Distinguished ENCORE "graduates"

Judith Ingolfsson, violin
Gold Medal, 1998 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis; performances at Carnegie Hall and with orchestras in the U.S. and abroad

Robert Chen, violin
Concertmaster, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Soovin Kim, violin
First Prize, 1996 Niccoló Paganini International Violin Competition; 1998 Avery Fisher Career Grant; concerts in the U.S. and abroad, including at Salle Pleyel (Paris) and Alice Tully Hall

Joanna Patterson, viola
Member of The Cleveland Orchestra

Hilary Hahn, violin
Grammy Award winner; performances with the Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras and with major orchestras in Europe

Leila Josefowicz, violin
1994 Avery Fisher Career Grant; performances with the BBC Symphony, Saint Louis, Dallas and Atlanta Symphonies; recordings on Philips/Universal

Tamaki Kawakubo, violin
Winner, violin division, 12th International Tchaikovsky Competition

Eliesha Nelson, viola
Member of The Cleveland Orchestra

Frank Huang, violin
First Prizes, 2003 Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition, 2000 Hannover International Violin Competition; Silver Medal, 1999 Premio Paganini Competition

Lara St. John, violin
Soloist with The Cleveland, Philadelphia and Toronto Symphonies; "something of a phenomenon" (The Strad)

Sheryl Staples, violin
Principal Associate Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic

Scott St. John, violin
1989 Young Concert Artist; performances at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with the Musicians from Marlboro tours, and with the Flemish Radio Orchestra and the New Hampshire Symphony

Ellen de Pasquale, violin
Associate Concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra

Zuill Bailey, cello
Soloist with orchestras in the U.S. and abroad; performances with Itzhak Perlman

Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Member of the award-winning Borromeo String Quartet, resident quartet at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Ivan Chan, violin
Member of renowned Miami String Quartet, Artists-in-Residence at Kent State University

Jasper Wood, violin
Sylva Geber Award, the top prize of the Canada Council Competition