2026 STRING FACULTY

  • DANIELLE BELEN

    CSS Founder and Artistic Director
    Professor of Violin, University of Michigan

  • ELBERT TSAI

    Violin Faculty, San Francisco Conservatory Pre-College Academy

  • Fabiola Kim

    FABIOLA KIM

    Assistant Professor of Violin, University of Michigan; Co-Founder, Sounding Point Academy

  • SHERYL STAPLES

    Principal Associate Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic; Violin Faculty, The Juilliard School and Juilliard Pre-college

  • Ilana Setapen

    ILANA SETAPEN

    Associate Concertmaster, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

  • Kristina Zlatareva

    KRISTINA ZLATAREVA

    CSS Managing Director; Violin and Viola Faculty, Northwestern University String Academy

  • HORACIO CONTRERAS

    Professor of Cello, University of North Texas


  • Amir Eldan

    AMIR ELDAN

    Professor of Cello, University of Michigan


  • Leo Singer

    LEO SINGER

    Faculty Director, University of Michigan Prep Division

  • Eric Nowlin

    ERIC NOWLIN

    Principal Violist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra


  • Zoie Hightower

    ZOIE HIGHTOWER

    Lecturer of Viola, University of Michigan
    Adjunct Professor of Violin and Viola, Hillsdale College

2026 CHAMBER MUSIC FACULTY

  • Sang Mee Lee

    SANG MEE LEE

    Director of CSS Chamber Music
    String Department Chair, Music Institute of Chicago

  • Annie Fullard

    ANNIE FULLARD

    Professor and Sidney M. Friedberg Chair, Peabody Institute; Founding Member, the Cavani String Quartet

  • MARI SATO

    Chamber Music, Visiting Artist, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

  • ERIC WONG

    Violist, Blair String Quartet; Assistant Professor of Viola at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music

  • KYLE PRICE

    Cellist, the Cavani Quartet; Founder, Caroga Arts Collective

  • KARLA DONAHEW PEREZ

    Violinist, the Catalyst Quartet; Professor of Violin Studies at the Longy School of Music of Bard College

PIANO COLLABORATION

  • Mi-Eun Kim

    MI-EUN KIM

    Head of CSS Piano Collaboration
    Faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Naki Kripfgans

    NAKI KRIPFGANS

    Collaborative Pianist, University of Michigan

  • Sarina Zhang

    SARINA ZHANG

    Faculty, University of Michigan Prep Division

  • Bogum Park

    BOGUM PARK

    Collaborative Pianist, University of Michigan

SPEAKING & PRESENTATION TRAINING

TEAGAN FARAN

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ARTISTIC
OPERATIONS

ADALUS LOW-MANZINI

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