronique Mathieu - Assistant Professor of Violin, The University of Kansas
Won-Hee Lee - Section, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Yu Wang - Faculty, Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China
Yuan-Yuan Wang - Section, Florida Orchestra
Yuan-Yuan Wang - Section, Florida Orchestra
Zhan Shu - Section, Cleveland Orchestra
Viola
Adriana Linares - Dali Quartet, Artistic Director and Founder of ArCoNet (The Arts & Community Network) North Wales, Pennsylvania
Andrew Francois - Section, St. Louis Symphony
Andrew Francois - Section, St. Louis Symphony
Caroline Gilbert - Principal, Buffalo Philharmonic
Daniel Stone - Section, Seattle Symphony
David Marks - Associate Principal Violist National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada
Emily Newell - New World Symphony
Evan Vicic - Assistant Principal, Louisville Symphony
Gabriel Polycarpo - Section, Symphony Orchestra of São Paulo
Evan Vicic - Assistant Principal, Louisville Symphony
Gabriel Polycarpo - Section, Symphony Orchestra of São Paulo
Jethro Marks - Principal Violist, National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada
Jonathan Gertner - Section, Israel Philharmonic
Laurent Grillet - Principal, Calgary Philharmonic
Jonathan Gertner - Section, Israel Philharmonic
Laurent Grillet - Principal, Calgary Philharmonic
Lotam Beidner - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Mary Motschmann – Vienna Volks Opera
Mason Spencer – Fifth House Ensemble
Milan Milisavljevic - Principal Viola, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Olivia Chew – Section, Seattle Symphony
Roland Glassel - Professor, Musikhochschule Munich
Rose Armbrust - Professor, Wheaton College
Sarah Harball - Section, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Sekyeong Cheon - Assistant Principal, Finnish National Opera
William Harvey - Concertmaster Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional
Yuval Gotlibovich - Visiting Professor, Musikhochschule Frankfurt
Zoe Martin-Doike - Section Viola Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/2nd Prize Winner Primrose Viola Competition
Cello
Aaron Merrit - Professor of Cello at Miami’s New World School of the Arts
Adrien Zitoun - Section, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Andra Lunde Padrichelli - Principal, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Brian Schuldt - founding member of the Felici Piano Trio and Executive Director of Chamber Music Unbound
Carlos Izcaray - Music Director, Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Lelchuk - Associate Principal, Louisiana Philharmonic
Herine Coetzee - Fifth House Ensemble
Adrien Zitoun - Section, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Andra Lunde Padrichelli - Principal, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Brian Schuldt - founding member of the Felici Piano Trio and Executive Director of Chamber Music Unbound
Carlos Izcaray - Music Director, Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Lelchuk - Associate Principal, Louisiana Philharmonic
Herine Coetzee - Fifth House Ensemble
Isabel Kwon - New World Symphony
Israel Fausto Martínez Melero - Professor of Cello, Conservatorio Superior de Música ”Manuel Castillo,” Sevilla, Spain
Israel Fausto Martínez Melero - Professor of Cello, Conservatorio Superior de Música ”Manuel Castillo,” Sevilla, Spain
Jacob Wunsch - Section, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Josue Valdepenas - Associate Principal, Calgary Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Jonathan Ruck - Associate Professor of Cello, University of Oklahoma; Principal Cellist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic
Dr. Julia Cory Slovarp - Assistant Professor, Montana State University-Bozeman
Kevin Kunkel - Section, Oregon Symphony Orchestra
Marcel Koerner - Section, Magdeburgische Philharmonie Germany
Margalit Cantor - Cello Faculty, Bloomingdale School of Music New York, NY
Marilyn de Oliveira - Assistant Principal, Oregon Symphony
Dr. Meredith Blecha-Wells - Associate Professor of Cello, Oklahoma State University
Nicholas Hersh - Assistant Conductor, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Jonathan Ruck - Associate Professor of Cello, University of Oklahoma; Principal Cellist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic
Dr. Julia Cory Slovarp - Assistant Professor, Montana State University-Bozeman
Kevin Kunkel - Section, Oregon Symphony Orchestra
Marcel Koerner - Section, Magdeburgische Philharmonie Germany
Margalit Cantor - Cello Faculty, Bloomingdale School of Music New York, NY
