VIOLIN

Tim Yu, a graduate of Cupertino High School, will be pursuing a double-major in Violin Performance and Biology at UCLA this fall, and hopes to eventually go to medical school en route to a sports medicine career. With college still waiting for him, Tim wants to continue to stimulate his mind, learn, and express himself. He hopes to accomplish those three things through freelance writing. Outside of his hobbies of playing basketball, working out, watching professional sports, listening to all kinds of music, watching movies, reading and hanging out with friends, he is an extremely dedicated violinist. He hopes to pursue a secondary music career in the future.

A well-rounded musician, excelling in violin performance and in private stringed-instrument and piano instruction. Professionally trained to teach in both traditional and Suzuki methods, with 15 years of experience teaching students, aged 2 to adult. Extensive professional

Lisa Elliott is a professional writer and lyricist. She has written fiction stories which have been published in several different national children's magazines. Lisa is also a violinist and has played in orchestras for many years. She teaches violin and piano lessons, and has devised a creative teaching curriculum that includes scales and chord techniques, hundreds of music theory terms and lessons about the different composers and the eras in which they composed. She has written articles concerning music instruction, and has a continuing interest in the history of music. Lisa has many other interests as well, and some of those interests center around nutritional health and the health of babies, children and families. She writes articles about healthy and organic food options and other key parenting and family related issues. She is also interested in safe household products and in creating a clean and green living environment for families.

I am a friendly ninth grader, a straight A student, who enjoys life and creative writing or any writing in general. I also love to read, I spend most of my day reading e-books on my tablet. I am super tech-savvy. I have been told that my vocabulary and choice of words in my writing is quite mature for my age and have won many essay and creative writing contests. I live in Michigan where it gets exceptionally hot and humid in the summertime and dead cold in the winter. But of course it s a wonderful state full of nature and woodlands. I travel around the world on countless ocassions throughout the year with my loving family. I am Filipino-American and Chinese. I study and play three different instruments; the violin, piano, and cello. In the summertime, I spend most of my days rollerblading in the park, helping garden, and farm; in the winter, I ski, snowboard, and sled. I love the Michigan Wolverines and Detroit Tigers, a die hard football and baseball fan. I ve gone bunjee jumping in California and Base jumping down several caves in Mexico. This wonderful world is full of magnificent places that, I believe, every person should witness for themselves.

I suppose I'm a pretty deep person. Sometimes I'm hyper, but I can also snap at everyone... I don't know, mood swings? I can play the violin and I love it, except I hate practicing. I'm pretty adventurous and outgoing, a fun person to have around, though I can sometimes be competitive... and I'm incredibly possessive.

I am a music scholar with an emphasis in violin performance. I hold a Bachelor of Music from the University of Arkansas, and am currently pursuing a Master of Music at the University of Missouri, with research focused in American music, the growth of jazz in Europe, and violin literature.

I'm a Violin repair man. I have been repairing stringed instruments for some years now. I have a BFA with a concentration in painting. I have a passion for traditional American music, coffee, and being a straight man who is well well dressed.

As a high school sophomore, I have significant experience as a writer and musician, as well as other skills. I have five years of experience playing violin in an orchestra, with two of those years including a significant leadership position. Likewise, I have been seriously writing for around four years, with various articles and reviews published on the internet. I also keep a personal blog. I maintain high grades and test scores, and due to my interest in mental health and the human mind, I intend to study psychiatry later on in my educational career. Outside of school, however, I do community service on a weekly basis, play violin, read, and enjoy helping others.

I am a Vehicle Titling Specialist for Wisdom & Authority Titling Solutions; a service that provides vehicle titling and registration assistance to individuals and businesses. In addition to this, I am pursuing my MBA at Liberty University and I play the electric violin as well.

My name is Kurt Mahoag and I live in Pennsylvania. Ever since I was a little kid I had always been musically gifted and my parents realized that. They payed for me to take violin lessons for the next twelve years of my life. About halfway through my violin playing experience, I found an old guitar laying around in a closet at my house. I decided to pick it up, and from that day on I decided that I loved guitar. Now I can play practically any song I hear. Music however is not my only interest. I love extreme sports. Among these include free running, skateboarding, snowboarding, bmx biking, and scootering. I never give up on anything. Eventually I taught myself how to front flip and back flip standing. Along with this I taught myself how to do numerous different flips off diving boards, my best probably being a triple front tuck off a 1M board. So, that's me in a nutshell!

I am a deeply devoted Christian from South Florida. I have been playing the violin for 11 years and composing orchestral symphonies for 2. I have also been acting for 3 years and I am extremely blessed to have played the role of "Friedrich Von Trapp" In a proffesional equity production of "The Sound of Music". I take great joy in writing, and I hope that the same joy will be derived from my readers.

