VIOLIST, BRETT DEUBNER:

• Violist Brett Deubner is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate in viola.

• He has made concerto appearances with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Knoxville Symphony, the State Orchestra of Bulgaria, the North Shore Philharmonic of Boston, the Eastman Philharmonia, as well as the Bachanalia Chamber Orchestra in New York City with whom he recorded Mozart’s Symphonia Concertante, and the New Philharmonic of New Jersey.

• Deubner’s discography includes chamber music, solo, and concerto recordings for the Albany and Eroica Classical labels. Mr. Deubner is on the faculty at Temple University in Philadelphia.

GUITARIST, CHRISTOPHER KENNIFF:

• Kenniff holds BM and MM degrees Magna cum Laude from Southern Methodist University and an Artist Diploma from Indiana University.

• He was awarded first prize at the Councour de Guitarre (Quebec, Canada), the Music Teachers National Association Competition and the National Federation of Music Clubs Biannual Competition. He was also the winner of the Dallas Classical Guitar Society’s Young Artist Auditions and a prizewinner in the American String Teacher’s Competition.

• Mr. Kenniff is a member of Kean University’s Concert Artist Faculty. He also directs the American String Teacher’s Association’s annual Solo Strings Competition and the ASTA/NJ Chamber Music Institute which he founded in 2005.