Cellist Jolyon Pegis is from Rochester NY. He attended Indiana University and the University of Hartford and his principal teachers include Alan Harris, Gary Hoffman, and David Wells. Mr Pegis is a winner of the Artists International Awards in New York. He subsequently made his New York recital debut at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1990 and has since appeared as a recitalist and chamber musician across the country.
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Theodore Harvey, cellist with the Dallas Symphony since September 2008, has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestra member throughout North America, South America and Europe. He has been a soloist with the New World Symphony, the (Bloomington, Ind.) Camerata Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
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Christopher Adkins joined the Dallas Symphony in 1987. He previously served in principal positions with the Milwaukee, New Haven and Denver symphonies. A native of Denton, Texas, Adkins holds degrees from the University of North Texas and Yale University. Adkins also studied with former Dallas Symphony Principal Cello, Lev Aronson.
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Lydia Umlauf, a native of Indiana, joined the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2014. Lydia received her bachelor’s degree at Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music studying with Alexander Kerr. She is an alumnus of the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy program for gifted pre-college musicians where she studied with Desiree Ruhstrat and prior to her studies in Chicago, Lydia took violin lessons from Tamara Ringas in Indiana.
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Lithuanian-American violinist Aleksandr Snytkin has been praised by critics as “an emerging virtuoso with delicate touch and a sense of intimacy, technical and artistic maturity.”
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A native of Minnesota, violinist Nora Scheller began her orchestral career in high school, substituting in professional orchestras from the age of 15.
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A native of Wuhan, China, violist Xiaohan Sun joined the viola section of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2019. She began studying the violin at the age of four and transitioned to the viola at thirteen, drawn by its rich sound and expressive depth.
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Hailed as the “best violist I ever heard!” by Timmy Hutchins (3rd grader, Lakewood Elementary) and described by The New York Times as “among the players,” David Sywak is a self-characterized discerning and in-demand viola player.
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Christine Hwang joined the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as a member of the viola section in September of 2011. She began her musical studies at the age of five on the violin and piano.
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