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	ARTISTS/TEACHERS The Biava Quartet Winner of the 2003 Naumburg Chamber Music Award, the quartet is recognized as one of today’s top young American quartets.  Members are violinists Austin Hartman and Hyunsu Ko, violist Mary Persin and cellist Jason Calloway.  Committed to educating and inspiring audiences of all ages, the Quartet regularly presents master classes, community, and educational programs at schools and conservatories throughout the country.  Scott Andrews • clarinet Appointed Principal Clarinet of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in 2005, Scott Andrews has performed with many of today’s leading instrumentalists and has also appeared at numerous summer festivals and with ensembles such as the Ying String Quartet and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. Mr. Andrews has lectured and given classes across the U.S. as well as in Europe and Japan. Prior to his appointment in St. Louis, he was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 10 years and has also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Andrews is a graduate of the New England Conservatory where he studied clarinet with Harold Wright. Atar Arad • viola Atar Arad was born in Tel Aviv, where he began his early musical education and violin studies. In 1968 he was a young artist in the renowned Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth under the patronage of the Queen of Belgium. In 1980 Mr. Arad moved from London to the U.S. to become a member of the Cleveland Quartet. He also held the position of a Professor of Viola at the Eastman School of Music. He has been an artist/faculty member at the Aspen School, the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, and Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Arad currently teaches at Indiana University, Bloomington, and at the Steans Institute (Ravinia Festival) in Chicago. Jacob Braun • cello Acclaimed for his “distinctive, resonant sound,” cellist Jacob Braun has established himself as a recitalist, chamber musician, soloist and teacher. He has recently performed concerti with The Ars Nova Orchestra of Buffalo, The Cleveland Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra and The Brockton Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Braun’s previous teachers include Paul Katz, Richard Aaron, Mark Churchill, Andres Diaz, Suren Bagratuni, Deborah Thompson and members of The Borromeo, Cavani, Cleveland, Emerson, Juilliard and Tokyo Quartets. He is currently pursuing his Artist Diploma Degree from The Yale School of Music. Maryse & Seth Carlin • piano Maryse Carlin made her debut in New York under the auspices of Jeunesses Musicales. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and as guest artist with Boston Musica Viva, Fromm Foundation Concerts at Harvard, and at the Marlboro Music Festival. Seth Carlin holds degrees from Harvard, the Juilliard School and Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. He has appeared as soloist with the Saint Louis Symphony, San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque, and the Boston Pops. He is professor of music and head of the piano department at Washington University. Wendy Chen • piano Wendy Chen has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the Pacific Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic, and more. As a chamber musician, she has performed at the Tanglewood, Aspen, Montreal, Seattle, Bridgehampton, Strings in the Mountains and Spoleto festivals, as well as with El Paso Pro Musica, Bargemusic, and the Boston Chamber Society. Ms. Chen gives masterclasses throughout the U.S. and has served as visiting artist to the University of Louisville since 2005. She attended the R.D. Colburn School of Performing Arts as a student of Dorothy Hwang, with private instruction from Aube Tzerko. Ms. Chen received degrees from the Peabody Conservatory at The Johns Hopkins University, where she was a student of Leon Fleisher. Andres Díaz • cello Cellist Andrés Díaz is a graduate of the New England Conservatory. Since winning the First Prize in the 1986 Naumburg International Cello Competition, Díaz has exhilarated both critics and audiences with his intense and charismatic performances. His numerous orchestral appearances have included performances with the Atlanta Symphony, American Symphony at Carnegie Hall, Boston Pops and Esplanade Orchestras and Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival. Peter Henderson • piano Pianist Peter Henderson is active as a performer in orchestral, chamber and solo settings and performs frequently as an ensemble keyboardist with the Saint Louis Symphony. As well, he is a member of Ilex Piano Trio. He was an orchestral and chamber keyboardist with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony during its ‘04, ‘06 and ‘07 seasons. Since fall 2005, Henderson has served as Assistant Professor of Music at Maryville University (St. Louis). Henderson holds the degree Doctor of Music in Piano Performance from Indiana University-Bloomington; before attending I.U., Henderson studied piano at the University of Idaho-Moscow with Dr. Jay Mauchley. Mark Sparks • flute Mark Sparks was appointed principal flute of the Saint Louis Symphony in September 2000. He has performed as soloist in major venues in the U.S. and Japan, including Carnegie, CAMI, and Weill halls. He has presented master classes at top schools and training programs on several continents. He has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, and is the former associate principal flutist of the Baltimore Symphony. Sparks is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, where he studied with Robert Willoughby. Other teachers include Ransom Wilson, Fenwick Smith, Nadine Asin, Jan Gippo, and Jacob Berg. Jonathan Swartz • violin Violinist Jonathan Swartz teaches at Arizona State University, Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory and Interlochen Arts Camp and maintains a prolific performing career. He often collaborates with his sister, Jennifer Swartz, principal harp of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and his wife, American pianist Wendy Chen. He is a member of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, a Tennessee ensemble that performs regularly with leading artists such as Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma. He has given master classes throughout North America and is a sought-after master clinician. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rice University. Isabel Trautwein • violin Isabel Trautwein has been a member of the first violin section of the Cleveland Orchestra since 2002. She was previously a member of the Saint Louis Symphony. She has held positions as Concertmaster of the New World Symphony in Miami and as a member of the Houston Symphony. She has appeared as soloist with the orchestras of the Musikhochschule Lubeck, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Saint Louis Symphony. During the 1999-2000 season she joined Pacifica Quartet. She received her BA from Musikhochschule Lubeck and continued her graduate studies at Cleveland Institute under Donald Weilerstein. Jack Winerock • piano Jack Winerock received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Juilliard and a doctorate from the University of Michigan. A professor of piano at the University of Kansas, he has served as visiting professor in Warsaw, London and Israel. A faculty member of the Saint Louis Symphony Community Music School, he also teaches each summer at the International Institute of Music for Young Musicians. Mimi Zweig • violin Mimi Zweig is director of the Summer String Academy at Indiana University. She is a former member of the American Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse Orchestra, Piedmont Chamber Orchestra, and the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra. Ms. Zweig participated in the development of string programs for children at the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and the String Academy of Wisconsin at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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ARTISTS/TEACHERS

