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String Instructors listed Alphabetically:
         ** By audition only

**Sylvia Ahramjian (Violin) B.M. Violin Performance, Julliard School. M.M. Violin Performance, Indiana University. Violin studies with Ivan Galamian, Margaret Pardee, Josef Gingold, & Paul Rolland. Concertmaster of the Lancaster Symphony for over 20 years. Soloist with Delaware and Lancaster Symphonies, Bucharest Symphony, Newark Symphony, Kennett Symphony, Delaware County Symphony and the Dover Symphony. Currently Associate Professor of Violin at West Chester University, additional teaching at Temple University, Temple University Preparatory School, and artist faculty member at Wilmington Music School.

**Richard Amoroso (Violin) B.A. Dickinson College, magna cum laude. Former pupil of past Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmasters Norman Carol and William de Pasquale. Member of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1998 and frequent participant in the orchestra's chamber music series and Family Concerts. Recent engagements include a recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall and solo appearances with the Philly Pops Orchestra.

Ross Beauchamp (Cello, Ensemble Coach) B.M. and M.M., Boston University. Cello studies with Michael Reynolds. Orchestral: Reading, Lancaster, Kennett, and Delaware Symphony Orchestras. Teaching: Delaware Music School, University of Delaware, Bryn Mawr Conservatory, Wilmington Music School, and Summer Camp Director of Apple Hill Center (NH).

**Carol Briselli (Viola) B.A. Music and French, State University of NY, Binghampton and M.M. Temple University. Has studied with Sol Greitzer, NY Philharmonic, Toby Appel, State University/Binghampton, Leonard Mogill, Philadelphia Orchestra, Evelyn Luise, Temple University. Performed with The Opera Company of Philadelphia, Northeastern PA. Philharmonic, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Arioso Quartet, The Mozart Orchestra of Philadelphia. Teaching: faculty member of West Chester and Widener Universities.

**Cynthia Campetti (Violin) B.A. Curtis Institute. Teachers: Jascha Brodsky, Ivan Galamian. Former member of Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia Opera Orchestra, Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia. Performed with Grand Teton Music Festival.

Lingchin Liao Hacker (Suzuki Violin, Early Childhood Music) B.M. in Music Education and Violin Performance, National Taiwan Normal University; M.M. and Professional Studies in Violin Performance, Temple University. Violin Studies with Helen Kwalwasser. Additional studies: Suzuki violin training and Gordon Institute for Music Learning Theory. Orchestral experience: Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra, Taipei City Symphony Orchestra. Teaching: Wilmington Music School. Former faculty: Philadelphia Biblical University, Temple University Music Prep and Trevose Day School.

**Ovidiu Marinescu (Cello) B.M. Bucharest Academy of Music; Performance/Pedagogy, M.M. University of Wisconsin; D.M.A. in Performance, Temple University. Cello studies with Wolfgang Laufer and Orlando Cole; first prize winner and Music Critics' Award in the George Dima Cello Competition. Performances: New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Port-land (ME), Milwaukee, Paris, Nuremberg, and Bucharest.

Janka Perniss (Violin) M.M. Violin Performance, University of Delaware; Graduate Studies in Music Education, Eastman School of Music; B.M. Violin Performance, Eastman School of Music. Teaching Experience: University of Delaware Grad Assistant, Wilmington Music School, University of Delaware Community Music School, and Sanford Day School. Performance experience: Concertmaster, University of Delaware Blue Hens Orchestra; Concertmaster, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Teachers include: Charles Haupt, Charles Castleman, Camilla Wicks.

Serban Petrescu (Chamber Music/Violin) B.A. Violin Performance, National University of Music, Bucharest, Romania; M.M. in Violin Performance, Southeastern Louisiana University; M.M. in Music Theory, West Chester University. Studied with Ioana Croitoru. Concertmaster with Newark Symphony Orchestra. First Violin with the Liric Quartet. Performed with Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Graduate Assistant at West Chester University.

 

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