AMADI AZIKIWE
Online Violin, Viola
M.M., Indiana University B.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Violinist, violist. Currently, Teaching Artist, ClassNotes, the Noel Pointer Foundation, member of Harlem Chamber Players, Pressenda Chamber Players; Music Director, Harlem Symphony Orchestra. Formerly: Artist Faculty, Brevard Music Center, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, Bennington Chamber Music Conference, University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Summer), Aria International Academy, London, Ontario; conductor, Old Dominion University Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta University Center Orchestra. Visiting faculty, Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music; faculty, James Madison University. Performances in the US, Israel, Canada, South and Central America, Switzerland, India, Japan, Nigeria, Hong Kong, and the Caribbean.
CLEVELAND A. CHANDLER
Violin, Viola
M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music, B.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music
Member of The United States Air Force Band performing as premier violinist in numerous high-protocol and community events for 24 years. With colleague, Robin Massie, won first place in the 2023 inaugural Misbin Family Memorial Chamber Music Competition. Featured guest artist at Indiana University South Bend “Lift Every Voice” Concert. Featured performer at the French Embassy, performing chamber music of Chevalier de Saint Georges for 2023 Washington International Film Festival. Performs with the National Philharmonic, Colour of Music Festival, Maryland Symphony, the Soulful Symphony, and numerous solo and ensemble engagements. Other performances: the Gateways Festival, Cabrillo Festival with conductor Marin Alsop, Ritz Chamber Players and St. Augustine Music Festival. Violinist at Aspen Music Festival, the National Orchestral Institute, the Johannesen International School of the Arts in Victoria, Canada. Teaching experience includes Baltimore School for the Arts TWIGS Program (7 years), Ottley Music School, Nathan Carter School of Music at New Shiloh Baptist Church, the Gilman School, and Gettysburg College. Additional studies with the Emerson and Juilliard String Quartets, and Mark O’Connor String Seminar, Berklee College of Music.
BECKY JOHNSON
Suzuki Violin & Viola, Suzuki Academy Coordinator
M.M. (Suzuki pedagogy), Ithaca College; B.M. (viola performance), Oberlin Conservatory.
Wisconsin-born violinist and violist. Trained with Carrie Reuning-Hummel at Ithaca College. Her other teachers include Peter Slowik, David Quiggle, Yuliya Smead, and Barbara Beechey. Johnson has received additional Suzuki training from Sandy Reuning, Kimberly Meier-Sims, Ed Kreitman, and Tom Wermuth. As an orchestral musician, Johnson has performed as a member of The Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, and the National Festival Orchestra at the National Orchestral Institute. She has also performed as a member of the Florestan Quartet and as part of the Credo Chamber Music Festival. Johnson has been teaching for over ten years.
GEORGE OHLSON
Viola, Violin
B.A., Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri).
Member, National Gallery Orchestra, Washington Chamber Symphony and American Chamber Orchestra. Member, Belmont String Quartet. Lecture/demonstrations at Washington-area schools. Violist at Grand Teton Music Festival.