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Andrew Mille
Andrew Mille began his cello studies in the USC Strings Project in Columbia S.C. at the age of eight. He played for both the South Carolina Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and All State Orchestra during his high school years, and in 2000 was awarded the Harry Lightsey Cello Scholarship to study at the College of Charleston, […]
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Tomas Jakubek
Tomas Jakubek started his violin studies at the age of seven in his native country of Slovakia. He studied violin at the Conservatory in Zilina, then at the Janacek Academy of Music in Brno (Czech Republic) where he received his Masters Degree in violin performance. He has also studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music […]
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Jenny Weiss
Jenny Weiss, originally from Delaware, Ohio, began studying the violin at the age of 5. She completed her Bachelors Degree and Performer Diploma at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as a student of Federico Agostini. While living in Bloomington, Jenny was a member of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Carmel Symphony, Terre Haute Symphony, and Richmond Symphony […]
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Micah Gangwer
Violinist Micah Gangwer is the Assistant Concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. He attended Miami University for his undergraduate degree in violin performance, and studied at the University of Oklahoma and the University of South Carolina for graduate school. Micah made his solo debut performing with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra when he was eleven years […]
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Asako Kremer
Asako Kremer attended the Kunitachi College of Music in her native Tokyo, Japan. She moved to New York City in 1996 and received her Master’s degree from the Mannes College of Music. Ms. Kremer received a full scholarship at the University of South Carolina to serve graduate assistantship in performance. She has been a member […]
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Chris Teves
Christopher Teves has performed throughout the United States as a recitalist and as a soloist with orchestras. His career highlights include the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, the Guitar Foundation of America International Festival in Charleston, the Society of Composers Inc. National Conference in Iowa City, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, performances in New York, […]
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Damian Kremer
Damian Kremer, a native of North Carolina, has performed throughout the world as a soloist, chamber player, and orchestral musician. He has served as principal cellist for the Chautauqua Music Festival Orchestra and the Lansing Symphony, and has toured England, Scotland, and Japan with the New World Symphony. In addition, he has also been a […]
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Mayumi Nakamura
Mayumi Nakamura began studying the violin at the age of nine. By age twelve, she was a featured soloist on a live radio broadcast with the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. She has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Mayumi gave her New York City recital debut […]
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Nikolai Svishev
Nikolai received a Master of Art Degree in Music with a concentration in Jazz Guitar from the University of Arts in Russia, and he is currently working towards his Post-Graduate Degree in Classical Guitar Performance at USC in Columbia, SC. Mr. Svishev’s musical background includes both film and television soundtracks, numerous music festivals and recordings […]
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Rafe Goldman
Rafe Goldman, a native of Long Island, New York began his violin studies at the age of eight. While under the tutelage of Doris Rothenberg, he had the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the anniversary of famed music pedagog, Shinichi Suzuki. Rafe then moved to Charleston, South Carolina at […]
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Suzanne Fleming Atwood
Classical Singer, Vocalist, Voice
Soprano Suzanne Fleming-Atwood is an active performer and music educator in Charleston, South Carolina. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she received a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the Catholic University of America. Ms. Fleming-Atwood studied […]
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Yun Hao Jiang
Yun Hao is a cellist and vocalist with a classical performance degree from the College of Charleston as well an artist certificate. His master’s degree is in voice. A full biography will be available later this week.
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Alex Agrest
Mr. Agrest began his violin studies in Sukhumi, a small city on the Black Sea in Soviet Georgia. At the age of 13, he entered the Special Music School for Gifted Children in Leningrad and upon graduation, entered the Leningrad State Conservatory, where he studied violin, viola and conducting. In 1974, he took the post of […]
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Daniel Mumm
Cellist Daniel Mumm received a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and did doctoral studies at Rutgers University. Prior to that, he attended the pre-college program at Manhattan School of Music. An accomplished orchestral cellist, Daniel is currently principal cello of the Asheville Symphony and Symphony Orchestra Augusta. He has performed with many renowned […]
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Regina Helcher Yost
Regina Helcher Yost is currently in her 17th season as Second Flute of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and 20th season as Assistant Principal Flute/Piccolo of the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, Colorado. She also serves as the Adjunct Professor of Flute at Charleston Southern University and core flutist for Chamber Music Charleston. Mrs. Yost received her Bachelor […]
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Margaret Selby
Margaret Selby is the orchestra director at Laing Middle School in Charleston County after teaching in Lexington/Richland School District 5 for nine years. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and her Master’s degree in Music Performance from the University of South Carolina with Dr. Robert Jesselson. A native of Lexington, SC, Mrs. Selby […]
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Andrew Emmett
Born in Munich, Germany, Andrew began playing the violin at age 7. His family moved to the United States when he was 9 where he continued his studies through his college years at Eastern New Mexico University with David Tubergen and also at the University of New Mexico with Leonard Felberg. After spending 4 years […]
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Julia Harlow
Julia Harlow is the Director of Music and Organist at Second Presbyterian Church in downtown Charleston, SC and teaches music (ear training, organ, and world music) at the College of Charleston. Originally from Iowa, her doctoral and masters degrees in organ and harpsichord performance are from the University of Oregon. She served on the board […]
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Ben Weiss
A native of Indiana, violist Ben Weiss attended the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. During his eight years of study there Mr. Weiss completed his Bachelor of Music degree and Performer Diploma in violin as well as a Performer Diploma in viola. While at Indiana University he was a member of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Terre […]