The Biava Quartet
Winner of the 2003 Naumburg Chamber Music Award, the quartet is recognized as one of today’s top young American quartets.  Members are violinists Austin Hartman and Hyunsu Ko, violist Mary Persin and cellist Jason Calloway.  Committed to educating and inspiring audiences of all ages, the Quartet regularly presents master classes, community, and educational programs at schools and conservatories throughout the country. 

Scott Andrews • clarinet
Appointed Principal Clarinet of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in 2005, Scott Andrews has performed with many of today’s leading instrumentalists and has also appeared at numerous summer festivals and with ensembles such as the Ying String Quartet and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. Mr. Andrews has lectured and given classes across the U.S. as well as in Europe and Japan. Prior to his appointment in St. Louis, he was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 10 years and has also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Andrews is a graduate of the New England Conservatory where he studied clarinet with Harold Wright.

Atar Arad • viola
Atar Arad was born in Tel Aviv, where he began his early musical education and violin studies. In 1968 he was a young artist in the renowned Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth under the patronage of the Queen of Belgium. In 1980 Mr. Arad moved from London to the U.S. to become a member of the Cleveland Quartet. He also held the position of a Professor of Viola at the Eastman School of Music. He has been an artist/faculty member at the Aspen School, the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, and Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Arad currently teaches at Indiana University, Bloomington, and at the Steans Institute (Ravinia Festival) in Chicago.

Jacob Braun • cello
Acclaimed for his “distinctive, resonant sound,” cellist Jacob Braun has established himself as a recitalist, chamber musician, soloist and teacher. He has recently performed concerti with The Ars Nova Orchestra of Buffalo, The Cleveland Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra and The Brockton Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Braun’s previous teachers include Paul Katz, Richard Aaron, Mark Churchill, Andres Diaz, Suren Bagratuni, Deborah Thompson and members of The Borromeo, Cavani, Cleveland, Emerson, Juilliard and Tokyo Quartets. He is currently pursuing his Artist Diploma Degree from The Yale School of Music.

