Kate Stenberg, violinist
Rick Shinozaki, violinist
Charlton Lee, violist
Hannah Addario-Berry, cellist

Kate Stenberg, violinist, has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States and Europe. Her playing was described by New Music Box as "highly virtuosic and deeply communicative…a startlingly powered interpretation, full of character and presence" in her performance at the Other Minds Séance. She has played with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the San Francisco Symphony, and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. While Kate enjoys a broad spectrum of musical styles, one of her primary delights is contemporary music, which enables her to work with living composers and to premiere new works. She was a founding member of Left Coast and has recorded with Maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Ustad Zakir Hussain. Her festival performances include Festival Acanthes (Avignon), the Banff Centre, Tanglewood and Sandpoint festivals. She graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and received her Master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she also served on the violin faculty.

Rick Shinozaki, violinist, is principal second violin of Symphony Silicon Valley and concertmaster of the Nova Vista Symphony. Solo appearances include the world premiere of Viennese composer Zdzislaw Wysocki's Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra under Kent Nagano and the Berkeley Symphony. Rick has collaborated closely with Bay Area composers Mark Fish and Durwynne Hsieh, commissioning, performing and editing their work, most notably premiering Hsieh's Concerto for Marimba, Violin and Orchestra with the Marin Symphony. With pianist Irene Jacobson, the Shinozaki-Jacobson Duo has delighted audiences with an eclectic repertoire and interpretations cited as "scintillating" and "in perfect harmony," resulting in the release of their first recording for the Latin American Chamber Music Society. Rick is a protégé of Serban Rusu of Tiburon; he also studied extensively with legendary pedagogue Josef Gingold and Yuval Yaron at Indiana University, from which he holds a Master of Music degree.

Charlton Lee, violist, is the founder of the Del Sol String Quartet. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master's in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Charlton has toured North America, Mexico and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. As a very active educator and chamber music coach, he has taught at San Francisco State University and at the Steamboat Springs and Oaxaca Music Festivals, and he has served as Artist in Residence at the School of the Arts in San Francisco. He coaches regularly for Chamber Musicians of Northern California and the Symphony of the Redwoods. Charlton teams up with his wife, Eva-Maria, to perform works for viola and piano, as the Lee/Zimmermann Duo. He created and performed the music for the award winning short film, "Red, White, Blue, and Yellow." Charlton also has collaborated with diverse artists such as Gavin Bryars, Tin Hat Trio, and Ben Levy Dance Company.

Hannah Addario-Berry, cellist, is a native of British Columbia, Canada. She received a Diploma in Music and Pedagogy certificate from the Victoria Conservatory of Music, a Bachelor’s Degree in Cello Performance from McGill University in Montreal, and completed her Master’s Degree in Chamber Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Jean-Michel Fonteneau. A versatile chamber musician, Hannah has performed at the Domaine Forget Music Academy in Quebec, Kneisel Hall in Maine, and Sarasota Music Festival in Florida, as well as at the Casalmaggiore Music Festival in Italy. She is a former member of the Lloyd Carr-Harris String Quartet and also has performed with renowned artists, including Menahem Pressler, Ian Swensen, Catherine Manson, Paul Hersh, and Jodi Levitz. Passionate about discovering and performing contemporary repertoire, Hannah has been a core member of new music ensembles in Montreal and San Francisco. In March of 2006, she was featured as soloist in the Blueprint Music Series with the San Francisco Conservatory's New Music Ensemble, in the American premiere of Brian Cherney’s Cello Concerto, "Apparitions." Hannah's website.