Terzetto: Everything But the Cello

Music by Dvorak, Kodaly and Bartok

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	Paul Stein has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1981 and was featured as soloist at the Hollywood Bowl. He was principal second violinist with the Colorado Symphony and performed with the Santa Fe Opera orchestra. Born in Dallas, he received a Bachelor of Music from Southern Methodist University and Master of Music from Yale University. His teachers included Broadus Erle, Syoko Aki, and Carroll Glenn. Paul has published numerous articles on the relationship between music and the mind in Strings Magazine, American String Teacher and California Music Teacher. He has moderated seminars and lectured at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute and conventions of the Music Teachers Association of California. He teaches violin and viola at his home in Monrovia and is on the faculties of Pasadena City College and Glendale College. Paul has produced childrens' concerts with Chamber Music Express since 1985. He has written stories to accompany the programs, including Galileo's Metronome, The Voyage of the Viola, Parts 1 and 2, and Philharmonic Truck Stop. He produced the Midsummer Nights' Music series at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center for six years and is currently director of the Classical Kaleidoscope chamber music series at the Arcadia Library. His hobbies include birdwatching and bridge. Visit his website.
	Maia Jasper has appeared as concerto and recital soloist in France, in Israel, in the Netherlands, and on both American coasts. She received her Bachelor of Arts with Honors in 2003 from Yale University, where she was awarded the Master's Prize in Music. She also studied at the Paris Conservatory and was a fellowship student at the USC Thornton School of Music. Maia is a first violinist in the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, she performs regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pasadena Symphony, and the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. She enjoys baroque performance practice and plays in LA's Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra. She has performed chamber music around the world and frequently throughout Southern California, collaborating with such artists as the Ysaye Quartet and cellist Paul Katz. She recently recorded early duos of Schoenberg with Los Angeles Philharmonic Concertmaster Martin Chalifour for Yarlung Records. Most recently Maia became a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Summer Festivals include the Keshet Eilon Violin Mastercourse, the Juilliard Quartet Seminar, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, the Music Academy of the West, The International Holland Music Sessions, the Banff Quartet Residency, Aspen, and ENCORE School for Strings. Former teachers include Martin Chalifour, Gerard Poulet, Kathleen Winkler, Itzakh Rashkovsky, Hermann Krebbers, Kyung Yu, Paul Kantor, Robert Lipsett, Michelle Kim, and Camille Avellano. Performance aside, Maia's writing has been published by Strings Magazine. She enjoys training for marathons with the Leukemia and Lymphona Society's Team in Training program. She lives in Hollywood with her husband, filmmaker Daniel Persitz.
	Aaron Oltman, violist, received his Bachelors and Masters degrees of Music in Performance at the University of Southern California. While studying with Donald McInnes, he held the Contemporary Music Ensemble Teaching Assistantship. He has participated in the summer festivals of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, Encore Music Festival in Cleveland and the Sunflower Festival in Topeka, Kansas and has played in Master Classes for Karen Tuttle, Gerald Stanick, Robert Vernon, and Roland Vamos. As an active freelance musician he has performed with many of the orchestras in the Southern California area, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pasadena and New West Symphonies and the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra as well as appearing with the Camerata Pacifica.