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BETTINA MUSSUMELI, First violinist, received her B.A. and M.M. degrees from The Julliard School, where she studied violin with Ivan Galamian, Dorothy DeLay and Paul Doktor, as well as chamber music with members of the Juilliard, Guarneri and Cleveland String Quartets. After completing her studies at Julliard, Ms. Mussumeli became co-concertmaster and soloist with I Solisti Veneti, performed throughout Europe, Australia and the Far East, and made numerous recordings for the Erato, RCA, Tactus and Concerto labels. Ms. Mussumeli is currently on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

SUSAN FREIER, Second violinist, received degrees in Music and Biology from Stanford University where she attended as a Ford scholar. She continued her studies at the Eastman School of Music, where she formed the Chester String Quartet. The Chester went on to win the Evian, Munich International, Portsmouth (England), and Chicago Discovery competitions and became faculty ensemble-in-residence at Indiana University at South Bend in 1980. In 1989 Susan returned to her native Bay Area to join the Stanford University faculty and the Stanford String Quartet. She has been a participant at numerous festivals and has performed on NPR, the BBC and German State Radio. Her recordings can be heard on the Newport Classics, Stolat, Pantheon, Laurel, Music and Arts, and CRI labels. She performs and teaches at the Schlern International Music Festival and the San Diego Chamber Music Workshop.

JODI LEVITZ, violist, noted Professor of Viola and Chamber Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, was launched on her concert career while still a student at Juilliard when she was appointed principal viola soloist with the Italian chamber group I Solisti Veneti, a position she attained while still a student at Juilliard. She has performed as solo violist throughout Europe, South America, the Far East and the United States. She has recorded works of Cambini, Giuliani, Hummel, Mendelssohn, Rolla, Schoenberg and Schubert on the Concerto, Dynamic, and Erato labels. Ms. Levitz holds Bachelor and Master of Musical Arts degrees from the Juilliard School.

STEPHEN HARRISON, cellist, has been on the Stanford University faculty since 1983, when he returned to his native Bay Area to join the newly formed Stanford String Quartet. A graduate of Oberlin College and Boston University, he has been solo cellist of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players since 1985, recording on the Delos, CRI, New Albion, and Newport Classics labels with the ensemble. Former principal cellist of the Chamber Symphony of San Francisco, he has also performed with the San Francisco Symphony. Mr. Harrison has served as artist / faculty and Music in the Mountains program director for the Rocky Ridge Music Center and is currently an artist at the Schlern International Music Festival and the San Diego Chamber Music Workshop.

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