2012 String Faculty
Jana Benton--M.M. Violin Performance, Kent State University; Freelance Violinist and Teacher, Tampa, FL
Linda Blakemore--M.M. Music Education, Michigan State University; Violin/Viola Instructor, West Michigan Home School Fine Arts, Byron Center, MI
Mikhail Bugaev--M.M. Viola Performance, Novosibirsk State Conservatory; Graduate Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Nixon Bustos--M.M. Double Bass Performance, University of Northern Colorado; Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Superior and Bassist/ Librarian, Duluth-Superior Symphony, Superior, WI
Dr. Luis Fernandez--D.M.A. Violin Performance, University of Miami; Musician, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Miami, FL
Christopher Finet--M.M. String Bass Performance, Manhattan School of Music; Professor of Double Bass and Jazz Studies, Northern Arizona University, Scottsdale, AZ
Lois Geertz--M.M. Violin Performance, Louisiana State University; Doctoral Candidate, Eugene, OR
Chris Hornung--M.M. String Bass Performance, Michigan State University; Freelance Musician, Aliso Viejo, CA
Dr. Igor Kalnin--D.M.A., Michigan State University; Freelance Musician, Champaign, IL
Megan Karls--M.A. Violin Performance, University of Iowa; Violin teacher, White House of Music, Waukesha, WI
Dr. Roman Kosarev--D.M.A. Viola Performance, Michigan State University; Principal Viola, Windsor Symphony, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Tod Leavitt--D.M.A. Double Bass Performance, Ohio State University; Lecturer in Contrabass, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Kristin Mortenson--M.M. Violin Performance, Louisiana State University; Coordinator/Instructor of Music, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Nathan Peters--M.M. Viola Performance, University of Michigan; Teacher, Chelsea Public Schools, Chelsea, MI
Dr. Lusine Petrosyan--D.M.A. Cello Performance, Michigan State University; Musician, Windsor Symphony, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Suren Petrosyan--M.M. Orchestral Conducting, Michigan State University; Doctoral Student, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Sara Rogers--M.M. Viola Performance, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Violist, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo, MI
Dr. Pasha Sabouri--D.M.A. Violin Performance, University of Texas at Austin; Strings Professor, Concordia University, Austin, TX
Dr. Jeffrey Schoyen--D.M.A. Cello Performance, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Professor, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD
Christopher Smith--M.M. Conducting, Wichita State University; Elementary strings teacher, Lincoln Public Schools, Lincoln, NE
Sharon Tenhundfeld--M.M., New England Conservatory; Teacher and Musician, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison, WI
Dr. Jennifer Wiley--D.M.A. Violin Performance, University of Minnesota; Associate Professor of Music, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
Amanda Wilton--M.M., University of Maryland; Doctoral Student, Moores School of Music, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Dr. Ka-Wai Yu--D.M.A. Cello Performance and Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign; Instructor of Cello, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
