Chanin Jung
Chanin Jung is a violinist and educator currently pursuing a Performance Diploma at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. She received her musical training in Korea and Europe, shaping her artistic voice through diverse musical traditions and experiences. An active performer, Chanin has appeared with numerous orchestras, including Opera in the Ozarks, the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, the…
Olivia Ingraffia
Olivia Ingraffia is currently attending Elmhurst University pursuing a degree in music business. She currently performs in the Elmhurst University Orchestra and has played with the Barrington Youth Symphony. While in the Barrington Youth Symphony, Olivia had the opportunity to perform in four countries. In addition to performing, Olivia teaches both piano and violin. She is very passionate about teaching…
Annika Porter
Annika Porter is a distinguished violinist and violist based in Chicago, with extensive training in both Broadway and classical styles. Over the past three years, she has performed nationally and internationally as the violinist and violist on the Broadway National Tour of The Book of Mormon. Annika has studied violin and viola for 18 years and graduated from the University…
Christine Lee Fatt
Christine Lee Fatt is a violinist and educator in the Chicagoland area. Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, she came to the US at 16 years old and completed her bachelor’s degree in music at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. While in college, she had the opportunity to tour with the St. Olaf College Orchestra all over the States and got to…
Carlysta Tran
Carlysta Tran is an Oklahoma City native and has been involved in music since she was three years old, where she first started taking piano lessons. At the age of 8, she started learning the violin and by the end of that same year, she debuted her first recorded solo violin performance with the Oklahoma City University Symphony. Since then,…
Jesse Calcat
Detroit native Jesse Calcat is a versatile multi-instrumentalist with over 20 years of professional teaching and performance experience across diverse musical settings. Having begun piano lessons at age 4 and strings in high school, Jesse began his college music studies focusing on both piano and viola performance. During his undergraduate studies, he studied viola with Glenn Mellow and Elizabeth Rowin,…
Hsuan (Shelly) Chen
Hsuan teaches violin and piano to all ages and abilities around the Chicagoland area. She graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory and is now pursuing her Master’s degree with Prof. I-Hao Lee at DePaul University School of Music, while serving as a regular member at the Civic Orchestra in Chicago. Hsuan has performed at Carnegie Hall as the assistant principal with…
Raquel Navarro
Raquel Navarro has been playing violin since the age of eight and has always loved teaching others to play. She has performed with ensembles such as the Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra, where she currently plays as concertmaster, and the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2013, Raquel performed in the Fox Valley Music Festival as concertmaster and was a recipient of…