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Laszlo Benedek
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU

Other Education:
• Bachelors Degree, Academia de Muzica "Gheorghe Dima",
  Cluj-Napoca, Romania, http://amgd.eu/

• Artist Diploma, Violin Performance - University of Cincinnati
  http://www.uc.edu/

Professional Appointments:
• Concertmaster - Philharmonic Orchestra of Lima, Lima, Peru

Interesting Items:
• http://www.laszlobenedek.com
• http://www.apj.org.pe/agenda/cultural/
• Photos
• Cuarteto de Cuerdas 'Lima'

Maria Bessmeltseva
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU 2007

Email

Other Education:
• Working on DMA - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• Masters Candidate - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Interesting Items:
• Biography - http://www.mariabessmeltseva.com/index.html
• http://www.oberlin.edu/con/bkstage/200202/erato.html
• http://www.sentinel-tribune_com.htm

Dr. James Carroll, MD
Private Studio Student - Iowa

Email

Professional Appointments:
• Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
  http://www.int-med.uiowa.edu/Divisions/Pulmonary/Directory/
  JamesCarroll.html
• Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
  http://www.uiowa.edu

Petros Christidis
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU 2008

Email

Vasile Chintoan
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU

Email

Other Education:
• Bachelors Degree, Academia de Muzica "Gheorghe Dima",
  Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Professional Appointments:
• First Violin Section, Toledo Symphony Orchestra (current)
  http://www.toledosymphony.com

Sebastian Comanescu
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU, 2004

Email

Other Education:
• Bachelors Degree, Academia de Muzica "Gheorghe Dima",
  Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Email

Other Education:
• Masters Degree Student - Belmont University, Nashville,    
  Tennessee http://www.belmont.edu/

Iuliana Cotirlea
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU, 2007

Email

Other Education:
• Bachelors Degree, Academia de Muzica "Gheorghe Dima",
  Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Jason DePue
Private Studio Student - Ohio

Other Education:
• Bachelor of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, 2000

Professional Appointments:
• First Violin Section - Philadelphia Orchestra (Current)
   http://www.philorch.org
• Temple University, Boyer College of Music and Dance Faculty

Interesting Items:
• Alumni Council - Curtis Institute of Music
  http://www.curtis.edu/html/70200.shtml#Executive
• Music from the Inside Out

Wallace DePue Jr.
Bachelors in Violin Performance - BGSU

Other Education:
• PhD Candidate University of Texas, Austin
  http://mml.music.utexas.edu/

Interesting Items:
• DePue Brothers' Website http://www.thedepuebrothers.com

Zachary DePue
Private Studio Violin Student - Ohio

Other Education:
• Bachelor of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, 2002

Professional Appointments:
• Concertmaster - Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  (Current Position) http://www.indianapolissymphony.org/
• First Violin Section - Philadelphia Orchestra (2002 -2007) 
  http://www.philorch.org

Interesting Items:
• Concertmaster Position Article - Indianapolis Symphony
  http://www.indianapolissymphony.org/about
  us/the_orchestra/strings/concertmasters
• Interview - http://www.violinist.com/blog/caeli/20076/7195/ 
• The Des Moines Symphony, Spring 2007
• Member, Grancino Quartet
• Time for Three - http://www.timforthree.com
• AMA - Arts Management Association Time for Three
• Toledo Blade Article - Jan. 12, 2006 "Creativity defies
  categories"
• CityPaper.net Article - June 24-30, 2004 "Band of Opportunity"
• DePue Brothers' Website -  http://www.thedepuebrothers.com

Mark Dorosheff
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU

Professional Appointments:
• United States Air Force Strings (Current)
• New World Symphony - http://www.nws.org

Interesting Items:
• 50th Anniversary - The Strolling Strings
  United States Air Force Band

Monica (Chamasyan) Dorosheff
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU

Professional Appointments:
• New World Symphony - http://www.nws.org

Ioana Galu
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU, 2003

Email

Other Education:
• Currently PhD Candidate - Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
  http://.ccm.uc.edu/
• Bachelors Degree, Academia de Muzica "Gheorghe Dima",
  Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Professional Appointments:
• Heidelberg College Faculty (Current)
  http://www.heidelberg.edu/
• Eastern Music Festival - (Current)
  http://www.easternmusicfestival.org/festival.html

Interesting Items:
•  WGTE FM Live, Violinist Ioana Galu and harpist Julie Buzzelli
•  http://www.wgte.org/fmlive/6-2-06.asp

Anca Gavris
Private Studio Student - Ohio

Email

Other Education:
• Bachelors Degree Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Professional Appointments:
• Sao Paolo Symphony Orchestra, Sao Paolo, Brazil (Current)

Interesting Items:
• Musician Profile
• Trio concert
   http://veja.abril.com.br/vejasp/260504/terraco.html
• Photo Portfolio
   http://ego.globo.com/Entretenimento/Ego/Entrevista/
   0,,ENN79-5279,00.html

Alison Glinka
Private Violin Student - Ohio

Other Education:
• Case Western Reserve University Division of Public Health
• Bachelors Degree in Engineering - MIT

Interesting Items:
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concertmaster
  - MIT Orchestra http://web.mit.edu/mitso/

Meredith Glinka
Private Violin Student - Ohio

Other Education:
• Bachelors Degree in Engineering
  - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professional Appointments:
• Research Technician Columbia University Medical Center

Interesting Items
• BC Bach Festival Honors Young Artists' Competition Winners
• 2004 Concertmaster - MIT Orchestra

Email

Other Education:
• Currently PhD Candidate - University of Missouri at Kansas City 0 http://www.umkc.edu/

