String Faculty

Charles Stegeman
Associate Professor of Violin and Chair of Strings
M.M., The Juilliard School
B.M., Curtis School of Music
Concertmaster, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater orchestras, Wheeling Symphony, New West (Ventura, CA). Co-founder, Artistic Director and concertmaster, Sunflower Music Festival in Topeka, KS. Board of directors, co-founder, and artistic director, Western Slope Music Festival (Crested Butte, CO). Board of Directors, Music Fest Midwest. Solo and ensemble performances throughout Canada, United States, France, West Indies, Switzerland, Belgium, and England. Management: Columbia Artists Management, Inc., New York City. (stegeman@duq.edu )

Hong-Guang Jia
Adjunct Professor of Violin
Assistant concertmaster, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Soloist, Central Philharmonic of Beijing, Montreal Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Formerly, member, Baltimore, Montreal symphony orchestras; concertmaster, Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra. Member, Enesco Octet, Lysy String Quartet, McGill Chamber Orchestra. Faculty, Beijing Conservatory. Studies at Boston University, Menuhin International Music Academy, China's Central Conservatory.

Rachel Purkin
Adjunct Professor of Violin
Concertmaster, Wheeling Symphony; Associate Concertmaster, Pittsburgh Opera and Ballet Orchestras; Assistant Concertmaster, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Solo performances, National Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Bach Festival, Alexandria Symphony, Catholic University Orchestra. Participated in Sun Flower Music Festival, Buzzard's Bay MusicFest, Santa Cruz Music Festival, Los Angeles Bach Festival. Recorded for over 600 motion pictures and television shows and hundreds of records.
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Christopher Wu
Adjunct Professor of Violin
M.M., B.M., Eastman School of Music
Member, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Compostela Trio, and chamber music group Innuendo. Formerly, faculty, University of Oklahoma, Youngstown State University, Greenwood Music Camp.

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