Strings

DEBORAH BRUDVIG
Cello

M.M., University of Maryland; B.M., Boston University; studies at University of Michigan.

Deborah Brudvig received a M. Mus. in cello performance from University of Maryland and a B. Mus. degree from Boston University. She began her undergraduate music studies at the University of Michigan. Deborah joined Northern Virginia Community College/Alexandria as an adjunct music instructor in 2017. She is the former principal cellist of the Washington Concert Opera and the Amadeus orchestra. As both a chamber musician and orchestral player, Deborah has performed at venues including the Smithsonian, Corcoran Gallery, Phillips Collection, Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap and National Cathedral. She has performed in many theater pit orchestras, including productions for over 25 years at her favorite theater home, Arena Stage. Recordings include performances with Cathedral Choral Society, Washington Chorus, and Washington Bach Consort, as well as with cabaret artists Beverly Cosham and Sally Martin. Deborah has also written and self-published a book of 40 cello etudes.

KEVIN JANG
Violin

D.M.A., Catholic University; M.M., B.M., Peabody Institute.

Concertmaster, Peabody Symphony, Catholic University Symphony. J.C. Hulstyen Award for excellence in violin, Peabody Institute. Guest concertmaster, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. Artist-in-Residence concert, Strathmore Mansion, Soloist, Cascade Festival Orchestra, Catholic University Symphony and Aspen Mozart Orchestra. Member, Aspen Festival Orchestra and Chamber Symphony. Joseph Gingold Award for excellence in chamber music, Kent/Blossom Festival.

JENNIFER CLUGGISH
Suzuki Violin & Suzuki Academy Coordinator

M.M. (violin performance), Miami University, Oxford; B.M. (music education), College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.

Co-director, Cincinnati Suzuki School, Wyoming Fine Arts Center and CCM Prep, Adjunct Violin Faculty, Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department, Substitute Orchestra Teacher, The New School Montessori Cincinnati Ohio, Judge, American String Teachers Association Certificate Achievement Program, Violin Faculty, Touchstone String Outreach Project.

SONYA CHUNG
Violin

M.M. Peabody Conservatory; B.A. (philosophy, honors) Harvard College; Yellow Barn Music Festival; Tanglewood Music Festival, two-year fellowship.

Studied with Violaine Melançon. As avid chamber musician, performed with members of the Peabody Trio, Brentano, Mendelssohn, and Takács Quartets. Opera and orchestral performances include concerts under the direction of James Levine, Bernard Haitink, Herbert Blomstedt, Sir Roger Norrington, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Recent notable trips include Carnegie Hall in New York, Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, and Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

DANIELLE CHO
Cello

M.M., New England Conservatory; B.M., University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. Fulbright Scholar in Barcelona, Spain.

Cellist Danielle Cho performs regularly with the the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera and Grammy nominated chamber orchestras, Inscape and A Far Cry. As co-founder of Sound Impact, a non-profit which uses music to inspire and empower youth, Danielle has led initiatives to bring music into juvenile detention centers and helped start the Festival Internacional de Música del SIFAIS (FIMS) in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Costa Rica. She has also traveled to and performed in marginalized communities in Argentina and Haiti after being selected as the first Fulbright alumni to serve on two missions with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA) Global Leaders Program. After studying in Barcelona as a Fulbright Scholar, she was invited to play with the Orquesta de la Comunitat Valencia where she toured internationally under Lorin Maazel and Zubin Mehta. As a soloist, she has performed with with the Erie Chamber Orchestra and the Festival Filharmonic Juvenil (Argentina) and was a featured soloist at the 2014 TedxFulbright conference. Danielle has participated in many festivals in Europe and the US including IMS Prussia Cove, Spoleto, Music in May, the Holland Music Sessions, Taos, Sarasota, Schleswig-Holstein and the New York String Seminar. Danielle is a graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music and the New England Conservatory. Her students have performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and have been principals of All-State VA Orchestra and the American Youth Philharmonic (AYPO) programs.

KATHY JUDD
Violin, Executive & Artistic Director

M.M.A., Yale University; B.M., New England Conservatory of Music, Wichita State University.

Former member, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Idyllwild Trio, Mariposa Piano Trio; concertmaster, Boulder (CO) Bach Festival, Las Vegas Symphony. Lead commercial musician, Las Vegas. Orchestral, chamber music, festival performances throughout the U.S., Europe, and Taiwan. Faculty, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Idyllwild (CA) School of Music and the Arts. Instructor, Elizabethtown College. National and State grants panelist. Executive and Artistic Director, Music at Gretna (PA) chamber music and jazz concert series.

GEORGE OHLSON
Viola & Violin

B.A., Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri).

Member, National Gallery Orchestra, Washington Chamber Symphony and American Chamber Orchestra. Member, Belmont String Quartet. Lecture/demonstrations at Washington-area schools. Violist at Grand Teton Music Festival.

DREW OWEN
Cello & Suzuki Cello

M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music; B.M., College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati; Aspen Music Festival, Fellowship student.

Instructor, Howard, Tulane Universities. Former member, New Orleans Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Performs with the National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, and Washington National Opera; has toured Japan with the Washington National Opera, and China and Korea with the National Symphony.

MAYUMI PAWEL
Violin

M.M.; B.M., Ueno-Gakuen College, Tokyo; studied with Toshiya Eto; M.M., University of Wyoming; studies at Eastman School of Music with Sylvia Rosenberg.

Former faculty member, Ueno-Gakuen College. Solo and chamber concerts in Japan and U.S. Performance for Royal Family at Emperor’s Palace and Japanese Embassy, Washington. Former member, Cezanne Trio. Principal second violin, National Philharmonic, and member, Washington Ballet Orchestra.

TOBIAS WERNER
Cello & Chamber Music

M.M., Musikhochschule Freiburg in Germany, and B.M., Boston University.

Music Director, The Chamber Music Conference of the East, Artistic Director, Pressenda Chamber Players, Arts for the Aging (AFTA) teaching artist. Formerly cellist in residence and co-artistic director, Garth Newel Music Center. Performances at the Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival, Villa Musica Mainz, San Diego Chamber Music Workshop, Vail Valley Bravo! Colorado Music Festival, Maui Classical Music Festival, in venues including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Strathmore Hall, the Phillips Collection, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the New York Society for Ethical Culture and Bargemusic. Soloist with orchestras in the US, France, Germany and Romania. Recorded on ECM, Darbringhaus & Grimm, Bayer Records, and Orfeo labels. Former faculty, Georgetown University.

DEBORAH BRUDVIG Cello

KEVIN JANG Violin

JENNIFER CLUGGISH Suzuki Violin & Suzuki Academy Coordinator

SONYA CHUNG Violin

DANIELLE CHO Cello

KATHY JUDD Violin, Executive & Artistic Director

GEORGE OHLSON Viola & Violin

DREW OWEN Cello & Suzuki Cello

MAYUMI PAWEL Violin

TOBIAS WERNER Cello & Chamber Music

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