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Leah Beshore

Leah Beshore received her Bachelor's in Violin Performance from Dickenson College and is currently pursuing a Masters of Music in Violin Performance at Catholic University.  Prior and influential teachers include Blanka Bednarz and Pamela deWall.  Ms. Beshore loves to travel, particularly for performance opportunities. Her international appearances include performances with Sinfonietta Polonia in Poznan, Poland, and with orchestras in Catania, Sicily.
Laura Giz

Laura trained at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Piotr Milewski and Won-Bin Yim.  She won First Prize in the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs 2007 Competitions, the Marjorie Neville Collaborative Scholarship, and the Accent X Orchestra (Cincinnati Conservatory) Concerto Competitions.  Laura currently performs with the Richmond Symphony, the Virginia Symphony, the Roanoke Symphony, and the Prince William Symphony.  In 2006, she served as Assistant Concertmaster of the Olympia Symphony in Washington State.
Emily Leader

Emily began playing violin at the age of ten. Emily studied music at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). She has been a violinist in the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own" since 2003. Emily also has appeared with Peter Mayer (lead guitarist with Jimmy Buffett) and the Key West Symphony Orchestra.
Ivan Hodge

Ivan Hodge is a violinist and teacher in Alexandria.  He received his Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from Penn State University and a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.  He was a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans for two years.   He also was a member of the Eastern Music Festival Orchestra and the Britt Musical Festival Orchestra.  As a student he twice performed in the New York String Orchestra under the direction of Jaime Laredo at Carnegie Hall. He currently performs with the Alexandria Symphony.
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