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Hannah Cho Dougherty
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Hannah Cho plays an English violin made in early 18th century.
- Hometown:
Fort Myers, FL
- Year Joined:
2009
- Education:
Bachelor of Music - Yonsei University, South Korea; Advanced Certificate in Performance - University of Toronto, Canada
- Passions and Interests:
Hannah enjoys movies, cartoons, and spending time with her two amazing kids!
- Career Highlights:
Hannah's career highlights include performing as Section Violin of Sarasota Orchestra, Assistant Concertmaster of Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, and Alumni of New World Symphony.
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Carlann Evans
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Carlann plays on a Petrus Gaginni 1978 Modern Italian, and Garner Wilson Bow.
- Education:
Bachelor of Music - Baldwin-Wallace College; Master of Music - University of Texas at Austin
- Passions and Interests:
"I am a nature enthusiast, and love to bird watch especially here in Florida when the seasons change and migratory birds come to the area. Also, I enjoy triathlon training and completed my first Ironman in 2019!! I’ve discovered the discipline improves all areas of my teaching and performing. Gardening is another fun and challenging hobby for me, learning and growing new plants, and I love going to airshows with my husband, Alan!!"
- Career Highlights:
Working with Osmo Vanske, Misha Misky, Mstislav Rostropovich, composers Elmer Berstein, Ron Goodwin; Aretha Franklin, Doc Severenson; Performances of Vivaldi's Four Seasons as soloist with Missouri Symphony, and currently works with her pianist Brian Gurl and has performed with his band at Shell Point for St. Patrick’s Day, and many other venues in the area.
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ChungYon Hong
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- Hometown:
Seoul, South Korea
- Year Joined:
2002
- Education:
CY plays on a 1675 Francesco Ruggieri violin.
- Passions and Interests:
Outside of music, CY enjoys traveling with family and painting.
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Laura Jensen-Jennings
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Laura plays on a 1757 Giacomo Zanoli made in Verona, Italy.
- Hometown:
Sarasota, FL
- Year Joined:
1996
- Education:
Bachelor of Music - Florida State University; Master of Music - University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
- Career Highlights:
Laura is most appreciative for being part of the amazing, artistic growth of the Orchestra, since the tenure of Paul Wolfe.
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Leah Latorraca
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Flavia Zappa Medlin
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Flavia play on a 1976 Felice Ponziani violin.
- Hometown:
Cleveland, OH
- Year Joined:
1991
- Education:
Northwestern University - Bachelor of Music; University of Minnesota - Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts
- Passions and Interests:
Flavia is the author of the book Cleveland Prodigy and she is an avid swimmer. She has competed in the FKCC Swim Around Key West, Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, and Swim Without Limits Around Lido Key. She is of Czech descent, and her favorite Old Czech Proverb is "Co Cech, to muzikant" (Every Czech is a musician).
- Career Highlights:
Flavia's career highlights include being accepted into Northwestern University, the University of Minnesota, and the Sarasota Orchestra!
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Milene Rossato Moreira
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Milene's violin was made by a Japanese-American maker named Tetsuo Matsuda in the year 1988.
- Hometown:
Santa María, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Year Joined:
2003
- Education:
Bachelor of Music – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Master of Music – Carnegie Mellon University; Performance Diploma – Hartt School of Music; Arts Diploma – Freiburg Musikhochschule
- Passions and Interests:
Teaching violin is one of Milene's biggest joys as a musician. She also love cooking Brazilian dishes for friends and listening to Brazilian bossa-nova music.
- Career Highlights:
In Germany, Milene collaborated with the prestigious Offenburg Streich Trio and was invited to be a guest artist at Offenburg Kreuzgang Konzerte.
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Amanda Nix
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Amanda plays on a 1884 Colin Mezzin violin. It is a work horse!! Amanda got the violin when she was a junior in high school and no matter how many instruments she plays, she always comes back to this one. Powerful and well balanced, it gets the job done.
- Hometown:
Wayzata, MN
- Year Joined:
2017
- Education:
Bachelor of Arts and Science – Texas Tech University; Master of Music – The Cleveland Institute of Music
- Passions and Interests:
Besides being passionate about music and teaching Amanda Nix likes to spend her time out in the fresh air running the bridge, soaking in the sun and sand at our beautiful beaches, walking her dogs through her neighborhood, and tending to her garden.
- Career Highlights:
Amanda's career highlights include performing as solo violinist for the national and international tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Andrew Loyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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Sean O'Neil
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Sean plays on a 2007 Vittorio Villa violin.
- Hometown:
New Orleans, LA
- Year Joined:
2008
- Education:
Bachelor of Music – University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Passions and Interests:
When Sean is not playing violin, he enjoys cooking and traveling.
- Career Highlights:
For Sean it is impossible to choose just one career highlight – he is always striving to make each performance a highlight.
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David Qi
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David plays on a 1995 John Burdette violin.
- Hometown:
Beijing, China
- Year Joined:
1998
- Education:
Master of Music – Beijing; Further studies at The Frost School of Music at University of Miami
- Career Highlights:
David's fondest musical memory is playing with the National Orchestra of China on their tour to Hong Kong, Malaysia, and South Korea in 1993.
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