2025 STRING AND CHAMBER MUSIC FACULTY
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DANIELLE BELEN
CSS Founder and Artistic Director
Professor of Violin, University of Michigan -

ELBERT TSAI
Violin Faculty, San Francisco Conservatory Pre-College Academy
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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
Associate Concertmaster, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
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KRISTINA ZLATAREVA
CSS Managing Director
Violin and Viola Faculty, Northwestern University String Academy -

SANG MEE LEE
Director of CSS Chamber Music
String Department Chair, Music Institute of Chicago -

ANNIE FULLARD
Professor and Sidney M. Friedberg Chair, Peabody Institute
Founding Member, The Cavani String Quartet -

RYAN MEEHAN
Violinist, Calidore String Quartet
Associate Professor, University of Delaware -

ERIC NOWLIN
Principal Violist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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ZOIE HIGHTOWER
Lecturer of Viola, University of Michigan
Adjunct Professor of Violin and Viola, Hillsdale College -

HORACIO CONTRERAS
Professor of Cello, University of North Texas
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LEO SINGER
Faculty Director, University of Michigan Prep Division
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AMIR ELDAN
Professor of Cello, University of Michigan
PIANO COLLABORATION
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MI-EUN KIM
Head of CSS Piano Collaboration
Faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology -

NAKI KRIPFGANS
Collaborative Pianist, University of Michigan
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SARINA ZHANG
Faculty, University of Michigan Prep Division
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BOGUM PARK
Collaborative Pianist, University of Michigan
SPEAKING & PRESENTATION TRAINING
TEAGAN FARAN
ARTISTIC
OPERATIONS
ADALUS LOW-MANZINI