Jonathan is currently a college student pursuing a career in the biomedical sciences. He has many diverse interests including but not limited to science and music. In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies, playing violin, and training for an occasional half-marathon.

Danielle is a certified violin and viola teacher and a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She teaches violin and viola in Encinitas, CA and is the Director of the violin program at Santa Fe Montessori School. Danielle is also a freelance musician and writer.

Missy is a freelance fine artist specializing in Impressionistic oil paintings that depict the light, color, and beauty of a diverse range of subject matter, using a palette knife technique that results in a unique, colorful style. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from California State University, Bakersfield, but is a self-taught artist. She is also the current Vice President, and past President of the Little Egypt Arts Association, and has taught art classes to both children and adults since 1990. Her artwork is in various public and private collections, including the collections of John A. Logan College, Marion Carnegie Library, and the Marion Veterans Hospital. Missy is a wife, mother of 3, and grandmother of 2 boys. She gardens on 2 acres in Southern Illinois, with a special interest in square foot and sustainable gardening. At the age of 42, with very little musical experience, she started violin lessons and is now the principal second violinist in the local college community orchestra. Missy has also played in many weddings, receptions, fundraisers and other special occasions as a member of Carstens Strings, a family string trio. In her spare time, she enjoys reading inspirational romance novels.

Gyongyver (Georgina) Petheo has lived in Colorado since 1986, managing and playing violin in the acclaimed Columbine String Quartet. Since 1996 she has managed Columbine Entertainment serving Colorado's musical needs. www.columbineentertainment.com Currently she is a member of the Central City Opera Orchestra, Boulder Bach Festival Orchestra, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Colorado Ballet Orchestra and Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra. Before moving to the U.S. she received her diploma from the Franz List Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. She teaches privately, and at the Parlando School for the Arts. A non-Suzuki teacher, Georgina teaches the European method with a wide variety of materials including the Suzuki books. You can reach Georgina at 303-579-5800. Her website is www.gyongyisviolinstudio.com

Currently I am attending college at Grambling State University as an undergraduate. I currently play the violin in the Grambling State Symphony Orchestra, also I am pursuing to major in Applied Sociology and Social Work as well as Applied Strings.

I consider myself a critic when it comes to expressing how i feel about foods, movies, music products, and books. I am big on entertainment musical instuments, and music theory. I am trained in violin, piano, and I have been a singer all my life.

South African author and violin teacher, used to work in medical genetics. Married, 3 children.

Mr. Sargent grew up in Los Angeles, California, where he currently resides. He has studied physics, history, violin performance, chemistry, and electronics. He tinkers in his laboratory often. Mr. Sargent enjoys writing about a myriad of different subjects.

Arkay (RK) Evans is the author of The God In Me (2011), Urban Youthology (2011), The Secret Life of Words (2010), Christians Under Construction (2008) and over 600 poetic and short story works. She has served on the board for Providence Christian Church in St. Louis, MO for over two years, and works as a freelance writer, goals trainer and cognitive behavioral counselor who helps parents, teachers and admistrators reach at-risk youth populations. She is as known for her childish pranks with rubber chickens as she is for inspirational poetry. She plays classical and jazz violin, loves yoga and is a powerful speaker.

I'm 21 and going to be a senior in college majoring in Music. I have been playing the violin for 10 years. I also play the piano and am learning the guitar. Besides music, I love to write and I love anything that has to do with Disney or Disney World!

I am a mother of 5. Ages from 10 to 7 months. I have been in education for 13 years and have taught art, violin, history, and math.

Love math which probably lead to my interest in programming; later started the violin which lead to music which is starting to overpower the programming side. College now. Yay.

Amanda Reyes-Rist is a freelance writer of both fictional and nonfictional materials. She plays professionaly for the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra and for Mariachi Cuerdas de Oro de NMSU. She is currently pursuing a double major in Violin performance and English at New Mexi

Mother, wife, business owner, in any given order but usually all at once. My interests include writing, violin, food, wine, photography, art, California; I like to travel. When the mayhem ebbs, you'll find me working on a novel and a collection of essays.

I'm a teenage girl from the midwest interested in many things. I love pretty much any sport whether or not it's participating in them or watching them. I play the violin in my school orchestra, but love the cello. I am also in choir and key club.

Susan Detlefsen wrote her first story in fifth grade and she�s been writing ever since. Currently an editor and grad student, Susan studies marketing, playing her electric violin, smashing plates for mosaic projects, and writing for pleasure.

I am a violin teacher. Although music is a passion for me, I also enjoy researching and writing about various subjects, because I breathe only through learning and challenging myself at all times. I live in Reno, Nevada, with my husband of nine years.