Musician profiles are in alphabetical order.

Called a “dazzlingly mature and enterprising violinist” by the Madison Isthmus, Eleanor Bartsch has a diverse repertoire that ranges from baroque music to that of the 21st century. In Madison, Eleanor performs in many chamber groups including the baroque ensembles Madison Bach Musicians and the Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble. She is a member of the Perlman Piano Trio, and is also a frequent performer with the University of Wisconsin Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Eleanor is a member of the first violin section of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Madison Opera Orchestra and has performed twice on Wisconsin Public Radio’s The Midday Show, both as a soloist and as part of the Perlman Trio. Eleanor was a winner of both the Minnesota Youth Symphonies Concerto Competition and the University of Wisconsin School of Music Concerto Competition. She is a recipient of the Galamian Award for Violin from the UW school of music and has performed in master classes for Joseph Silverstein, Robert Mann, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and Pinchas Zukerman. Eleanor began her violin studies at the age of four with Ellen Kim in St. Paul, Minnesota, and continued her studies with Young-Nam Kim. This coming summer will be Eleanor’s third at the Aspen Music Festival, where she will study with Paul Kantor of the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is currently a junior pursuing her bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin with David Perry. Ms. Bartsch's photo was taken by Youn-Jae Ok.

Noteworthy: Pro Arte Quartet; Concertmaster: Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Spoleto Festival Orchestra (USA), Bay Area Women's Orchestra; Wichita Symphony and Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice. Oddest practice quarters: On the train from Chicago to Charleston. Funniest concert experience: During my solo debut with an orchestra, the conductor, who had too much to drink, forgot to bring in the orchestra after the cadenza. What your colleagues don't know about you: I once fell asleep - literally - while playing repeated whole notes in a slow contemporary piece. Recurrent musical fantasy: Finding it necessary to take a leave from my job in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra to perform Berg's Lyric Suite with my quartet.

Noteworthy: BA in English-Secondary Education and Masters degree in Music Education from UW-Madison; orchestra teacher at Sherman Middle School in Madison. Oddest practice quarters: A very small two-person canvas tent at Tower Hill State Park. Funniest concert experience: A pianist played with the Madison Symphony Orchestra whose encore was unforgettable: as she played, the pins from two of the lid hinges came out and the lid came crashing down in the midst of the piece, but she didn't miss a beat and got a standing ovation for her efforts.What your colleagues don't know about you: I play bass, tenor, alto, and soprano recorder which gives me an outlet for my love of Renaissance and Medieval music. Recurrent musical fantasy: I dream for the day when each person in our society supports and values the music programs in our schools, and appreciates the contribution on music to the development of the whole personality and intellect of each child.

Laura Burns, violin, is a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, where she also performs with the Rhapsodie String Quartet, part of the Madison Symphony’s Heartstrings initiative that brings live interactive music programs to adults and children with disabilities. Laura Burns has performed at the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival and with many local groups including the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and the Quartessence String Quartet. A dedicated pedagogue, she has taught middle and elementary school strings in Madison and Oregon. Laura has also taught and conducted at the University of Wisconsin Summer Music Clinic, and the Prelude Music Academy. Laura received a double bachelors degree, with honors, in music education and violin performance from UW Madison in 1998, and, as a student of David Perry, she complete the master of music degree in violin performance in 2007. Currently Laura is adjunct faculty at Edgewood College and maintains a private studio in Oregon, Wisconsin.

Sara Chazin has been a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the South Bend Symphony Orchestra since 2009. In addition to these two positions, Sara performs with other ensembles in Chicago is a sub for the Milwaukee Symphony. Sara has attended the Pacific Music Festival and New York String Seminar. She was a winner of the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young Artists Competition and the Nashville Symphony Young Artists Competition. She has studied primarily with Michael Gaisler, Connie Heard, Naoko Tanaka, Denise Lupien, and Shmuel Ashkenasi. She holds a B. Mus. in Violin Performance from McGill University, and a M. Mus. in Violin Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts. Ms. Chazin's photo was taken by Sarah Cave.

Deanndra Deblack, a native of Monroe, WI, began playing the violin at age six. She is trained in classical music and fiddle tunes. She also studied piano and voice for thirteen years. In 2002, Deanndra and her husband, Xavier, began their violin duet business together. In 2006 Deanndra and Xavier became certified, from the University of New Hampshire Violin Craftsmanship Institute, in bow rehair and repair. In 2007 she received her Paralegal Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from Madison Area Technical College. She is a member of both the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. Deanndra has also performed with the Rockford and the Dubuque Symphony Orchestras. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from Lawrence University in 2005, where she studied with Anton Miller. Deanndra was Principal Second Violin and Assistant Concertmaster of the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra and was awarded yearly scholarships by the Lawrence Conservatory of Music.