Email

Other  Education:
• Currently Masters Candidate at Northwestern University, 
   Evanston, Illinois http://www.music.northwestern.edu/

Interesting Items:
• Resume

Virgil Lupu
Bachelors in Violin Performance - BGSU, 2005

Email

Other Education:
• Masters Degree, Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music

Professional Appointment:
• Artist in Residence, Concert Master of the Terra Chamber Arts
  Orchestra, and Music History Teacher at the Terra
  Community College (Current), http://www.terra.edu

• Toledo School for the Arts

Interesting Items:
• http://www.ts4arts.org/faculty/lupu.html

Ioana Missits
Bachelors in Violin Performance - BGSU

Other Education:
• Master in Music - Indiana University

Professional Appointments:
• Second Violin Section Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
  (Current) http://www.clevelandorchestra.com
• Pittsburgh Orchestra
• Grant Park Orchestra

Interesting Items:
• Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major

Titus Munteanu
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU, 2006

Email

Cristina Muresan
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU

Email

Other  Education:
• Bachelors Degree, Academia de Muzica "Gheorghe Dima",
  Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Professional Appointments:
• First Violin Section - Toledo Symphony Orchestra (Current)
  http://www.toledosymphony.com
• Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra (Current)
  http://grantparkmusicfestival.com

Interesting Items:
• Toledo Symphony - Meet the Musicians
• Toledo Symphony - "Mozart and More" Series
• University of Findlay - Symphony to Perform with Violinist
  Muresan on Findlay's Campus Violin Concerto No. 2 in
  D Minor by Henryk Wieniawski (Press Release)
• Musician Biography
• Grant Park Biography
  http://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/
  ChristinaMuresan.shtml 
• New World Symphony

Aurelian Oprea
Bachelors in Violin Performance - BGSU

Email

Professional Appointments:
• Associate Concertmaster, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
  http://www.daytonphilharmonic.com

Interesting Items:
Dayton Daily News Articles
• Area events honor Mozart's 250th birthday (3-5-2006)
• Philharmonic keeps with holiday tradition (12-26-2005)
• Without Gittleman, CPO still thrills Schuster audience
  (11-13-2004)
• http://www.daytonphilharmonic.com/content.jsp?articleId=909
• http://www.daytonphilharmonic.com/content.jsp?articleId=597
• Photo: principal quartet

Email

Other Education:
• Currently PhD Candidate - Louisiana State University,
  Baton Rouge http://www.lsu.edu/
• Hochschule fuer Musik of Nurenberg, Germany
  Bachelors in Violin Pedagogy and Violin Performance
• Sychrono Conservatory of Thessaloniki
  Violin Diploma

Interesting Items:
• Resume

Annaliesa Place 
Private Studio Student - Ohio

Email

Other Education:
• Master of Music - Juilliard School
• Bachelor of Music - Peabody Conservatory of Music

Interesting Items
• The Musicians of ClassNotes
• Chico News & Review
  http://www.newsreview.com/issues/chico/2002-09-19/review.asp 
  Lower School String Program
• http://www/annaliesaplace.com/

Barbara Rhyneer
Masters in Violin Performance, BGSU

Other Education:
• Loyola Marymount University http://www.lmu.edu/site4.aspx
• Ball State University http://cms.bsu.edu/

Professional Appointments:
• Marquette Symphony Orchestra 0http://www.marquette.edu/music/orchestra/Home.html
• Muncie Symphony Orchestra      0http://www.munciesymphony.org

Charys Schuler
Private Studio Student - Wisconsin

Professional Appointments:
• Radio Symphony Orchestra of Frankfurt (Current)
• First Violin Section
  http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Charys-Schuler

Interesting Items:
• Lichtenberg Quartet
  http://home.t-online.de/home/lutz-musikverlag/licht.htm

Daniel Szasz
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU

Email

Other Education:
• Bachelors Degree, Academia de Muzica "Gheorghe Dima",
  Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Professional Appointments:
• Concertmaster - Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  (1997 - Current)
• Concertmaster - Lake Placid Sinfonietta (Summer 2007)
• The University of Alabama School of Music - Faculty

Interesting Items:
• Lake Placid Sinfonietta
  http://www.lakeplacidsinfonietta.org/orchestra.htm
• Alabama Symphony Orchestra - Musicians
  http://www.alabamasymphony.org/musicians.asp
• Alabama Symphony Orchestra  Season Calendar 2005-06
• Photos - Biography - Reviews
• http://astraartists.com/danielszasz.html

Marian Tanau
Masters in Violin Performance - BGSU

Email

Other Education: 
• Bachelors Degree, Academia de Muzica "Gheorghe Dima",
  Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Professional Appointments:
• Second Violin Section Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Current)
• Biography
• Photos
• First Violin Section Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (Current) 0http://www.symphony.ciweb.org/
• Director, American Romanian Music Festival Press Release
  http://www.americanromanianfestival.org/index.html
• Faculty - Wayne State University

Interesting Items:
• CD
  http://www.musicweb-international.com/Search_engines.htm
• Detroit Free Press, Article:
  "DSO Stop Brings Friends Together"
• 2005 American Romanian Music Festival
  Wayne State Orchestra to Perform

Dana Tolan
Bachelors in Violin Performance - BGSU, 2003

Email

Other Education:
• Artists Certificate, BGSU, 2004
• Masters of Music, Lynn University Conservatory of Music
  http://www.lynn.edu

Professional Appointments:
• Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra (2008)

Kyle VanArsdalen
Bachelors in Performance Studies - BGSU, 2008

Email

Carol Wipf, PhD
Masters in Violin Performance - UWSP

Other Education:
• PhD - University of Illinois

Professional Appointments:
• Associate Professor of English - Drew University (Current)
  http://www.drew.edu