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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 20 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 20 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 Ferrier - 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
♫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
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 |
Pictured, from left to right: Karena Ferrier,
Viola, Jacqueline Ultan, cello, Jeremy Swider,
2nd Violin and Krista Broadway Swider, 1st
Violin
Viola, Jacqueline Ultan, cello, Jeremy Swider,
2nd Violin and Krista Broadway Swider, 1st
Violin