Noteworthy: B.M. in Violin Performance, Lawrence University. Awarded three "Premier Prix" (gold medals) with honors in Violin Performance, Chamber Music Performance and Music Theory from music conservatories in France. Funniest concert experience: Playing in the orchestra for a symphony concert in France with American clown Buffo (Howard Buten) as guest artist. What your colleagues don't know about you: My wife Deanndra and I repair and rehair violin, viola, cello and bass bows. We provide our services to orchestral musicians as well as teachers and students in music schools. Recurrent musical fantasy: To assist at a performance of Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins, in which the guest soloists would be Gil Shaham, Hilary Hahn, Vadim Repin and Joshua Bell! If I was John DeMain for a day: I would program Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier Suite and Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 next season.

Noteworthy: Bachelor's and Master's degree in accounting. Currently work in financial reporting systems for the UW Medical School. Oddest practice quarters: In a roomette aboard the San Francisco Zephyr (a passenger train). Funniest concert experience: After running out of gas, I arrived at an MSO concert at 7:58, thinking I had made it. My colleagues, however, had stopped warming up. As I walked on stage, the audience started clapping, thinking I was the concertmaster. Recurring musical fantasy: Composing wonderful sacred music like Bach, Handel, and Mozart.

Professor of violin at UW-Madison since 1979, Greive has performed widely as recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician and concertmaster. Besides earlier college teaching positions in South Dakota and Texas he has performed and taught at numerous summer music festivals and camps throughout the United States, such as Interlochen, Bear Lake Music Festival in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming and the Shreveport Summer Music Festival, where he is the long-time concertmaster. Among Greive’s over 70 publications devoted to string repertoire, history and pedagogy are two CD recordings of Polish violin-piano repertoire that were released by Albany records in 1999 and 2005, respectively. He holds music degrees from Morningside College, Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Michigan, in addition to studies at the Meadowmount School of Music and the Aspen Music Festival.

Noteworthy: Performed in the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; participated in the Illinois All-State Honors Orchestra for three years; concerto winner with the York High School Symphony. Oddest practice quarters: In the car en route to a cable TV taping. Funniest concert experience: When I was three years old, I regularly performed for a community service organization's pancake breakfast in exchange for pancakes. What your colleagues don't know about you: I was active in gymnastics from childhood through high school. If I were John DeMain for a day: I would have a concert with the orchestra performing all Dave Matthews music.

Rachel Hauser holds a master's degree in violin performance from UW-Madison. She has performed throughout the United States and Europe with ensembles such as the ERASMUS Metrople Orchestra (Helsinki, Finland), CREA Orchestra of Amsterdam, Utrecht Conservatory Symphony Orchestra and the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Hauser has won the Young Musician's Competition of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center three times and has been featured on National Public Radio's From the Top. She has participated in the Musicorda, L'Ecole D'artes Americane Festival (Fontainebleau, France) and the Adriatic Chamber Music Festival (Bonefro, Itlay). Ms. Hauser is an alumnus of the Utrecht Conservatory of Music in the Netherlands and the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Masuko Ushioda. In addition to performing with the MSO and being the MSO's Grants Coordinator, Ms. Hauser is also the Assistant to the Executive Director of the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society. Ms. Hauser's photo was taken by Greg Anderson.

Edith Hines has played in the MSO since 2004, first as a substitute and then as a regular member. She is also a member of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and an adjunct instructor at Ripon College. Her primary interest, however, is Baroque violin; she performs with the Madison Bach Musicians, Bach Collegium Fort Wayne, and violin/keyboard duo Ensemble SDG, in addition to directing an early music ensemble through the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies and being on the staff of the Madison Early Music Festival. Edith holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, and University of Wisconsin-Madison; her teachers include David Updegraff, Donald Weilerstein, and David Perry.

Michelle Kaebisch graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994 with a degree in Instrumental Music Education. She taught both Beginning and High School Orchestra in the Stoughton Area School District from 1995-2006 and continues to be a sought after conductor/clinician for music camps and clinics. Michelle has been a violinist with the Madison Symphony Orchestra since 1993. She has been selected for “Who’s Who of America’s Teachers” in 2006, 2004, 2002 and 1998, and was a 2006 nominee for the “Disney Hand Teacher of the Year Award” for creativity in the classroom. Michelle is currently serving on the League of American Orchestra’s national Education and Community Engagement Committee.