Katharine Smith

Katharine Smith

Katharine is a talented musician originally from Las Vegas. She teaches both cello and piano.

She began studying piano at the age of 6 and cello at the age of 11. She completed her Bachelor’s in Cello Performance from UNLV, where she won a prestigious citywide concerto competition, performed regularly in…

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Sami Steidl

Sami Steidl

Sami Steidl is a versatile player and teacher specializing in Violin, Viola and Cello across many genres. Sam began playing the Viola and Violin in her hometown of Alexandria, MN at age 11. Discovering a passion for the fiddle, Sam started performing with Irish and Country bands throughout Minnesota and the…

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Chris Thurstone

Chris Thurstone

Christopher Thurstone started playing the violin at the age of ten. At the age of thirteen, he won first place prize in the NCMTA junior division by performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3.

Christopher has continued to pursue music throughout his education and performed as a soloist with his high schoo…

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Samantha Tippen

Samantha Tippen

Samantha Tippen is a viola and violin specialist who instructs all ages from elementary through adult in the D.C. area. She also teaches cello, piano, and voice. Throughout her life, Samantha has fallen in love with music and has learned to appreciate every opportunity to evolve not only herself, but also s…

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Mari-Liis Uibo

Mari-Liis Uibo

Mari-Liis Uibo started playing violin at the age of six with Dots Ivi Tivik at the Tallinn Music High School in Estonia. At the age of 15 she moved to Austria, Vienna, where she completed the Bachelor of Music program at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. She was in the violin-class of Prof…

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Alexandra Valerio

City: Orlando

Alexandra Valerio

Alexandra Valerio is from Rockledge, FL and graduated from the University of Central Florida. She was introduced to music at age 11, attending an elementary school focused on the arts where she played cello in the school orchestra, bells in the band, and sang in the show choir. She continued with cello throug…

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Axel Vallejos

City: Houston

Axel Vallejos

Axel Vallejos, a Chilean cellist, began his musical studies at age 11. He has performed chamber music and solos with orchestras throughout North, Central and South America, Europe, and East Asia. Axel has made frequent national and international appearances as a chamber and orchestra musician, participating i…

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Nicholas Velez

Nicholas Velez

Nicholas Velez has dedicated over twenty years in the Orchestral ensembles, both as a performing violinist and as lead conductor of several successful public performing groups. He completed his education in instrumental music education at Wichita State University, under violin scholarship for the symphony and…

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Addison Viets

Addison Viets

Addison Viets began piano lessons at the age of 4 in Naples, Florida
studying with Mason’s Music. He continued his study with piano until
the age of 18, participating in and receiving scholarships from many
Naples Music Club competitions over the years. In 6th grade, he began
playing Violin in the Pin…

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Zhilin Wang

Zhilin Wang

Zhilin Wang is a Washington, D.C. area based Cello and Piano instructor and performer. He is a passionate musician who is dedicated to sharing his love of music with others through teaching and performing. Zhilin strives to help his students understand the emotional depth and beauty of music while developi…

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