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.
Rach9005@aol.com
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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