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| Brief Bios of the Superbly Talented members of the String Quartet con Passione! |
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String Quartet con Passione
Adding ambiance & elegance to your wedding
ceremony, cocktail hour, reception, party and
more!
Adding ambiance & elegance to your wedding
ceremony, cocktail hour, reception, party and
more!
Krista Broadway Swider -Violin
♫Violinist for 20 years
♫Bachelor of music in Violin
performance, University of Houston
♫Twice a winner of the Austin
(Texas) Symphony Youth Award
♫Winner of the Pearl Amster
Concerto Competition and soloist
with the Austin Civic Orchestra
♫Faculty at St. Joseph's School
of Music
♫Performer with the Symphony of
Southeast Texas
♫Setting the mood for weddings
and parties since 1996
♫ Manager of the String Quartet
con Passione
♫Violinist for 20 years
♫Bachelor of music in Violin
performance, University of Houston
♫Twice a winner of the Austin
(Texas) Symphony Youth Award
♫Winner of the Pearl Amster
Concerto Competition and soloist
with the Austin Civic Orchestra
♫Faculty at St. Joseph's School
of Music
♫Performer with the Symphony of
Southeast Texas
♫Setting the mood for weddings
and parties since 1996
♫ Manager of the String Quartet
con Passione
Jeremy Swider - Violin
♫Violinist for 19 years
♫Bachelor in Violin Performance and
Music Composition, University of
Houston
♫Master's in Violin Performance,
University of Minnesota
♫Faculty at MacPhail Center for
Music
♫(when in Texas) member of the
Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra
♫Extensive experience collaborating
with chamber ensembles in addition
to the String Quartet con Passione
♫Violinist for 19 years
♫Bachelor in Violin Performance and
Music Composition, University of
Houston
♫Master's in Violin Performance,
University of Minnesota
♫Faculty at MacPhail Center for
Music
♫(when in Texas) member of the
Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra
♫Extensive experience collaborating
with chamber ensembles in addition
to the String Quartet con Passione
Karena Lokken - Viola
♫Bachelor of Music in Violin
Performance from St. Olaf
College
♫Graduate studies at the
University of Minnesota
♫Chautauqua Institute in New
York
♫Aspen Music Festival
♫Faculty at Augsburg College
Suzuki Talent Education
♫Faculty at MacPhail Center
for Music
♫Performing with the String
Quartet con Passione since 2005
♫Bachelor of Music in Violin
Performance from St. Olaf
College
♫Graduate studies at the
University of Minnesota
♫Chautauqua Institute in New
York
♫Aspen Music Festival
♫Faculty at Augsburg College
Suzuki Talent Education
♫Faculty at MacPhail Center
for Music
♫Performing with the String
Quartet con Passione since 2005
Jacqueline Ultan - cello
♫Master's in cello performance,
Yale University
♫Faculty at MacPhail Center for
Music
♫Faculty at Minneapolis Community
and Technical College
♫Collaborates with world renowned
artists including Anthony Cox, Bill
Carrothers; George Cartwright;
Didier Petit; Andrew Broder (The
Fog); Carei Thomas; Chan Poling
and many others
♫Currently performing in several
diverse projects including Jello
Slave, The Fantastic Merlins, and
Antigravity
♫Master's in cello performance,
Yale University
♫Faculty at MacPhail Center for
Music
♫Faculty at Minneapolis Community
and Technical College
♫Collaborates with world renowned
artists including Anthony Cox, Bill
Carrothers; George Cartwright;
Didier Petit; Andrew Broder (The
Fog); Carei Thomas; Chan Poling
and many others
♫Currently performing in several
diverse projects including Jello
Slave, The Fantastic Merlins, and
Antigravity
| The String Quartet con Passione plays Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J. S. Bach |
