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Strings
Choong-Jin (CJ) ChangViola A native of Seoul, Korea, Choong-Jin (CJ) Chang joined The Philadelphia Orchestra as associate principal viola in November 1994 and became principal viola in April 2006. He made his performance debut as a 12-year-old violinist with the Seoul Philharmonic as winner of the grand prize in Korea’s Yook Young National Competition. In 1981, at the age of 13, he moved to the United States to attend the Juilliard School. He subsequently studied in Philadelphia at the Esther Boyer College of Music of Temple University and finally at the Curtis Institute of Music, from which he received degrees in both violin and viola. His primary teachers were Jascha Brodsky and retired Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Viola Joseph de Pasquale. Alongside his extensive performing activities, Mr. Chang is a respected teacher on both violin and viola. Among his former pupils are current members of The Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as several winners of major competitions. 
Lenuta CiuleiViolin Lenuta Ciulei has an unusually versatile repertoire which features masterworks from early Baroque to the latest contemporary music. Acclaimed in 22 countries on four continents, the Romanian-born violinist has been praised by public and critics alike for the very fine balance between her perfect technique, supreme accuracy, emotion and imagination.
Office: Music Building | Phone: 732-932-9302 
Timothy CobbDouble Bass Timothy Cobb joined the Mason Gross faculty in 2006 as a Visiting Artist. He teaches the double bass studio in collaboration with Lou Kosma. In addition to serving as principal bass of the Met Orchestra and Double Bass Faculty Chair at the Juilliard School, Mr. Cobb maintains a busy schedule of chamber collaborations and solo appearances. Mr. Cobb frequently performs with Quartets such as the Emerson, Guarneri, Belcea, Leipzing and St.Lawrence, as well as artists such as Pincas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, James Levine, and Christian Zacharias, among many others. Mr. Cobb’s festival appearances include most of the major summer festivals such as the Bridgehampton, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Sarasota, Tanglewood among many others. Mr. Cobb can be heard on all Met recordings from 1986 as well as a 2003 Grammy-nominated ‘L’Histoire du Soldat’ with the Harmonie Wind Ensemble of New York on Koch records. He is a former member of the Chicago Symphony, and serves on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music, Purchase College (SUNY), as well as Juilliard.
Margaret HollandString Techniques Margaret Holland loves to perform and teach. She teaches strings at a private school in South Jersey, viola and cello from her studio, and is an active freelance musician. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Mann Music Center, and Verizon Hall in Philadelphia. She holds a degree in cello performance from Temple University, where she studied with the late Elsa Hilger from the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as private study with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Juilliard faculty. She holds an M.B.A. from Temple University, and a Teaching Certificate in Music Education from Chestnut Hill College. She leads the Bella Corda Chamber Music Groups.
Todd PhillipsViolin Todd Phillips, a member of both Orpheus and the Orion String Quartet, made his solo debut at age 13. He has performed as guest soloist with leading orchestras throughout North America, Europe and Japan including the Pittsburgh Symphony, New York String Orchestra, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, with whom he made a critically acclaimed recording of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Deutsche Grammophon. Mr. Phillips has appeared at the Mostly Mozart, Ravinia, Santa Fe, Marlboro and Spoleto Festivals, and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music at the 92nd St Y and New York Philomusica. He has collaborated with such renowned artists as Rudolf Serkin, Jaime Laredo, Richard Stoltzman, Peter Serkin and Pinchas Zukerman and has participated in eighteen "Musicians from Marlboro" tours. He also serves on the violin and chamber music faculties of the Mannes College of Music. He has recorded for the Arabesque, Delos, Deutsche Grammophon, Finlandia, Marlboro Recording Society, New York Philomusica, RCA Red Seal and Sony Classical labels. 
Philippe QuintViolin Born in St. Petersburg, Germany, Grammy Award nominee violinist Philippe Quint has already established himself as one of the most brilliant and charismatic young artists of his generation. His debut recording of William Schuman’s Violin Concerto (8.559083) with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Jose Serebrier was nominated for two Grammy awards, including one for best soloist with orchestra, also named as Editor’s Choice by both The Gramophone and the Strad magazines. His recent appearances include performances with the Detroit, Bournemouth, Royal Liverpool, Minnesota, Houston, Indianapolis, China National Symphony, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestras, and at the Mostly Mozart Festival, under the batons of Marin Alsop, Andrew Litton, Joanne Falletta, Klauspeter Seibel, Kurt Masur, Jorge Mester and Carlos Miguel Prieto. He performed the world premiere of Lera Auerbach’s Concerto No. 1 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, a work that was written for and dedicated to him. Since becoming an American citizen in 1991 Philippe Quint has made numerous appearances in Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, and performed at festivals, and radio and television stations throughout the United States, Europe and South America. He amassed top prizes at the 1998 Juilliard Competition, Bagby, Clarisse Kampel Foundations and the Salon de Virtuosi Awards. He also received both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Juilliard School in 1998, where he studied with Dorothy Delay and Cho-Liang Lin, and took master-classes with Isaac Stern and Itzhak Perlman. 
Jonathan SpitzCello Cellist Jonathan Spitz has established himself as one of the leading cellists in the New York area. In recent seasons, Mr. Spitz has performed the Dvorak Concerto and Brahms "Double" Concerto, Bloch’s Schelomo, the Elgar Concerto, and the Haydn Sinfonia Concertante. His performance of the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto at the OK Mozart Festival was broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today. Mr. Spitz is an active chamber musician, and performs regularly with the New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players, Bard Festival Chamber Players and as a guest artist in chamber music festivals throughout the world. He performed for three summers at the Marlboro Festival, and has played concerts with Rudolf Serkin, Oscar Shumsky, Benita Valente, Bargemusic, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, and Speculum Musicae. Mr. Spitz has been Principal Cellist of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since 1990, and performs on the 1696 "ex. Prince Gursky" Stradivarius. In recent years, Mr. Spitz has become increasingly sought after as a teacher and coach.
Office: Music Building | Phone: 732-932-9302
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