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The creator and host of iTunes' popular Violin Geek Podcast, Strings magazine contributor since 2010, the author of the multi-media guide series' Improve Your Bowing Technique and Improve Your Violin & Viola Technique, and a Skype lessons forerunner as reported on the front page of the New York Times, classically trained, genre bending violinist and violist Laurel Thomsen has…

As a performing violinist based in Boston, Massachusetts, Grant Houston connects with communities through fresh, creative musical expression to take audiences on emotional journeys. Equally committed as a teacher working with students of all experience levels, he has guided violin students both privately and as part of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School and community…

Matteo Colombo graduated with distinction from the G. Verdi Conservatory in Como, Italy. He perfected his skills with Maestro O. Semchuk, D. Bogdanovich, and M. Fornaciari.. From 2007 until 2014 he has been rank and file violin of Orchestra 1813 at Teatro Sociale di Como, performing in most of the beautiful theatres in Italy.

While working towards his long-time academic dream of becoming a psychiatrist, guitarist Lucas Coker has explored the depths of songwriting, cognitive psychology, world religions, organic chemistry, jazz theory, human decision-making, mind-body philosophy, evolutionary genetics... It is this unique universal perspective that breathes life into his music.

I graduated from Boston University and McGill University with my bachelors and masters in French horn respectively. I have played in orchestras across the US and Canada and have taught in schools such as Lower Canada College and Rosemont High School in Montreal. I have performed under renowned conductors such as Alain Trudel, James Burton, and Joshua Gersen.

Ronald Villabona was a winner and only representative from Venezuela at the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011, which had it's live broadcast from the Sydney Opera House and it's the most viewed online concert to date, gathering 33+ million viewers.

I recently graduated from the Eastman School of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and will be doing my master's at the Rice Shepherd School of Music starting Fall 2026. I have been playing the violin for 18 years as well as the piano for 15 years.

I am a professional violinist and educator with over 10 years of teaching experience, and I hold advanced degrees in violin performance from the University of Michigan. I currently perform as a chamber musician and orchestral violinist and am a member of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra.

Music has always been a big part of my life, starting with classical piano, which I began at age 8, taking private lessons from a professor at the University of Tennessee. Later on, in my teens, my interests shifted to strings and traditional Appalachian and Celtic music.