David Ying

Associate Professor of Violoncello

David Ying Associate Professor of String Chamber Music Associate Professor of Violoncello Chair, Strings, Harp & Guitar Department   Differences for cello & piano (1998): I. StrandDifferences for cello & piano (1998): V. Song DEPARTMENTSChamber MusicStrings, Harp & GuitarCONTACT INFOEmail Professor YingYing Quartet WebsiteBIOGRAPHY David Ying, as cellist of the Ying Quartet and faculty member…

Phil Ying

Associate Professor of Viola

Phillip Ying Associate Professor of String Chamber Music Associate Professor of Viola DEPARTMENTSChamber MusicStrings, Harp & GuitarCONTACT INFOEmail Professor YingYing Quartet WebsiteBIOGRAPHY Phillip Ying, as violist of the Ying Quartet, performs regularly across the United States, Europe and Asia. Recent appearances include engagements in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, and Washington,…

Janet Ying

Associate Professor of String Chamber Music

Janet Ying Associate Professor of String Chamber Music   DEPARTMENTSChamber MusicStrings, Harp & GuitarCONTACT INFOEmail Professor YingYing Quartet WebsiteBIOGRAPHY Janet Ying is a founding member of the Ying Quartet, whose fascinating career path began in 1992 in Jesup, a small town in northeast Iowa.  Among the first groups to be awarded a National Endowment for…

Robin Scott

Associate Professor of Violin

Robin Scott Associate Professor of String Chamber Music Associate Professor of Violin   DEPARTMENTSChamber MusicStrings, Harp & GuitarCONTACT INFOEmail Professor ScottYing Quartet WebsiteBIOGRAPHY Robin Scott, an award-winning musician described as one of America’s rising stars on the classical music stage, has built a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, and concertmaster. He has competed…

Masumi Per Rostad

Associate Professor of Viola

Masumi Per Rostad Associate Professor of Viola Affiliate in Chamber Music DEPARTMENTSChamber MusicStrings, Harp & GuitarCONTACT INFOEmail Professor RostadBIOGRAPHY Praised for his “burnished sound” (The New York Times) and described as an “electrifying, poetic, and sensitive musician,” the GRAMMY Award-winning, Japanese-Norwegian violist Masumi Per Rostad hails from the gritty East Village of New York City.…

Ying Quartet

Eastman String Quartet

Ying Quartet Eastman String Quartet     Lei: Gobi GloriaString Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1 – IV. Presto DEPARTMENTSChamber MusicStrings, Harp & GuitarCONTACT INFOYing Quartet WebsiteBIOGRAPHY The Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music…

Wesley Nance

Assistant Professor of Trumpet

Wesley Nance Assistant Professor of Trumpet Coordinator, Brass Chamber Music ECMS Instructor in Trumpet DEPARTMENTChamber MusicWinds, Brass & PercussionCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Nance585-274-1400BIOGRAPHY Wesley Nance is Second Trumpet with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and has been a featured soloist with the orchestra on several occasions. Also a composer, the RPO brass section premiered his piece “Two…

Margery Hwang

Assistant Professor of String Chamber Music

Margery Hwang Assistant Professor of String Chamber Music DEPARTMENTChamber MusicCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Hwang585-274-1570Personal WebsiteBIOGRAPHY Award-winning cellist Margery Hwang performs frequently as a recitalist and chamber musician. She was a founding member of the Franciscan String Quartet, First Prize winner of the Banff International String Quartet Competition and top prize winner of the Evian International String Quartet Competition.…

Anne Harrow

Associate Professor of Flute & Piccolo

Anne Harrow Associate Professor of Flute & Piccolo Coordinator, Woodwind Chamber Music Supervisor, Applied Woodwind Studio TAs Chair, Chamber Music Department DEPARTMENTSChamber MusicWoodwinds, Brass & PercussionCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Harrow585-274-1574BIOGRAPHY Anne Harrow is the Associate Professor of Flute and Piccolo at the Eastman School of Music. She is active as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral…

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Associate Professor of Piano and Chamber Music

Elinor Freer Associate Professor of Piano and Chamber Music Coordinator of the Certificate of Achievement in Chamber Music DEPARTMENTSChamber MusicPianoCONTACT INFOEmail Professor FreerBIOGRAPHY A native of Montana, pianist Elinor Freer has built a versatile career as an pianist, educator and creative musician. Praised for her “utmost sensitivity” (Harrisburg Patriot News) and “profound commitment and understanding”…