Maryse & Seth Carlin • piano
Maryse Carlin made her debut in New York under the auspices of Jeunesses Musicales. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and as guest artist with Boston Musica Viva, Fromm Foundation Concerts at Harvard, and at the Marlboro Music Festival. Seth Carlin holds degrees from Harvard, the Juilliard School and Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. He has appeared as soloist with the Saint Louis Symphony, San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque, and the Boston Pops. He is professor of music and head of the piano department at Washington University.

Wendy Chen • piano
Wendy Chen has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the Pacific Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic, and more. As a chamber musician, she has performed at the Tanglewood, Aspen, Montreal, Seattle, Bridgehampton, Strings in the Mountains and Spoleto festivals, as well as with El Paso Pro Musica, Bargemusic, and the Boston Chamber Society. Ms. Chen gives masterclasses throughout the U.S. and has served as visiting artist to the University of Louisville since 2005. She attended the R.D. Colburn School of Performing Arts as a student of Dorothy Hwang, with private instruction from Aube Tzerko. Ms. Chen received degrees from the Peabody Conservatory at The Johns Hopkins University, where she was a student of Leon Fleisher.

Andres Díaz • cello
Cellist Andrés Díaz is a graduate of the New England Conservatory. Since winning the First Prize in the 1986 Naumburg International Cello Competition, Díaz has exhilarated both critics and audiences with his intense and charismatic performances. His numerous orchestral appearances have included performances with the Atlanta Symphony, American Symphony at Carnegie Hall, Boston Pops and Esplanade Orchestras and Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival.

Peter Henderson • piano
Pianist Peter Henderson is active as a performer in orchestral, chamber and solo settings and performs frequently as an ensemble keyboardist with the Saint Louis Symphony. As well, he is a member of Ilex Piano Trio. He was an orchestral and chamber keyboardist with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony during its ‘04, ‘06 and ‘07 seasons. Since fall 2005, Henderson has served as Assistant Professor of Music at Maryville University (St. Louis). Henderson holds the degree Doctor of Music in Piano Performance from Indiana University-Bloomington; before attending I.U., Henderson studied piano at the University of Idaho-Moscow with Dr. Jay Mauchley.

Mark Sparks • flute
Mark Sparks was appointed principal flute of the Saint Louis Symphony in September 2000. He has performed as soloist in major venues in the U.S. and Japan, including Carnegie, CAMI, and Weill halls. He has presented master classes at top schools and training programs on several continents. He has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, and is the former associate principal flutist of the Baltimore Symphony. Sparks is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, where he studied with Robert Willoughby. Other teachers include Ransom Wilson, Fenwick Smith, Nadine Asin, Jan Gippo, and Jacob Berg.

Jonathan Swartz • violin
Violinist Jonathan Swartz teaches at Arizona State University, Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory and Interlochen Arts Camp and maintains a prolific performing career. He often collaborates with his sister, Jennifer Swartz, principal harp of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and his wife, American pianist Wendy Chen. He is a member of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, a Tennessee ensemble that performs regularly with leading artists such as Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma. He has given master classes throughout North America and is a sought-after master clinician. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rice University.

Isabel Trautwein • violin
Isabel Trautwein has been a member of the first violin section of the Cleveland Orchestra since 2002. She was previously a member of the Saint Louis Symphony. She has held positions as Concertmaster of the New World Symphony in Miami and as a member of the Houston Symphony. She has appeared as soloist with the orchestras of the Musikhochschule Lubeck, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Saint Louis Symphony. During the 1999-2000 season she joined Pacifica Quartet. She received her BA from Musikhochschule Lubeck and continued her graduate studies at Cleveland Institute under Donald Weilerstein.

Jack Winerock • piano
Jack Winerock received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Juilliard and a doctorate from the University of Michigan. A professor of piano at the University of Kansas, he has served as visiting professor in Warsaw, London and Israel. A faculty member of the Saint Louis Symphony Community Music School, he also teaches each summer at the International Institute of Music for Young Musicians.

Mimi Zweig • violin
Mimi Zweig is director of the Summer String Academy at Indiana University. She is a former member of the American Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse Orchestra, Piedmont Chamber Orchestra, and the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra. Ms. Zweig participated in the development of string programs for children at the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and the String Academy of Wisconsin at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.