Marilyn de Oliveira - Assistant Principal, Oregon Symphony
Dr. Meredith Blecha-Wells - Associate Professor of Cello, Oklahoma State University
Nicholas Hersh - Assistant Conductor, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Mariscal - Assistant Principal, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Poh Joo Tan - Section, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Rainer Eudeikis - Principal, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Mirakian - Music Director, Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra
Stavros Petropoulos - Section, Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
Theodore Harvey - Section, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Teresa Richardson - Assistant Principal, Minnesota Opera
Dr. Thomas Loewenheim - Head of Strings, Professor of Cello, and Conductor of the University Orchestra at California State University, Fresno
Poh Joo Tan - Section, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Rainer Eudeikis - Principal, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Mirakian - Music Director, Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra
Stavros Petropoulos - Section, Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
Theodore Harvey - Section, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Teresa Richardson - Assistant Principal, Minnesota Opera
Dr. Thomas Loewenheim - Head of Strings, Professor of Cello, and Conductor of the University Orchestra at California State University, Fresno
Warren Hagerty - Principal, Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Bass
Andres Gil - Section, Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Brian Johnson - Section, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Brian Kuhns - Section, Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Daniel Carson - Principal, Alabama Symphony
David Daly - Principal, Bournemouth Symphony
David Milburn - Assisant Principal, San Antonio Symphony
Jeff Kail - Principal, Kansas City Symphony
Jeremy Kincaid - Section, Colorado Symphony
Joe McFadden - Section, Atlanta Symphony
John McCullough-Benner - Principal, Oregon Symphony; Grant Park
Ju-Fang Liu - Principal, Indianapolis Symphony
Karl Olsen - Section, Louisville Orchestra
Katherine Olszowka - Section, New Mexico Symphony
Kurt Reicken- Principal, Charlotte Symphony, North Carolina
Michael Hartt - Section, Indianapolis Symphony
Patricia Bereti Reid - Calgary Philharmonic
Paul DeNola - Section, National Symphony
Richard Cassarino - Assistant Principal, Alabama Symphony
Richard Ryan - Section, Kansas City Symphony
Rob Kassinger - Section, Chicago Symphony
Robert Widlowski - Section, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra
Ron Moberly - Section, St. Louis Symphony
Roseanne McCabe - Section, Sarasota Symphony
Sam Hager - Section, San Diego Symphony
Susan Cahill - Colorado Symphony
Thomas Huckaby - Principal, San Antonio Symphony
Tim Eckert - Section, Los Angeles Opera
Todd Lockwood - Section, Kansas City Symphony
Tom McGary - Section, Calgary Philharmonic
Zlatan Redzic - Section, San Antonio Symphony
Brian Johnson - Section, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Brian Kuhns - Section, Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Daniel Carson - Principal, Alabama Symphony
David Daly - Principal, Bournemouth Symphony
David Milburn - Assisant Principal, San Antonio Symphony
Jeff Kail - Principal, Kansas City Symphony
Jeremy Kincaid - Section, Colorado Symphony
Joe McFadden - Section, Atlanta Symphony
John McCullough-Benner - Principal, Oregon Symphony; Grant Park
Ju-Fang Liu - Principal, Indianapolis Symphony
Karl Olsen - Section, Louisville Orchestra
Katherine Olszowka - Section, New Mexico Symphony
Kurt Reicken- Principal, Charlotte Symphony, North Carolina
Michael Hartt - Section, Indianapolis Symphony
Patricia Bereti Reid - Calgary Philharmonic
Paul DeNola - Section, National Symphony
Richard Cassarino - Assistant Principal, Alabama Symphony
Richard Ryan - Section, Kansas City Symphony
Rob Kassinger - Section, Chicago Symphony
Robert Widlowski - Section, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra
Ron Moberly - Section, St. Louis Symphony
Roseanne McCabe - Section, Sarasota Symphony
Sam Hager - Section, San Diego Symphony
Susan Cahill - Colorado Symphony
Thomas Huckaby - Principal, San Antonio Symphony
Tim Eckert - Section, Los Angeles Opera
Todd Lockwood - Section, Kansas City Symphony
Tom McGary - Section, Calgary Philharmonic
Zlatan Redzic - Section, San Antonio Symphony