Rosa Ortega Iannelli

ROSA ORTEGA IANNELLI (viola) is a violist, educator and juggler from San Juan, Puerto Rico.Born to a family of artists, Ortega Iannelli was enrolled in the Preparatory Program at theConservatory of Music of Puerto Rico at a young age; they later went on to study atthe Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University, […]
Chris Gokelman

CHRIS GOKELMAN (viola) is a first-year DMA student at the Cleveland Institute of Music studying with Jeffrey Irvine and Lynne Ramsey. An avid performer, he has served as guest principal violist of the Amarillo Symphony and assistant principal violist of the Mozart Festival Texas Orchestra, and is a substitute violist with the San Antonio Philharmonic and […]
Naomi Graf

NAOMI GRAF (viola) performs a wide variety of programs as a chamber musician, recital soloist and orchestral player. A graduate of The Juilliard School of Music (B.M.) and the Yale School of Music (M.M.), her extensive performances have taken her to the stages of Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall […]
Diane Phoenix-Neal

DIANE PHOENIX-NEAL (viola) is Associate Professor of Viola at James Madison University and serves as principal violist of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. She performs nationally and internationally as a collaborative chamber musician and as a soloist. Distinguished performances include concerts in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, with New York String Orchestra Seminar, at Bowdoin […]
Jamie Hofman

JAMIE HOFMAN (viola) is a faculty member at the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he teaches String Pedagogy. He also serves as the head of the UWM String Academy. A graduate of Indiana University, Hofman earned performance degrees in both violin and viola, along with a performer’s diploma in […]
Chi Lee

Assistant Principal
Chauncey Patterson

Associate Principal
Daniel Reinker

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